The Magic Formula
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"The Magic Formula" is a novel by American author Cid Ricketts Sumner, known for its exploration of social and personal themes characteristic of her mid-20th-century fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Magic Formula canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13394122 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Magic Formula Context triple: [Cid Ricketts Sumner, notableWork, The Magic Formula]
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A.
The Formula
The Formula is a 1980 crime thriller film starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando that centers on a conspiracy involving a secret synthetic fuel formula.
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B.
Formula, Vol. 1
Fórmula, Vol. 1 is the first solo studio album by bachata singer Romeo Santos, showcasing his transition from Aventura’s frontman to a successful solo artist.
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C.
The Ultimate Driving Machine
The Ultimate Driving Machine is the iconic marketing slogan used by BMW to emphasize its focus on performance-oriented, premium driving experiences.
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D.
The Formula (novel)
The Formula is a 1979 thriller novel by Steve Shagan that centers on a deadly conspiracy involving a secret synthetic fuel formula coveted by powerful oil interests.
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E.
O Circuit
The O Circuit is a renowned multi-day trekking route in Chilean Patagonia that loops around the Paine Massif, offering some of the most remote and dramatic scenery in Torres del Paine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Magic Formula Target entity description: "The Magic Formula" is a novel by American author Cid Ricketts Sumner, known for its exploration of social and personal themes characteristic of her mid-20th-century fiction.
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A.
The Formula
The Formula is a 1980 crime thriller film starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando that centers on a conspiracy involving a secret synthetic fuel formula.
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B.
Formula, Vol. 1
Fórmula, Vol. 1 is the first solo studio album by bachata singer Romeo Santos, showcasing his transition from Aventura’s frontman to a successful solo artist.
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C.
The Ultimate Driving Machine
The Ultimate Driving Machine is the iconic marketing slogan used by BMW to emphasize its focus on performance-oriented, premium driving experiences.
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D.
The Formula (novel)
The Formula is a 1979 thriller novel by Steve Shagan that centers on a deadly conspiracy involving a secret synthetic fuel formula coveted by powerful oil interests.
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E.
O Circuit
The O Circuit is a renowned multi-day trekking route in Chilean Patagonia that loops around the Paine Massif, offering some of the most remote and dramatic scenery in Torres del Paine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Cid Ricketts Sumner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores | social and personal themes ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
character-driven plot
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realist narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family dynamics
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gender roles ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ interpersonal relationships ⓘ personal identity ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | mid-20th century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | mid-20th-century fiction by Cid Ricketts Sumner ⓘ |
| workOf | Cid Ricketts Sumner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Magic Formula Description of subject: "The Magic Formula" is a novel by American author Cid Ricketts Sumner, known for its exploration of social and personal themes characteristic of her mid-20th-century fiction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.