What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26891 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Do You Care What Other People Think? Context triple: [Richard Feynman, notableWork, What Do You Care What Other People Think?]
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Ordinary People
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The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
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On My Own
"On My Own" is a memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she reflects on her life and public service following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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I Love You, California
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Do You Care What Other People Think? Target entity description: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
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A.
Ordinary People
"Ordinary People" is a soulful R&B ballad by John Legend that became one of his signature songs, showcasing his emotive vocals and piano-driven songwriting.
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B.
The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
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C.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she reflects on her life and public service following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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E.
I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical book
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book ⓘ |
| author | Richard Feynman ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ralph Leighton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| follows | Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ popular science ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in science ⓘ readers interested in the Challenger disaster ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)
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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (Part 1) ⓘ
linked to:
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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| hasTheme |
independence of thought
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integrity in science ⓘ intellectual curiosity ⓘ relationship between science and bureaucracy ⓘ |
| includes |
accounts of the Challenger investigation
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personal anecdotes ⓘ reflections on science ⓘ |
| isPosthumous | true ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | QC16.F49 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Richard Feynman ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
description of Feynman’s role on the Rogers Commission
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famous O-ring demonstration explanation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Alamos
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linked to:
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Rogers Commission hearings ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| subject |
Challenger disaster
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Richard Feynman ⓘ physics ⓘ science ⓘ scientific investigation ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century
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Feynman’s childhood ⓘ Feynman’s work on the Challenger investigation ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | question asked by Arline Feynman ⓘ |
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: What Do You Care What Other People Think? Description of subject: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (Part 1)
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linked to: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
subject linked to:
“Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)
linked to: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
subject linked to:
reflections on science
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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hasPart
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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (title essay)
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subject linked to:
Feynman’s book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
linked to: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
linked to: What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
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relatedWork
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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