Throwing Fire
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"Throwing Fire" is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the development and use of explosive weapons have shaped human warfare and global history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Throwing Fire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1186283 — 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: Throwing Fire Context triple: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, Throwing Fire]
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A.
Through the Fire
"Through the Fire" is a 1984 soulful R&B ballad by Chaka Khan, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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B.
House on Fire
House on Fire is a nonfiction book by William H. Foege recounting the global campaign to eradicate smallpox and his central role in that historic public health effort.
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C.
On Fire
On Fire is a nonfiction book by Naomi Klein that explores the climate crisis and advocates for transformative, justice-centered solutions such as a Green New Deal.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
FIRE
FIRE is a near-infrared spectrograph instrument used on large astronomical telescopes to study celestial objects at infrared wavelengths.
- 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: Throwing Fire Target entity description: "Throwing Fire" is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the development and use of explosive weapons have shaped human warfare and global history.
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A.
Through the Fire
"Through the Fire" is a 1984 soulful R&B ballad by Chaka Khan, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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B.
House on Fire
House on Fire is a nonfiction book by William H. Foege recounting the global campaign to eradicate smallpox and his central role in that historic public health effort.
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C.
On Fire
On Fire is a nonfiction book by Naomi Klein that explores the climate crisis and advocates for transformative, justice-centered solutions such as a Green New Deal.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
FIRE
FIRE is a near-infrared spectrograph instrument used on large astronomical telescopes to study celestial objects at infrared wavelengths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| analyzes |
economic effects of explosive weapons
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political effects of explosive weapons ⓘ social effects of explosive weapons ⓘ technological change in warfare ⓘ |
| author | Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| examines |
artillery
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bombs ⓘ gunpowder ⓘ missiles ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of explosive weapons
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global historical consequences of explosives ⓘ impact of explosives on human warfare ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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military history ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
explosive weapons
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technology and war ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| notableFor | linking explosives to broad patterns in world history ⓘ |
| perspective |
environmental history
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global history ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in military technology history ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | from the invention of gunpowder to the modern era ⓘ |
| workOf | Alfred W. Crosby ⓘ |
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: Throwing Fire Description of subject: "Throwing Fire" is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how the development and use of explosive weapons have shaped human warfare and global history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.