Heroism
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Heroism is the quality of exhibiting courageous, selfless, and noble actions in the face of danger or adversity.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1363938 — 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: Heroism Context triple: [Essays: First Series, hasPart, Heroism]
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A.
Courage
Courage is a 2019 studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion that marked her return to English-language music after several years and explores themes of loss, resilience, and empowerment.
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Hero
Hero is a 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the ideas of "The Secret" by focusing on personal journeys toward achieving one's dreams and potential.
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C.
Hero
"Hero" is a song best known as the lead single from the music project Music Box.
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D.
Light, Truth, Courage
Light, Truth, Courage is the English motto of Northeastern University, encapsulating its emphasis on knowledge, integrity, and bold action.
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E.
Heroes
Heroes is a non-fiction book by journalist John Pilger that critically examines political power, media complicity, and the individuals who resist oppression around the world.
- 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: Heroism Target entity description: Heroism is the quality of exhibiting courageous, selfless, and noble actions in the face of danger or adversity.
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A.
Courage
Courage is a 2019 studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion that marked her return to English-language music after several years and explores themes of loss, resilience, and empowerment.
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B.
Hero
Hero is a 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the ideas of "The Secret" by focusing on personal journeys toward achieving one's dreams and potential.
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C.
Hero
"Hero" is a song best known as the lead single from the music project Music Box.
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D.
Light, Truth, Courage
Light, Truth, Courage is the English motto of Northeastern University, encapsulating its emphasis on knowledge, integrity, and bold action.
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E.
Heroes
Heroes is a non-fiction book by journalist John Pilger that critically examines political power, media complicity, and the individuals who resist oppression around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical concept
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moral quality ⓘ social value ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bravery
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duty ⓘ heroic deeds ⓘ honor ⓘ integrity ⓘ |
| canBe |
collective
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everyday heroism ⓘ extraordinary heroism ⓘ individual ⓘ |
| canOccurIn |
accidents
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natural disasters ⓘ social justice movements ⓘ war ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
cowardice
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selfishness ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy |
moral frameworks
ⓘ
social norms ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
courage
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nobility ⓘ risk-taking ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ selflessness ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | the quality of exhibiting courageous, selfless, and noble actions in the face of danger or adversity ⓘ |
| involves |
acting for the benefit of others
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altruistic motivation ⓘ facing adversity ⓘ facing danger ⓘ moral courage ⓘ overcoming fear ⓘ physical courage ⓘ |
| representedIn |
comic books
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epic poetry ⓘ films ⓘ folklore ⓘ |
| requires |
benefit to others or a cause
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perceived risk to the actor ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| valuedBy | many cultures ⓘ |
| valuedIn |
emergency services
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literature ⓘ military traditions ⓘ mythology ⓘ religious narratives ⓘ |
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: Heroism Description of subject: Heroism is the quality of exhibiting courageous, selfless, and noble actions in the face of danger or adversity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heroism