Against Stupidity
E204927
"Against Stupidity" is the middle section of Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel *The Gods Themselves*, focusing on the alien beings in a parallel universe and their role in a dangerous energy exchange with Earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Against Stupidity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1818099 — 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: Against Stupidity Context triple: [The Gods Themselves, hasPart, Against Stupidity]
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A.
Stoopid
"Stoopid" is a high-energy hip hop track by rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, known for its aggressive delivery and confrontational lyrics.
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B.
I’m with Stupid
"I’m with Stupid" is a 2006 synth-pop single by the Pet Shop Boys, noted for its satirical lyrics widely interpreted as commenting on the political relationship between Tony Blair and George W. Bush.
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C.
Foolish
"Foolish" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black, known for continuing her evolution from viral fame toward more mature, independent music.
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D.
An Idiot Abroad
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy series that follows Karl Pilkington’s reluctant journeys around the world, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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E.
Let's Get Retarded
"Let's Get Retarded" is the original, uncensored version of the Black Eyed Peas' hit song later reworked and released as "Let's Get It Started."
- 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: Against Stupidity Target entity description: "Against Stupidity" is the middle section of Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel *The Gods Themselves*, focusing on the alien beings in a parallel universe and their role in a dangerous energy exchange with Earth.
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A.
Stoopid
"Stoopid" is a high-energy hip hop track by rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, known for its aggressive delivery and confrontational lyrics.
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B.
I’m with Stupid
"I’m with Stupid" is a 2006 synth-pop single by the Pet Shop Boys, noted for its satirical lyrics widely interpreted as commenting on the political relationship between Tony Blair and George W. Bush.
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C.
Foolish
"Foolish" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black, known for continuing her evolution from viral fame toward more mature, independent music.
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D.
An Idiot Abroad
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy series that follows Karl Pilkington’s reluctant journeys around the world, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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E.
Let's Get Retarded
"Let's Get Retarded" is the original, uncensored version of the Black Eyed Peas' hit song later reworked and released as "Let's Get It Started."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel section
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part of a science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralConflict | continuation of energy exchange despite catastrophic risk ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
communication between radically different intelligences
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inter-universal energy transfer ⓘ moral responsibility of non-human beings ⓘ scientific risk ⓘ unintended consequences of technology ⓘ |
| features |
alien triad beings
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hard ones ⓘ soft ones ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
alien beings
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para-universe inhabitants ⓘ |
| follows | In the Beginning ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | primarily alien viewpoint ⓘ |
| partOf | The Gods Themselves ⓘ |
| partOfSeriesStructure | three-part structure of The Gods Themselves ⓘ |
| plotElement | dangerous energy exchange with Earth ⓘ |
| positionInWork | middle section ⓘ |
| precedes | Contend in Vain? ⓘ |
| publicationForm | integral part of a single novel rather than standalone work ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Gods Themselves ⓘ |
| setting | parallel universe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Against Stupidity Description of subject: "Against Stupidity" is the middle section of Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel *The Gods Themselves*, focusing on the alien beings in a parallel universe and their role in a dangerous energy exchange with Earth.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.