A Brief History of Time
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A Brief History of Time is a popular science book by physicist Stephen Hawking that explains complex concepts in cosmology—such as the Big Bang, black holes, and the nature of time—in an accessible way for general readers.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Brief History of Time canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T317082 — 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: A Brief History of Time Context triple: [Stephen Hawking, knownFor, A Brief History of Time]
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A.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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B.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
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C.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
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D.
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science is a comprehensive popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific thought for general readers.
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E.
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Asimov's New Guide to Science is a comprehensive, accessible popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific discovery for general readers.
- 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: A Brief History of Time Target entity description: A Brief History of Time is a popular science book by physicist Stephen Hawking that explains complex concepts in cosmology—such as the Big Bang, black holes, and the nature of time—in an accessible way for general readers.
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A.
Cosmos (book)
Cosmos is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the universe, the history of science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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B.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
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C.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson that offers a concise, accessible overview of key concepts in modern astrophysics and cosmology for general readers.
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D.
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science is a comprehensive popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific thought for general readers.
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E.
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Asimov's New Guide to Science is a comprehensive, accessible popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains major scientific concepts and the history of scientific discovery for general readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: A Brief History of Time Description of subject: A Brief History of Time is a popular science book by physicist Stephen Hawking that explains complex concepts in cosmology—such as the Big Bang, black holes, and the nature of time—in an accessible way for general readers.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Space and Time
subject linked to:
essay "A Brief History of A Brief History"
subject linked to:
essay "A Brief History of A Brief History"
subject linked to:
essay "Does God Play Dice?"