The Crystal World
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The Crystal World is a 1966 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a surreal catastrophe in which a mysterious crystallization engulfs a tropical forest and transforms reality into a glittering, frozen landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crystal World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4390089 — 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: The Crystal World Context triple: [J. G. Ballard, notableWork, The Crystal World]
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A.
The Shining World
The Shining World is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, set in his signature imaginative seafaring world of mystery and idealism.
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B.
Bergkrystallen
Bergkrystallen is a residential neighborhood and metro station in Oslo, Norway, serving as the southern endpoint of one of the city's subway lines.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
Eyes of the World
"Eyes of the World" is a jazz-influenced, improvisation-heavy Grateful Dead song that became a live concert staple and fan favorite.
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E.
The Crystal Ball
The Crystal Ball is a 1902 Pre-Raphaelite-style painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious woman gazing into a crystal sphere, often interpreted as exploring themes of magic and fate.
- 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: The Crystal World Target entity description: The Crystal World is a 1966 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a surreal catastrophe in which a mysterious crystallization engulfs a tropical forest and transforms reality into a glittering, frozen landscape.
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A.
The Shining World
The Shining World is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, set in his signature imaginative seafaring world of mystery and idealism.
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B.
Bergkrystallen
Bergkrystallen is a residential neighborhood and metro station in Oslo, Norway, serving as the southern endpoint of one of the city's subway lines.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
Eyes of the World
"Eyes of the World" is a jazz-influenced, improvisation-heavy Grateful Dead song that became a live concert staple and fan favorite.
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E.
The Crystal Ball
The Crystal Ball is a 1902 Pre-Raphaelite-style painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious woman gazing into a crystal sphere, often interpreted as exploring themes of magic and fate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | J. G. Ballard ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Crash ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1966 British novels
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British science fiction novels ⓘ New Wave science fiction novels ⓘ Novels by J. G. Ballard ⓘ Post-apocalyptic novels ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Brian Duffy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later New Wave science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-09-947128-4 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 192 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dr. Edward Sanders ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
crystals
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mirroring of inner and outer worlds ⓘ stasis ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative style
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fusion of psychology and landscape ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | J. G. Ballard’s catastrophe novels ⓘ |
| plotElement |
encroaching crystalline forest
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frozen, glittering landscape ⓘ mysterious crystallization of matter ⓘ |
| precededBy |
The Drought
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linked to:
Droogte
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| publicationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| setting |
Cameroonian jungle
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tropical forest ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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apocalypse ⓘ disease ⓘ entropy ⓘ psychological disintegration ⓘ time ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
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: The Crystal World Description of subject: The Crystal World is a 1966 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a surreal catastrophe in which a mysterious crystallization engulfs a tropical forest and transforms reality into a glittering, frozen landscape.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.