"Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay)
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"Making, Knowing and Judging" is an essay by W. H. Auden that reflects on the nature of artistic creation, the acquisition of knowledge, and the exercise of critical judgment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434130 — 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: "Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay) Context triple: [The Dyer's Hand, hasPart, "Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay)]
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A.
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance is an essay by philosopher Karl Popper in which he explores how human knowledge grows and why systematic errors and misconceptions arise.
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B.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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C.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
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D.
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
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E.
On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge
"On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge" is an essay by Thomas Henry Huxley that argues for the value and necessity of advancing scientific understanding for human progress.
- 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: "Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay) Target entity description: "Making, Knowing and Judging" is an essay by W. H. Auden that reflects on the nature of artistic creation, the acquisition of knowledge, and the exercise of critical judgment.
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A.
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance is an essay by philosopher Karl Popper in which he explores how human knowledge grows and why systematic errors and misconceptions arise.
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B.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
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C.
The Problem of Knowledge
The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
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D.
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
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E.
On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge
"On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge" is an essay by Thomas Henry Huxley that argues for the value and necessity of advancing scientific understanding for human progress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| discusses |
acquisition of knowledge
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exercise of critical judgment ⓘ nature of artistic creation ⓘ |
| genre | literary criticism essay ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
artistic creation
ⓘ
critical judgment ⓘ knowledge ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary studies on W. H. Auden ⓘ |
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: "Making, Knowing and Judging" (essay) Description of subject: "Making, Knowing and Judging" is an essay by W. H. Auden that reflects on the nature of artistic creation, the acquisition of knowledge, and the exercise of critical judgment.
Referenced by (1)
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