From Paralysis to Fatigue
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"From Paralysis to Fatigue" is a historical study by medical historian Edward Shorter that traces the evolution of psychosomatic and psychiatric disorders from the 19th century to the modern era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| From Paralysis to Fatigue canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6257433 — 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: From Paralysis to Fatigue Context triple: [Edward Shorter, hasWritten, From Paralysis to Fatigue]
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A.
Brain on Fire
Brain on Fire is a 2016 biographical drama film based on Susannah Cahalan’s memoir about her sudden descent into and recovery from a rare autoimmune brain disease.
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B.
Frailty
Frailty is a 2001 psychological horror-thriller film about a father who believes he is commanded by God to kill demons disguised as humans, told through the recollections of his disturbed son.
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C.
Remission
Remission is the debut studio album by American metal band Mastodon, known for its heavy, sludge-influenced sound and complex, aggressive compositions.
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D.
Eski Hastalık
Eski Hastalık is a novel by prominent Turkish author Reşat Nuri Güntekin, known for its exploration of social and emotional themes in early 20th-century Turkey.
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E.
The Limits of Endurance
"The Limits of Endurance" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Life of Birds" that explores how birds survive and adapt to extreme environments and challenging conditions.
- 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: From Paralysis to Fatigue Target entity description: "From Paralysis to Fatigue" is a historical study by medical historian Edward Shorter that traces the evolution of psychosomatic and psychiatric disorders from the 19th century to the modern era.
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A.
Brain on Fire
Brain on Fire is a 2016 biographical drama film based on Susannah Cahalan’s memoir about her sudden descent into and recovery from a rare autoimmune brain disease.
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B.
Frailty
Frailty is a 2001 psychological horror-thriller film about a father who believes he is commanded by God to kill demons disguised as humans, told through the recollections of his disturbed son.
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C.
Remission
Remission is the debut studio album by American metal band Mastodon, known for its heavy, sludge-influenced sound and complex, aggressive compositions.
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D.
Eski Hastalık
Eski Hastalık is a novel by prominent Turkish author Reşat Nuri Güntekin, known for its exploration of social and emotional themes in early 20th-century Turkey.
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E.
The Limits of Endurance
"The Limits of Endurance" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Life of Birds" that explores how birds survive and adapt to extreme environments and challenging conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Edward Shorter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
changing diagnostic categories in psychiatry
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cultural influences on mental illness ⓘ evolution of psychosomatic illness concepts ⓘ historical patterns of psychosomatic symptoms ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history of psychiatry
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medical history ⓘ |
| genre |
history of psychiatry
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medical history ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | medical historian ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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medical professionals ⓘ students of history of medicine ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
history of medicine
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psychiatric disorders ⓘ psychosomatic disorders ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian of psychiatry
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medical historian ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ modern era ⓘ |
| workType | scholarly work ⓘ |
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: From Paralysis to Fatigue Description of subject: "From Paralysis to Fatigue" is a historical study by medical historian Edward Shorter that traces the evolution of psychosomatic and psychiatric disorders from the 19th century to the modern era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.