Big Bang
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The Big Bang is the prevailing cosmological theory that the universe began as an extremely hot, dense state and has been expanding and evolving ever since.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Bang canonical | 20 |
| Big Bang theory | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T472543 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Bang Context triple: [The Edge of Forever, subject, Big Bang]
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A.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the widely used nickname for the New York Giants, a professional American football team in the NFL.
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B.
Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Empire
Empire is a popular American musical drama television series that follows the power struggles and family dynamics within a hip-hop music and entertainment company.
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D.
Empire
Empire is Andy Warhol’s 1964 avant-garde experimental film consisting of an extended, stationary shot of the Empire State Building, notable for its extreme duration and minimalist style.
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E.
The Greatest
"The Greatest" is a 1977 biographical sports drama film about Muhammad Ali, in which Ali portrays himself.
- 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: Big Bang Target entity description: The Big Bang is the prevailing cosmological theory that the universe began as an extremely hot, dense state and has been expanding and evolving ever since.
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A.
Big Blue
Big Blue is the widely used nickname for the New York Giants, a professional American football team in the NFL.
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B.
Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Empire
Empire is a popular American musical drama television series that follows the power struggles and family dynamics within a hip-hop music and entertainment company.
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D.
Empire
Empire is Andy Warhol’s 1964 avant-garde experimental film consisting of an extended, stationary shot of the Empire State Building, notable for its extreme duration and minimalist style.
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E.
The Greatest
"The Greatest" is a 1977 biographical sports drama film about Muhammad Ali, in which Ali portrays himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmological theory
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model of the universe ⓘ scientific theory ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexander Friedmann
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Edwin Hubble ⓘ George Gamow ⓘ Georges Lemaître ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric
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linked to:
FLRW cosmological models
general relativity ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
extremely dense early state
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extremely hot early state ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Fred Hoyle ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | steady-state theory ⓘ |
| describes |
early universe
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expansion of the universe ⓘ origin of the universe ⓘ |
| explains |
Hubble expansion
ⓘ
cosmic background temperature ⓘ relative abundances of hydrogen and helium ⓘ |
| extendedBy |
inflationary cosmology
ⓘ
ΛCDM model ⓘ
linked to:
Lambda-CDM model
|
| field | cosmology ⓘ |
| hasOpenQuestions |
initial singularity problem
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nature of dark energy ⓘ nature of dark matter ⓘ |
| implies |
cosmic time has a beginning
ⓘ
space itself is expanding ⓘ universe has finite age ⓘ |
| includesPhase |
baryogenesis
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inflationary epoch ⓘ nucleosynthesis ⓘ recombination epoch ⓘ structure formation ⓘ |
| initiallyUsedAs | pejorative term ⓘ |
| predicts |
cosmic microwave background
ⓘ
cosmological redshift-distance relation ⓘ evolving universe ⓘ primordial nucleosynthesis ⓘ |
| requires |
cosmological principle
ⓘ
large-scale homogeneity ⓘ large-scale isotropy ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Hubble–Lemaître law
ⓘ
linked to:
Lemaître–Hubble law
abundances of light elements ⓘ cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| termCoinedIn | 1949 ⓘ |
| termCoinedVia | BBC radio broadcast ⓘ |
| timeScale | about 13.8 billion years ago ⓘ |
| topicOf |
observational cosmology
ⓘ
particle cosmology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Big Bang Description of subject: The Big Bang is the prevailing cosmological theory that the universe began as an extremely hot, dense state and has been expanding and evolving ever since.
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essay "My Brief History"
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essay "A Brief History of A Brief History"
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COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer experiment
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