Learning the World
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Learning the World is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores first contact between humans and an alien civilization through a blend of space opera, political intrigue, and social commentary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Learning the World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7060141 — 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: Learning the World Context triple: [Ken MacLeod, notableWork, Learning the World]
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A.
Our World
Our World was a pioneering 1967 live global television broadcast that linked multiple countries via satellite for the first time, famously featuring The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love."
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B.
World Discovery
World Discovery is a themed land in EPCOT at Walt Disney World focused on science, technology, and futuristic exploration attractions.
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C.
The Learners
"The Learners" is a novel by renowned graphic designer and author Chip Kidd that continues the story from his debut book "The Cheese Monkeys," following a young art student navigating the world of graphic design and advertising in the early 1960s.
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D.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
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E.
kami of learning
The kami of learning is a Shinto deity revered as the divine patron of scholarship, education, and academic success.
- 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: Learning the World Target entity description: Learning the World is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores first contact between humans and an alien civilization through a blend of space opera, political intrigue, and social commentary.
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A.
Our World
Our World was a pioneering 1967 live global television broadcast that linked multiple countries via satellite for the first time, famously featuring The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love."
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B.
World Discovery
World Discovery is a themed land in EPCOT at Walt Disney World focused on science, technology, and futuristic exploration attractions.
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C.
The Learners
"The Learners" is a novel by renowned graphic designer and author Chip Kidd that continues the story from his debut book "The Cheese Monkeys," following a young art student navigating the world of graphic design and advertising in the early 1960s.
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D.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
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E.
kami of learning
The kami of learning is a Shinto deity revered as the divine patron of scholarship, education, and academic success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken MacLeod ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| awardNominationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
colonization
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cultural misunderstanding ⓘ first contact between humans and an alien civilization ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ social change ⓘ technological progress ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of contact on both human and alien societies
ⓘ
interaction between advanced and less advanced societies ⓘ |
| genre |
first contact fiction
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political science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ social science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
alien civilization
ⓘ
human colonists ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreElement |
political intrigue
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ space opera adventure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBodyOfWork | Ken MacLeod bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orbit Books ⓘ |
| setting |
generation starship
ⓘ
outer space ⓘ |
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: Learning the World Description of subject: Learning the World is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that explores first contact between humans and an alien civilization through a blend of space opera, political intrigue, and social commentary.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.