The Propagation of Knowledge
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"The Propagation of Knowledge" is a satirical school story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Stalky & Co.*, that depicts the mischievous exploits of British boarding school boys and critiques conventional education and authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Propagation of Knowledge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824466 — 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 Propagation of Knowledge Context triple: [Stalky & Co., hasPart, The Propagation of Knowledge]
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A.
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
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B.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
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C.
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
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D.
When Knowledge Is Power
"When Knowledge Is Power" is a seminal work of international relations theory by Ernst B. Haas that examines how international organizations and expert knowledge shape policy coordination and integration among states.
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E.
The Place of Useful Learning
The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
- 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 Propagation of Knowledge Target entity description: "The Propagation of Knowledge" is a satirical school story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Stalky & Co.*, that depicts the mischievous exploits of British boarding school boys and critiques conventional education and authority.
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A.
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
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B.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
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C.
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
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D.
When Knowledge Is Power
"When Knowledge Is Power" is a seminal work of international relations theory by Ernst B. Haas that examines how international organizations and expert knowledge shape policy coordination and integration among states.
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E.
The Place of Useful Learning
The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satirical story
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school story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| collection | Stalky & Co. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
conventional education
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school authority ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beetle
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M'Turk ⓘ Stalky ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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satire ⓘ school fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn |
worksOf:Rudyard Kipling
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linked to:
Rudyard Kipling
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British imperial literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| setting | British boarding school ⓘ |
| theme |
education and discipline
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mischief and prank ⓘ power dynamics in schools ⓘ rebellion against authority ⓘ |
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 Propagation of Knowledge Description of subject: "The Propagation of Knowledge" is a satirical school story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Stalky & Co.*, that depicts the mischievous exploits of British boarding school boys and critiques conventional education and authority.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.