Mind Transfer
E201056
"Mind Transfer" is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov that explores the ethical and psychological implications of transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mind Transfer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1800353 — 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: Mind Transfer Context triple: [Janet Asimov, notableWork, Mind Transfer]
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Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 sci-fi comedy film starring Steve Martin as a brilliant but eccentric brain surgeon who falls in love with a disembodied brain.
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C.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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D.
Illmind
Illmind is a Filipino-American hip-hop producer and songwriter known for his work with major artists and contributions to both mainstream rap and underground music.
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E.
The Mind's Sky
The Mind's Sky is a popular science book by Timothy Ferris that explores the nature of consciousness, perception, and the human mind through the lens of astronomy, physics, and cognitive science.
- 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: Mind Transfer Target entity description: "Mind Transfer" is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov that explores the ethical and psychological implications of transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies.
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 sci-fi comedy film starring Steve Martin as a brilliant but eccentric brain surgeon who falls in love with a disembodied brain.
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C.
The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
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D.
Illmind
Illmind is a Filipino-American hip-hop producer and songwriter known for his work with major artists and contributions to both mainstream rap and underground music.
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E.
The Mind's Sky
The Mind's Sky is a popular science book by Timothy Ferris that explores the nature of consciousness, perception, and the human mind through the lens of astronomy, physics, and cognitive science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
ethical implications of mind transfer
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nature of personal identity ⓘ psychological implications of mind transfer ⓘ relationship between humans and machines ⓘ |
| fictionalTheme |
artificial bodies
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artificial intelligence ⓘ consciousness transfer ⓘ ethics of technology ⓘ identity ⓘ mind transfer ⓘ psychological implications of mind uploading ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | science fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject | transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
psychiatrist
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writer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American science fiction literature ⓘ |
| spouse | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| writer | Janet Asimov ⓘ |
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: Mind Transfer Description of subject: "Mind Transfer" is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov that explores the ethical and psychological implications of transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.