Cosm
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Cosm is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores the discovery of an artificial universe and its scientific and philosophical implications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1835539 — 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: Cosm Context triple: [Gregory Benford, notableWork, Cosm]
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A.
Celestial
Celestial is the codename for Intel’s third-generation Arc discrete graphics architecture, succeeding earlier Arc GPU families with improved performance and features.
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B.
Firmament
Firmament is the vast, arching expanse of sky or heavens often conceived in ancient cosmologies as a solid dome separating the earthly realm from the celestial.
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C.
Kosmos
Kosmos is Alexander von Humboldt’s multi-volume work that presents a comprehensive scientific and philosophical overview of the natural world and the universe.
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The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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E.
Galaxia
Galaxia is a fictional, galaxy-spanning group consciousness proposed in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe as an ultimate evolutionary step for intelligent life.
- 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: Cosm Target entity description: Cosm is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores the discovery of an artificial universe and its scientific and philosophical implications.
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A.
Celestial
Celestial is the codename for Intel’s third-generation Arc discrete graphics architecture, succeeding earlier Arc GPU families with improved performance and features.
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B.
Firmament
Firmament is the vast, arching expanse of sky or heavens often conceived in ancient cosmologies as a solid dome separating the earthly realm from the celestial.
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C.
Kosmos
Kosmos is Alexander von Humboldt’s multi-volume work that presents a comprehensive scientific and philosophical overview of the natural world and the universe.
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D.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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E.
Galaxia
Galaxia is a fictional, galaxy-spanning group consciousness proposed in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe as an ultimate evolutionary step for intelligent life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard science fiction
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literary work ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Gregory Benford ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Bruce Jensen ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical issues in experimental physics
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philosophical implications of artificial universes ⓘ scientific implications of creating a universe ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | Eater ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
commercialization of scientific discovery
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gender and career in science ⓘ interaction between science and media ⓘ limits of human understanding of the universe ⓘ responsibility of scientists ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780380975209 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alicia Butterworth ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third‑person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of contemporary physics research culture
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integration of real physics concepts into fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 384 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gregory Benford near‑future science fiction works ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A high‑energy physics experiment accidentally creates a small artificial universe, leading to scientific investigation and public controversy. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | physicist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Avon Eos ⓘ |
| setting |
Texas
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subject |
academic politics
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artificial universe ⓘ cosmology ⓘ media and science ⓘ multiverse ⓘ particle physics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific method ⓘ universe creation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future ⓘ |
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: Cosm Description of subject: Cosm is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores the discovery of an artificial universe and its scientific and philosophical implications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.