The Drowned World
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The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a future Earth transformed into a tropical, submerged landscape where humanity confronts both environmental catastrophe and psychological regression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Drowned World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4390085 — 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 Drowned World Context triple: [J. G. Ballard, notableWork, The Drowned World]
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A.
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film set on a flooded Earth, best known for its ambitious water-based production, high budget, and starring Kevin Costner as a mutant drifter.
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B.
Darkness on the Face of the Earth
"Darkness on the Face of the Earth" is a song by Willie Nelson, featured on his album *Teatro*, blending country with atmospheric, Tex-Mex-influenced production.
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C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Year of the Flood
The Year of the Flood is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a bioengineered apocalypse and its survivors from new perspectives within the world of the MaddAddam trilogy.
- 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 Drowned World Target entity description: The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a future Earth transformed into a tropical, submerged landscape where humanity confronts both environmental catastrophe and psychological regression.
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A.
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film set on a flooded Earth, best known for its ambitious water-based production, high budget, and starring Kevin Costner as a mutant drifter.
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B.
Darkness on the Face of the Earth
"Darkness on the Face of the Earth" is a song by Willie Nelson, featured on his album *Teatro*, blending country with atmospheric, Tex-Mex-influenced production.
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C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Year of the Flood
The Year of the Flood is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores a bioengineered apocalypse and its survivors from new perspectives within the world of the MaddAddam trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | J. G. Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Brian Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Burning World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | novel ⓘ |
| genre |
climate fiction
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio dramatization ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | New Wave science fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-425-03684-2 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | none ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 175 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
de-evolution of humanity
ⓘ
global warming ⓘ submerged urban environments ⓘ |
| includedIn | SF Masterworks series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Beatrice Dahl
NERFINISHED
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Colonel Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Robert Kerans NERFINISHED ⓘ Strangman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of flooded, tropical cities
ⓘ
focus on inner psychological landscapes ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | J. G. Ballard’s early disaster novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
future Earth
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submerged London ⓘ tropical lagoon landscape ⓘ |
| theme |
climate change
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entropy ⓘ environmental catastrophe ⓘ evolutionary memory ⓘ human adaptation ⓘ psychological regression ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 21st century ⓘ |
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 Drowned World Description of subject: The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard that depicts a future Earth transformed into a tropical, submerged landscape where humanity confronts both environmental catastrophe and psychological regression.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.