Manifold: Origin
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Manifold: Origin is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores alternate evolutionary paths of humanity across multiple universes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manifold: Origin canonical | 4 |
| Manifold | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805620 — 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: Manifold: Origin Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Manifold: Origin]
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A.
The Maw
The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
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B.
I Origins
I Origins is a 2014 science fiction drama film written and directed by Mike Cahill that explores themes of science, spirituality, and reincarnation through the story of a molecular biologist studying the human eye.
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C.
The Originator
The Originator is an honorific nickname for Little Richard, recognizing his pioneering role in shaping rock and roll music.
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D.
Master Man
Master Man is a Nazi supervillain in Marvel Comics, often portrayed as a physically enhanced adversary of the World War II–era superhero team the Invaders.
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E.
The Swarm
"The Swarm" is a poem by Winter Trees, likely exploring themes of collective movement, nature, or transformation through vivid, atmospheric imagery.
- 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: Manifold: Origin Target entity description: Manifold: Origin is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores alternate evolutionary paths of humanity across multiple universes.
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A.
The Maw
The Maw is a perilous endgame zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, serving as the inescapable prison of the most wicked souls and the domain of the Jailer.
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B.
I Origins
I Origins is a 2014 science fiction drama film written and directed by Mike Cahill that explores themes of science, spirituality, and reincarnation through the story of a molecular biologist studying the human eye.
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C.
The Originator
The Originator is an honorific nickname for Little Richard, recognizing his pioneering role in shaping rock and roll music.
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D.
Master Man
Master Man is a Nazi supervillain in Marvel Comics, often portrayed as a physically enhanced adversary of the World War II–era superhero team the Invaders.
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E.
The Swarm
"The Swarm" is a poem by Winter Trees, likely exploring themes of collective movement, nature, or transformation through vivid, atmospheric imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard science fiction novel
ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| containsElement |
advanced scientific speculation
ⓘ
alternate timelines ⓘ speculative cosmology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores | origins of humanity in different universes ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
anthropic principle
ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ parallel universes ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | Reid Malenfant ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | alternative take on events of Manifold: Time and Manifold: Space ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Manifold: Origin ⓘ |
| isPartOfFranchise |
Manifold
ⓘ
linked to:
Manifold: Origin
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
alternate evolutionary paths of humanity
ⓘ
alternate history ⓘ human evolution ⓘ multiverse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Reid Malenfant ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | exploration of different human evolutionary outcomes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Manifold trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Manifold series
|
| precededBy |
Manifold: Space
ⓘ
Manifold: Time ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
ⓘ
Voyager Books ⓘ |
| series | Manifold series ⓘ |
| setting |
alternate Earths
ⓘ
multiple universes ⓘ |
| style | scientifically rigorous narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workInSeriesPosition | third published novel in the Manifold series ⓘ |
| workType | novel ⓘ |
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: Manifold: Origin Description of subject: Manifold: Origin is a hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores alternate evolutionary paths of humanity across multiple universes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Manifold: Origin