Evolution
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Evolution is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores the deep history and future of life on Earth through a sweeping, evolutionary epic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Evolution canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805621 — 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: Evolution Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, notableWork, Evolution]
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Evolution
"Evolution" is a 2001 studio album by the American R&B group Journey, showcasing a blend of rock and melodic ballads that helped define their classic sound.
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Evolution
"Evolution" is a film featuring actress Katharine Towne, known as one of her more prominent screen roles.
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Evolution
Evolution is a personal information management application and email client for Unix-like systems that integrates mail, calendar, address book, and task list functionality.
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What Evolution Is
What Evolution Is is a comprehensive book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that explains the mechanisms, evidence, and implications of biological evolution for a general audience.
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Darwinism
Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
- 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: Evolution Target entity description: Evolution is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores the deep history and future of life on Earth through a sweeping, evolutionary epic.
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A.
Evolution
"Evolution" is a 2001 studio album by the American R&B group Journey, showcasing a blend of rock and melodic ballads that helped define their classic sound.
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B.
Evolution
"Evolution" is a film featuring actress Katharine Towne, known as one of her more prominent screen roles.
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C.
Evolution
Evolution is a personal information management application and email client for Unix-like systems that integrates mail, calendar, address book, and task list functionality.
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D.
What Evolution Is
What Evolution Is is a comprehensive book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that explains the mechanisms, evidence, and implications of biological evolution for a general audience.
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E.
Darwinism
Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
biological evolution
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extinction and survival ⓘ future of humanity ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Gollancz edition cover artist (United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| features |
multiple time periods
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ scientifically grounded speculation ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | standalone novel ⓘ |
| hasMainTopic |
cosmic timescales
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evolution of hominids ⓘ evolution of mammals ⓘ |
| mediaType |
novel
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope |
deep history of life on Earth
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far future of life on Earth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of real paleontological knowledge
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sweeping evolutionary epic scope ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen Baxter bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | linked stories across geological epochs ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | Mesozoic era to far 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: Evolution Description of subject: Evolution is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores the deep history and future of life on Earth through a sweeping, evolutionary epic.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.