A Short History of the World
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A Short History of the World is a concise, popular history book by H. G. Wells that surveys human history from prehistoric times to the modern era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Short History of the World canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364581 — 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: A Short History of the World Context triple: [H. G. Wells bibliography, includesWork, A Short History of the World]
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A.
The History of the World
The History of the World is a conceptual artwork by British artist Jeremy Deller that maps and explores the cultural and political connections between brass band music and acid house in late 20th-century Britain.
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B.
The History of the World
The History of the World is a massive, unfinished early 17th-century historical and philosophical work by Sir Walter Raleigh, written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London and surveying global history from biblical times to the classical era.
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C.
The Story of Mankind
The Story of Mankind is a 1957 fantasy-comedy film that uses a celestial trial to explore key events and figures throughout human history.
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D.
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a postmodern novel by Julian Barnes that playfully reimagines episodes from human and natural history through a series of loosely connected, genre-blending narratives.
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E.
The Outline of History
The Outline of History is a sweeping early-20th-century universal history book by H. G. Wells that attempts to narrate the story of humanity from prehistoric times to the modern era.
- 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: A Short History of the World Target entity description: A Short History of the World is a concise, popular history book by H. G. Wells that surveys human history from prehistoric times to the modern era.
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A.
The History of the World
The History of the World is a conceptual artwork by British artist Jeremy Deller that maps and explores the cultural and political connections between brass band music and acid house in late 20th-century Britain.
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B.
The History of the World
The History of the World is a massive, unfinished early 17th-century historical and philosophical work by Sir Walter Raleigh, written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London and surveying global history from biblical times to the classical era.
-
C.
The Story of Mankind
The Story of Mankind is a 1957 fantasy-comedy film that uses a celestial trial to explore key events and figures throughout human history.
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D.
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a postmodern novel by Julian Barnes that playfully reimagines episodes from human and natural history through a series of loosely connected, genre-blending narratives.
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E.
The Outline of History
The Outline of History is a sweeping early-20th-century universal history book by H. G. Wells that attempts to narrate the story of humanity from prehistoric times to the modern era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Outline of History ⓘ |
| author |
H. G. Wells
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linked to:
Herbert George Wells
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| basedOn | The Outline of History ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversPeriodFrom | prehistoric times ⓘ |
| coversPeriodTo | early 20th century ⓘ |
| followsWork | The Outline of History ⓘ |
| genre | popular history ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
H. G. Wells
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linked to:
Herbert George Wells
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| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | early 20th-century viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Short History of the World ⓘ |
| includesTopic |
development of civilizations
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evolution of human societies ⓘ major world religions ⓘ political history ⓘ scientific and technological progress ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | continuous historical narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concise survey of world history
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popularization of historical knowledge ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| subject |
human history
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world history ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
H. G. Wells
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linked to:
Herbert George Wells
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How these facts were elicited
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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: A Short History of the World Description of subject: A Short History of the World is a concise, popular history book by H. G. Wells that surveys human history from prehistoric times to the modern era.
Referenced by (5)
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