Evidence of Things Unseen
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Evidence of Things Unseen is a critically acclaimed novel by American author Marianne Wiggins that intertwines personal lives with major events in 20th-century American history, particularly the development of nuclear technology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Evidence of Things Not Seen | 1 |
| Evidence of Things Unseen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5924467 — 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: Evidence of Things Unseen Context triple: [Marianne Wiggins, notableWork, Evidence of Things Unseen]
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A.
The Unseen
The Unseen is a 2000 hip-hop album by producer-rapper Madlib, released under his Quasimoto alias and acclaimed for its experimental, jazz-infused production and surreal, off-kilter lyricism.
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B.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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C.
The World Unseen
The World Unseen is a 2007 period drama film set in 1950s apartheid-era South Africa that explores forbidden love and social oppression within the Indian South African community.
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D.
The Visible and the Invisible
The Visible and the Invisible is an unfinished, posthumously published philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that deepens his phenomenology by exploring perception, embodiment, and the intertwining of subject and world.
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E.
Book of Signs
The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
- 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: Evidence of Things Unseen Target entity description: Evidence of Things Unseen is a critically acclaimed novel by American author Marianne Wiggins that intertwines personal lives with major events in 20th-century American history, particularly the development of nuclear technology.
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A.
The Unseen
The Unseen is a 2000 hip-hop album by producer-rapper Madlib, released under his Quasimoto alias and acclaimed for its experimental, jazz-infused production and surreal, off-kilter lyricism.
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B.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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C.
The World Unseen
The World Unseen is a 2007 period drama film set in 1950s apartheid-era South Africa that explores forbidden love and social oppression within the Indian South African community.
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D.
The Visible and the Invisible
The Visible and the Invisible is an unfinished, posthumously published philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that deepens his phenomenology by exploring perception, embodiment, and the intertwining of subject and world.
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E.
Book of Signs
The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Marianne Wiggins ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award for Fiction finalist
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Lightfoot
ⓘ
Opal Foshee ⓘ Raymond "Fos" Foshee ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780743230354 ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Oak Ridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Tennessee ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isPartOf | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
historically grounded fiction
ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ multi-generational narrative ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
20th-century American history
ⓘ
American South ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
development of nuclear technology ⓘ personal relationships ⓘ science and technology ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ethical implications of nuclear technology
ⓘ
impact of scientific progress on ordinary people ⓘ intertwining of private lives and public events ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex character development
ⓘ
integration of nuclear history into intimate narrative ⓘ rich historical detail ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Manhattan Project backdrop
ⓘ
radiation exposure consequences ⓘ use of phosphorescence and light as motifs ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| theme |
American progress and its costs
ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ invisibility and unseen forces ⓘ love and family ⓘ science and morality ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II era
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ post–World War II era ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | phrase from the Bible, Hebrews 11:1 ⓘ |
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: Evidence of Things Unseen Description of subject: Evidence of Things Unseen is a critically acclaimed novel by American author Marianne Wiggins that intertwines personal lives with major events in 20th-century American history, particularly the development of nuclear technology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Evidence of Things Unseen