Evolution
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"Evolution" is a widely used textbook by zoologist Mark Ridley that provides a comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology and its core concepts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Evolution canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6568321 — 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: [Mark Ridley, 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 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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Evolution
"Evolution" is a 1993 soul and adult contemporary album by American singer Oleta Adams, showcasing her powerful vocals and emotive, gospel-infused style.
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Evolution
Evolution is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Anastacia that marked her return with a blend of pop, rock, and soul influences.
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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.
- 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 widely used textbook by zoologist Mark Ridley that provides a comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology and its core concepts.
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Evolution
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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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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C.
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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D.
Evolution
Evolution is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Anastacia that marked her return with a blend of pop, rock, and soul influences.
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Evolution
Evolution is a 1997 studio album by American R&B group Boyz II Men that showcases their signature harmonies in a more mature, contemporary sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biology textbook
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Mark Ridley ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversConcept |
Darwinian evolution
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evolutionary developmental biology ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ modern synthesis ⓘ phylogenetic methods ⓘ quantitative genetics ⓘ species concepts ⓘ |
| describedAs | comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
introductory courses in evolutionary biology
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university courses in evolution ⓘ |
| field |
biology
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evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple editions ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSupplement |
figures and diagrams
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problems and exercises ⓘ references to primary literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
evolutionary biologists
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graduate students ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher |
Blackwell Science
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linked to:
Wiley-Blackwell
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| topic |
adaptation
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coevolution ⓘ evidence for evolution ⓘ evolution of cooperation ⓘ evolutionary ecology ⓘ genetic drift ⓘ human evolution ⓘ life-history evolution ⓘ macroevolution ⓘ molecular evolution ⓘ mutation ⓘ natural selection ⓘ phylogeny ⓘ population genetics ⓘ sexual selection ⓘ speciation ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard evolution textbook ⓘ |
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 widely used textbook by zoologist Mark Ridley that provides a comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology and its core concepts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.