Missing Manual book series
E671033
The Missing Manual book series is a popular collection of user-friendly, in-depth guides that explain software, devices, and technologies in clear, accessible language for non-expert readers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Missing Manual book series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7536363 — 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: Missing Manual book series Context triple: [David Pogue, hasWritten, Missing Manual book series]
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A.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
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B.
Tablets of the Missing
Tablets of the Missing is a memorial wall at the Netherlands American Cemetery inscribed with the names of American service members who went missing in action during World War II.
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C.
Book of Effort
The Book of Effort is a major section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that focuses on the diplomatic negotiations, preparations, and strenuous attempts to avert the Kurukshetra war.
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D.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
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E.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
- 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: Missing Manual book series Target entity description: The Missing Manual book series is a popular collection of user-friendly, in-depth guides that explain software, devices, and technologies in clear, accessible language for non-expert readers.
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A.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
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B.
Tablets of the Missing
Tablets of the Missing is a memorial wall at the Netherlands American Cemetery inscribed with the names of American service members who went missing in action during World War II.
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C.
Book of Effort
The Book of Effort is a major section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that focuses on the diplomatic negotiations, preparations, and strenuous attempts to avert the Kurukshetra war.
-
D.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
-
E.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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non-fiction book series ⓘ |
| aimsTo | explain features omitted or poorly documented in official manuals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | David Pogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
clear, accessible language
ⓘ
in-depth guides ⓘ user-friendly guides ⓘ |
| genre |
computer book
ⓘ
how-to guide ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
David Pogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J.D. Biersdorfer NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesa Snider NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston Gralla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
tips and tricks
ⓘ
troubleshooting advice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
consumer electronics
ⓘ
digital media ⓘ operating systems ⓘ software ⓘ web services ⓘ |
| marketedAs | The book that should have been in the box ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Photoshop Elements: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 10: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 7: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows XP: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ iMovie: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ iPad: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ iPhone: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ iPhoto: The Missing Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | O’Reilly Media catalog ⓘ |
| publisher | O’Reilly Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Pogue Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general computer users
ⓘ
non-expert users ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
conversational
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step-by-step instructions ⓘ |
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: Missing Manual book series Description of subject: The Missing Manual book series is a popular collection of user-friendly, in-depth guides that explain software, devices, and technologies in clear, accessible language for non-expert readers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.