novel Foundation
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Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that introduces the concept of psychohistory and chronicles the efforts to preserve knowledge and civilization as a vast galactic empire collapses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| novel "Foundation" | 1 |
| novel Foundation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8491963 — 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: novel Foundation Context triple: [The Psychohistorians, partOf, novel Foundation]
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Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores the early life of Hari Seldon and the origins of his revolutionary science of psychohistory within the Foundation universe.
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B.
Asimov universe
The Asimov universe is the shared science fiction setting created by Isaac Asimov, encompassing his robot, Foundation, and related stories that explore advanced robotics, psychohistory, and the future of humanity.
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C.
Known Space
Known Space is a shared science fiction universe created by Larry Niven, featuring a far-future setting with advanced human and alien civilizations, of which the Ringworld is one of the most famous locations.
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D.
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis that blend space travel with Christian theology, philosophical themes, and mythic storytelling.
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E.
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Asimov’s Science Fiction is a long-running American magazine specializing in science fiction short stories and novellas, known for publishing both established and emerging genre authors.
- 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: novel Foundation Target entity description: Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that introduces the concept of psychohistory and chronicles the efforts to preserve knowledge and civilization as a vast galactic empire collapses.
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A.
Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that explores the early life of Hari Seldon and the origins of his revolutionary science of psychohistory within the Foundation universe.
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B.
Asimov universe
The Asimov universe is the shared science fiction setting created by Isaac Asimov, encompassing his robot, Foundation, and related stories that explore advanced robotics, psychohistory, and the future of humanity.
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C.
Known Space
Known Space is a shared science fiction universe created by Larry Niven, featuring a far-future setting with advanced human and alien civilizations, of which the Ringworld is one of the most famous locations.
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D.
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis that blend space travel with Christian theology, philosophical themes, and mythic storytelling.
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E.
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Asimov’s Science Fiction is a long-running American magazine specializing in science fiction short stories and novellas, known for publishing both established and emerging genre authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| awarded | Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Foundation short stories ⓘ |
| centralConcept | psychohistory ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
determinism vs. free will
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preservation of knowledge ⓘ rise and fall of empires ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Edd Cartier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresIdea |
manipulation of history
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scientific prediction of mass behavior ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganization |
Foundation
NERFINISHED
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Galactic Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalScience | psychohistory ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Foundation (Apple TV+ series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Foundation and Empire
NERFINISHED
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Second Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later space opera works
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science fiction about galactic empires ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-553-80371-0 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3551.S5 F6 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hari Seldon
NERFINISHED
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Hober Mallow NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvor Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | linked stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting a collapsing galactic empire
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popularizing the concept of psychohistory ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 232776 ⓘ |
| originalEditor | John W. Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMagazine | Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | fix-up novel ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| pages | about 255 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Foundation series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Foundation short stories in Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Gnome Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Milky Way Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | far future ⓘ |
| subgenre |
future history
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space opera ⓘ |
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: novel Foundation Description of subject: Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that introduces the concept of psychohistory and chronicles the efforts to preserve knowledge and civilization as a vast galactic empire collapses.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
novel "Foundation"