Think! (short story)
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"Think!" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores telepathy and advanced robotics through a dramatic experiment in mind-reading technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Think! (short story) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8494521 — 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: Think! (short story) Context triple: [Robot Visions, containsWork, Think! (short story)]
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A.
Think for a Minute!
"Think for a Minute!" is a 1986 single by British indie pop band The Housemartins, known for its socially conscious lyrics and melodic, jangly guitar sound.
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B.
Time to Think
"Time to Think" is a 1963 studio album by American folk group The Kingston Trio that reflects the era’s socially conscious and topical songwriting.
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C.
Dare to Think
Dare to Think is the English-language motto of Ghent University, encapsulating its emphasis on critical inquiry and independent thought.
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D.
Der Gedanke
Der Gedanke is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the nature of thoughts, sense, and truth in the philosophy of language and logic.
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E.
Think (1989 version)
"Think" (1989 version) is a re-recorded rendition of Aretha Franklin’s classic hit, updated with late-1980s production for its single release.
- 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: Think! (short story) Target entity description: "Think!" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores telepathy and advanced robotics through a dramatic experiment in mind-reading technology.
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A.
Think for a Minute!
"Think for a Minute!" is a 1986 single by British indie pop band The Housemartins, known for its socially conscious lyrics and melodic, jangly guitar sound.
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B.
Time to Think
"Time to Think" is a 1963 studio album by American folk group The Kingston Trio that reflects the era’s socially conscious and topical songwriting.
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C.
Dare to Think
Dare to Think is the English-language motto of Ghent University, encapsulating its emphasis on critical inquiry and independent thought.
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D.
Der Gedanke
Der Gedanke is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the nature of thoughts, sense, and truth in the philosophy of language and logic.
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E.
Think (1989 version)
"Think" (1989 version) is a re-recorded rendition of Aretha Franklin’s classic hit, updated with late-1980s production for its single release.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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science fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
limits of artificial intelligence
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privacy of thought ⓘ scientific responsibility ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
advanced robotics
ⓘ
ethics of scientific experimentation ⓘ human–machine interaction ⓘ mind-reading technology ⓘ telepathy ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Isaac Asimov’s science fiction setting ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession | science fiction writer ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement | telepathic communication between human and machine ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTechnology |
mind-reading device
ⓘ
telepathic interface ⓘ |
| hasMainExperiment | mind-reading experiment ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter | telepathy and robotics ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Think! ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age-style science fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableWork | Think! (short story) ⓘ |
| occupation |
science fiction author
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
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: Think! (short story) Description of subject: "Think!" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores telepathy and advanced robotics through a dramatic experiment in mind-reading technology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Think! (short story)