The complete problem solver
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The Complete Problem Solver is a well-known book by cognitive psychologist John R. Hayes that presents practical strategies and frameworks for understanding and improving human problem-solving.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The complete problem solver canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10378413 — 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: The complete problem solver Context triple: [John R. Hayes, notableWork, The complete problem solver]
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A.
General Problem Solver
The General Problem Solver is an early artificial intelligence program designed to model and automate human-like problem-solving across a wide range of domains using general search and reasoning strategies.
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Human Problem Solving
"Human Problem Solving" is a seminal 1972 book by Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon that presents a foundational cognitive science and artificial intelligence theory of how humans represent and solve complex problems.
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“Natural Language Input for a Computer Problem-Solving System”
“Natural Language Input for a Computer Problem-Solving System” is a seminal research paper in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics that explores how computers can understand and process human language to solve problems.
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D.
Entscheidungsproblem
The Entscheidungsproblem is a foundational decision problem in mathematical logic that asks whether there exists a general algorithm to determine the truth or falsity of any given first-order logical statement.
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E.
Just A Rather Very Intelligent System
Just A Rather Very Intelligent System is Tony Stark’s advanced artificial intelligence assistant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, responsible for managing his technology and Iron Man suits.
- 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: The complete problem solver Target entity description: The Complete Problem Solver is a well-known book by cognitive psychologist John R. Hayes that presents practical strategies and frameworks for understanding and improving human problem-solving.
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A.
General Problem Solver
The General Problem Solver is an early artificial intelligence program designed to model and automate human-like problem-solving across a wide range of domains using general search and reasoning strategies.
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B.
Human Problem Solving
"Human Problem Solving" is a seminal 1972 book by Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon that presents a foundational cognitive science and artificial intelligence theory of how humans represent and solve complex problems.
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C.
“Natural Language Input for a Computer Problem-Solving System”
“Natural Language Input for a Computer Problem-Solving System” is a seminal research paper in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics that explores how computers can understand and process human language to solve problems.
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D.
Entscheidungsproblem
The Entscheidungsproblem is a foundational decision problem in mathematical logic that asks whether there exists a general algorithm to determine the truth or falsity of any given first-order logical statement.
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E.
Just A Rather Very Intelligent System
Just A Rather Very Intelligent System is Tony Stark’s advanced artificial intelligence assistant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, responsible for managing his technology and Iron Man suits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
help readers improve their problem-solving abilities
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help readers understand their own problem-solving processes ⓘ |
| author | John R. Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
cognitive psychology
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educational psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
frameworks for understanding problem solving
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improving human problem-solving performance ⓘ practical strategies for problem solving ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive psychology book
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educational book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | John R. Hayes is a cognitive psychologist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
examples of problem-solving tasks
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exercises for practicing problem-solving skills ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educators
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general readers interested in problem solving ⓘ psychologists ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cognitive processes
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human problem solving ⓘ problem-solving skills ⓘ problem-solving strategies ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear step-by-step problem-solving procedures
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influence on teaching of problem-solving skills ⓘ integrating theory and practice in problem solving ⓘ |
| teaches |
methods for analyzing problems
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methods for evaluating solutions ⓘ methods for planning solutions ⓘ methods for representing problems ⓘ systematic approaches to solving problems ⓘ |
| usedIn |
courses on cognitive psychology
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courses on educational psychology ⓘ courses on problem solving ⓘ |
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: The complete problem solver Description of subject: The Complete Problem Solver is a well-known book by cognitive psychologist John R. Hayes that presents practical strategies and frameworks for understanding and improving human problem-solving.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.