The Vanishing Face of Gaia
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The Vanishing Face of Gaia is a 2009 environmental science book by James Lovelock in which he warns of imminent, severe climate change and argues that humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Vanishing Face of Gaia canonical | 3 |
| A Final Warning: The Vanishing Face of Gaia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T750344 — 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 Vanishing Face of Gaia Context triple: [James Lovelock, notableWork, The Vanishing Face of Gaia]
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A.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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B.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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C.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
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D.
The Climate of Eden
The Climate of Eden is a novel by American playwright and director Moss Hart that explores complex human relationships and social tensions in a richly drawn setting.
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E.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
- 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 Vanishing Face of Gaia Target entity description: The Vanishing Face of Gaia is a 2009 environmental science book by James Lovelock in which he warns of imminent, severe climate change and argues that humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth.
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A.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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B.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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C.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
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D.
The Climate of Eden
The Climate of Eden is a novel by American playwright and director Moss Hart that explores complex human relationships and social tensions in a richly drawn setting.
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E.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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environmental science book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| argues | humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth ⓘ |
| author | James Lovelock ⓘ |
| buildsOn |
Gaia hypothesis
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surface form:
Gaia theory
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | imminent severe climate change ⓘ |
| genre |
climate change literature
ⓘ
environmental science ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Earth as a self-regulating system ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readership
ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gaia hypothesis
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climate change ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ global warming ⓘ human adaptation to climate change ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pessimistic outlook on climate futures
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strong advocacy of adaptation to climate change ⓘ |
| positionOnAdaptation | advocates large-scale adaptation strategies ⓘ |
| positionOnClimateChange | emphasizes inevitability of significant warming ⓘ |
| positionOnMitigation | argues mitigation alone is insufficient ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Allen Lane ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
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The Revenge of Gaia ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Final Warning ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
irreversible environmental change
ⓘ
threats to human civilization from climate change ⓘ |
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 Vanishing Face of Gaia Description of subject: The Vanishing Face of Gaia is a 2009 environmental science book by James Lovelock in which he warns of imminent, severe climate change and argues that humanity must adapt to survive on a self-regulating Earth.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Final Warning: The Vanishing Face of Gaia