“The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?”
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“The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” is an essay by Carl Sagan that explores the ethical and practical responsibilities of humanity in protecting Earth’s environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350282 — 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 Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” Context triple: [Billions and Billions, hasPart, “The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?”]
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A.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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B.
The Challenge of the Environment
The Challenge of the Environment was a thematic section of Expo '93 focused on global ecological issues and sustainable development.
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C.
The Politics of Environment
"The Politics of Environment" is a book by British author and politician Stanley Johnson that examines environmental issues and policy-making from a political and governmental perspective.
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D.
Cultural Environmentalism and Beyond
"Cultural Environmentalism and Beyond" is a scholarly work by legal theorist James Boyle that explores the protection of the public domain and cultural commons in the face of expanding intellectual property rights.
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E.
The Wisdom of Sustainability
The Wisdom of Sustainability is a book by Thai activist and Buddhist scholar Sulak Sivaraksa that explores socially engaged Buddhism, environmental responsibility, and alternative development grounded in ethical and spiritual values.
- 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 Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” Target entity description: “The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” is an essay by Carl Sagan that explores the ethical and practical responsibilities of humanity in protecting Earth’s environment.
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A.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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B.
The Challenge of the Environment
The Challenge of the Environment was a thematic section of Expo '93 focused on global ecological issues and sustainable development.
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C.
The Politics of Environment
"The Politics of Environment" is a book by British author and politician Stanley Johnson that examines environmental issues and policy-making from a political and governmental perspective.
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D.
Cultural Environmentalism and Beyond
"Cultural Environmentalism and Beyond" is a scholarly work by legal theorist James Boyle that explores the protection of the public domain and cultural commons in the face of expanding intellectual property rights.
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E.
The Wisdom of Sustainability
The Wisdom of Sustainability is a book by Thai activist and Buddhist scholar Sulak Sivaraksa that explores socially engaged Buddhism, environmental responsibility, and alternative development grounded in ethical and spiritual values.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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non-fiction work ⓘ |
| addresses |
long-term consequences of environmental degradation
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need for precaution in environmental decision-making ⓘ relationship between science and environmental policy ⓘ |
| advocates |
long-term thinking about planetary health
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scientifically informed environmental policy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
environmentalism
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public understanding of science ⓘ science communication ⓘ |
| author | Carl Sagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
global environmental issues
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human impact on the biosphere ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
prudence in managing natural resources
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responsibility to future generations ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical responsibilities of humanity toward the environment
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practical responsibilities of humanity toward the environment ⓘ |
| focusesOn | protection of Earth’s environment ⓘ |
| genre | essay ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
astronomer
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science communicator ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
ethical
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scientific ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
environmental ethics
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environmental protection ⓘ human responsibility toward Earth ⓘ prudence in environmental policy ⓘ |
| workOf | Carl Sagan bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” Description of subject: “The Environment: Where Does Prudence Lie?” is an essay by Carl Sagan that explores the ethical and practical responsibilities of humanity in protecting Earth’s environment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.