Salomon's House
E160142
Salomon's House is the fictional scientific research institution in Francis Bacon's utopian work "New Atlantis," envisioned as a prototype for organized, empirical inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salomon's House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392035 — 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.
Target entity: Salomon's House Context triple: [New Atlantis, featuresInstitution, Salomon's House]
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House of the Book
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The Blue Hotel
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House of Bread
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The Wayside
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La Ciudad Blanca
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Salomon's House Target entity description: Salomon's House is the fictional scientific research institution in Francis Bacon's utopian work "New Atlantis," envisioned as a prototype for organized, empirical inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.
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A.
House of the Book
House of the Book is the former name of the historic Singer House, an iconic early 20th-century Art Nouveau building in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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B.
The Blue Hotel
The Blue Hotel is a short story by American author Stephen Crane that explores themes of fear, alienation, and violence in a small Nebraska town.
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C.
House of Bread
House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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D.
The Wayside
The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the former home of authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.
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E.
La Ciudad Blanca
La Ciudad Blanca is the popular nickname of Arequipa, a major Peruvian city famed for its white volcanic-stone architecture and historic colonial center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional institution
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learned society ⓘ literary concept ⓘ scientific research institution ⓘ utopian institution ⓘ |
| appearsIn | New Atlantis ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Baconian method
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experimental philosophy ⓘ utopian science ⓘ |
| createdBy | Francis Bacon ⓘ |
| describedAs |
the lantern of this kingdom
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the very eye of this kingdom ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
inventing new arts and instruments
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preserving and transmitting knowledge ⓘ testing and verifying reports ⓘ traveling to gather information from other nations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | College of the Six Days' Works ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
advising the state
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application of discoveries to practical uses ⓘ classification of knowledge ⓘ collection of natural histories ⓘ conducting experiments ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
effecting all things possible
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enlarging the bounds of human empire ⓘ knowledge of causes ⓘ |
| hasMemberType | Fathers of Salomon's House ⓘ |
| hasSection |
offices for applying inventions
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offices for collecting experiments ⓘ offices for compiling results ⓘ offices for conducting experiments ⓘ |
| influenced |
Royal Society
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surface form:
Royal Society of London
concept of modern scientific institutions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | utopian fiction ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction |
Bensalem Township
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surface form:
Bensalem
New Atlantis (island) ⓘ |
| methodology |
empirical inquiry
ⓘ
organized experimentation ⓘ systematic observation ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
advancement of knowledge
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benefit of human life ⓘ systematic scientific research ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Novum Organum
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surface form:
The New Organon
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| symbolizes |
cooperative scientific enterprise
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ideal organization of science ⓘ institutionalization of research ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | early 17th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Salomon's House Description of subject: Salomon's House is the fictional scientific research institution in Francis Bacon's utopian work "New Atlantis," envisioned as a prototype for organized, empirical inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.
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