Systems at Work
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Systems at Work is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores the processes, technology, and people behind the operation of postal systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Systems at Work canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1542922 — 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: Systems at Work Context triple: [National Postal Museum, hasPermanentExhibition, Systems at Work]
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A.
Models of Man
Models of Man is a seminal book by Herbert A. Simon that explores human decision-making and behavior through the lens of bounded rationality and mathematical models in the social sciences.
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B.
Business @ the Speed of Thought
Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
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C.
People, Power, and Profits
People, Power, and Profits is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that critiques contemporary capitalism and proposes reforms to create a fairer, more inclusive economy and democracy.
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D.
The Intelligent Individual and Society
"The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
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E.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
- 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: Systems at Work Target entity description: Systems at Work is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores the processes, technology, and people behind the operation of postal systems.
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A.
Models of Man
Models of Man is a seminal book by Herbert A. Simon that explores human decision-making and behavior through the lens of bounded rationality and mathematical models in the social sciences.
-
B.
Business @ the Speed of Thought
Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
-
C.
People, Power, and Profits
People, Power, and Profits is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that critiques contemporary capitalism and proposes reforms to create a fairer, more inclusive economy and democracy.
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D.
The Intelligent Individual and Society
"The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
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E.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum exhibition
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permanent exhibition ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalObjective |
explain how mail moves through the postal system
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illustrate interaction of people and machines in postal work ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | National Postal Museum ⓘ |
| exhibitionType |
history exhibition
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postal exhibition ⓘ technology exhibition ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mail delivery
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mail handling ⓘ mail sorting ⓘ mail transportation ⓘ postal processes ⓘ postal technology ⓘ postal workers ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
artifacts
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interactive exhibits ⓘ interpretive panels ⓘ multimedia displays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject | postal systems ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Postal Museum
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surface form:
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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| partOf | National Postal Museum permanent exhibitions ⓘ |
| subjectOf | National Postal Museum website ⓘ |
| theme |
behind-the-scenes postal operations
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evolution of postal technology ⓘ logistics of mail ⓘ role of people in postal systems ⓘ |
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: Systems at Work Description of subject: Systems at Work is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores the processes, technology, and people behind the operation of postal systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.