Retrospection and Introspection
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"Retrospection and Introspection" is a semi-autobiographical work by Mary Baker Eddy in which she reflects on her life, spiritual development, and the founding of Christian Science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Retrospection and Introspection canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170752 — 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: Retrospection and Introspection Context triple: [Mary Baker Eddy, notableWork, Retrospection and Introspection]
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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C.
Spiritual Exercises
Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
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D.
reflections on science
"Reflections on Science" is a section of Richard Feynman’s autobiographical book *What Do You Care What Other People Think?* in which he shares his views on the nature, practice, and philosophy of scientific inquiry.
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E.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
- 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: Retrospection and Introspection Target entity description: "Retrospection and Introspection" is a semi-autobiographical work by Mary Baker Eddy in which she reflects on her life, spiritual development, and the founding of Christian Science.
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A.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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B.
Think
Think is IBM’s iconic corporate slogan encapsulating its emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and forward-looking technology.
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C.
Spiritual Exercises
Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
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D.
reflections on science
"Reflections on Science" is a section of Richard Feynman’s autobiographical book *What Do You Care What Other People Think?* in which he shares his views on the nature, practice, and philosophy of scientific inquiry.
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E.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Church of Christ, Scientist ⓘ |
| author | Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
development of Christian Science teachings
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early life of Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ religious experiences of Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
| documents |
Mary Baker Eddy’s leadership in Christian Science
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history of Christian Science movement ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian Science literature
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religious literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
Christian healing
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role of revelation in Christian Science ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Retrospection and Introspection self-link ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalFocus |
healing through prayer
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spiritual interpretation of the Bible ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Retrospection and Introspection self-link ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
members of the Church of Christ, Scientist
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students of Christian Science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
founding of Christian Science
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life of Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ spiritual development of Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
| movement | New Thought-related religious movements ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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surface form:
Christian Science
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| workOf | Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ |
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: Retrospection and Introspection Description of subject: "Retrospection and Introspection" is a semi-autobiographical work by Mary Baker Eddy in which she reflects on her life, spiritual development, and the founding of Christian Science.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.