The Secret
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The Secret is a bestselling self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that popularizes the concept of the "law of attraction," claiming that positive thinking can directly shape one's reality.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Secret canonical | 10 |
| The Secret series | 4 |
| The Secret (film) | 3 |
| The Secret (book) | 2 |
| The Secret (book), 2006 | 1 |
| The Secret (franchise) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T179813 — 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 Secret Context triple: [Simon & Schuster, notableWorkPublished, The Secret]
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A.
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 mystery thriller film based on Dan Brown’s bestselling novel, following symbologist Robert Langdon as he uncovers a conspiracy involving secret societies and religious history.
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B.
Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
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C.
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons is a 2009 mystery-thriller film based on Dan Brown’s novel, following symbologist Robert Langdon as he races to stop a deadly conspiracy within the Vatican.
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D.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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E.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
- 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 Secret Target entity description: The Secret is a bestselling self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that popularizes the concept of the "law of attraction," claiming that positive thinking can directly shape one's reality.
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A.
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 mystery thriller film based on Dan Brown’s bestselling novel, following symbologist Robert Langdon as he uncovers a conspiracy involving secret societies and religious history.
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B.
Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
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C.
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons is a 2009 mystery-thriller film based on Dan Brown’s novel, following symbologist Robert Langdon as he races to stop a deadly conspiracy within the Vatican.
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D.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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E.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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self-help book ⓘ |
| author | Rhonda Byrne ⓘ |
| basedOn | law of attraction ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | bestselling self-help book ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
oversimplification of success
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pseudoscientific claims ⓘ victim-blaming implications ⓘ |
| featuredConcept | ask, believe, receive ⓘ |
| genre |
new thought
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self-help ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Secret
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Secret (film)
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| hasFormat |
audio CD
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digital audio download ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
motivational speaking industry
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popular self-help culture ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Hero
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The Greatest Secret ⓘ The Magic ⓘ The Power ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
New Age
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surface form:
New Thought movement
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
law of attraction
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positive thinking ⓘ self-improvement ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
guide to achieving happiness
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guide to achieving success ⓘ guide to achieving wealth ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
gratitude attracts positive outcomes
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thoughts attract events ⓘ visualization creates reality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 200 ⓘ |
| promotesPractice |
affirmations
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gratitude journaling ⓘ visualization ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Simon & Schuster
ⓘ
surface form:
Atria Books
Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| workLocationOfAuthor | Australia ⓘ |
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 Secret Description of subject: The Secret is a bestselling self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that popularizes the concept of the "law of attraction," claiming that positive thinking can directly shape one's reality.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Secret (film)
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The Secret (film)
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The Secret (book)
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The Secret (book), 2006
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The Secret (franchise)
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The Secret (book)
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The Secret (film)
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The Secret series
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The Secret series
this entity surface form:
The Secret series