Foundation
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Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that launched his influential series about the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the science of psychohistory.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foundation canonical | 25 |
| Foundation series | 19 |
| Foundation series (as a bridge work) | 1 |
| Foundations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308315 — 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: Foundation Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, notableWork, Foundation]
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Entered Apprentice
Entered Apprentice is the first and introductory degree of Freemasonry, representing a candidate’s initial initiation into the Masonic fraternity.
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FIRST
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth organization that runs robotics competitions and programs to inspire students’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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FA
FA is a Chilean left-wing political coalition known for uniting various progressive parties and movements to challenge the country’s traditional political blocs.
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EC
EC is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ecuador.
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F
F is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Ford Motor Company, the American multinational automaker known for mass-producing automobiles and pioneering assembly line manufacturing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Foundation Target entity description: Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that launched his influential series about the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the science of psychohistory.
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A.
Entered Apprentice
Entered Apprentice is the first and introductory degree of Freemasonry, representing a candidate’s initial initiation into the Masonic fraternity.
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B.
FIRST
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth organization that runs robotics competitions and programs to inspire students’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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C.
FA
FA is a Chilean left-wing political coalition known for uniting various progressive parties and movements to challenge the country’s traditional political blocs.
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D.
EC
EC is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ecuador.
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E.
F
F is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Ford Motor Company, the American multinational automaker known for mass-producing automobiles and pioneering assembly line manufacturing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television series episodes in Foundation (TV series) ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| awarded |
Hugo Award for Best Series
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surface form:
Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series
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| awardYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Foundation short stories ⓘ |
| centralConcept | psychohistory ⓘ |
| centralTheme | rise and fall of a galactic empire ⓘ |
| containsStory |
The Encyclopedists
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The Mayors ⓘ The Merchant Princes ⓘ The Psychohistorians ⓘ The Traders ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Edd Cartier ⓘ |
| depicts |
Galactic Empire series
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surface form:
Galactic Empire
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| firstPublicationMedium |
Astounding Science Fiction
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surface form:
Astounding Science Fiction magazine
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| follows | decline of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| hasPrequel |
Forward the Foundation
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Prelude to Foundation ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Foundation and Empire
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Second Foundation ⓘ |
| influenced |
later space opera works
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science fiction about galactic empires ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-553-80371-0 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hari Seldon
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Hober Mallow ⓘ Salvor Hardin ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableElement |
Encyclopaedia Galactica
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surface form:
Encyclopedia Galactica project
Seldon Plan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational work of the Foundation series
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popularizing the concept of psychohistory ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedAs | short stories in Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 255 pages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foundation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Foundation series
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| protagonistRole | Hari Seldon is the creator of psychohistory ⓘ |
| publisher | Gnome Press ⓘ |
| series |
Foundation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Foundation series
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| setIn |
Milky Way
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surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy
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| setInTimePeriod | far future ⓘ |
| structure | fix-up novel ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mathematical sociology
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predictive social science ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Foundation Description of subject: Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that launched his influential series about the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the science of psychohistory.
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