Book from the Ground
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Book from the Ground is a conceptual literary-art project by Xu Bing that tells a story entirely through universally recognizable icons and pictograms instead of traditional written language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book from the Ground canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745692 — 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: Book from the Ground Context triple: [Xu Bing, notableWork, Book from the Ground]
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A.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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B.
God’s Acre
God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
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C.
The Land of Take-What-You-Want
The Land of Take-What-You-Want is a magical realm in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree stories where visitors can freely help themselves to any object or treat they desire.
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D.
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s incisive journalistic writings that reflect her experiences and observations as a pioneering war correspondent and travel writer.
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E.
Enter Nowhere
Enter Nowhere is a 2011 psychological thriller film about three strangers mysteriously trapped at a remote cabin in the woods, where they uncover a mind-bending connection between them.
- 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: Book from the Ground Target entity description: Book from the Ground is a conceptual literary-art project by Xu Bing that tells a story entirely through universally recognizable icons and pictograms instead of traditional written language.
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A.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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B.
God’s Acre
God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
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C.
The Land of Take-What-You-Want
The Land of Take-What-You-Want is a magical realm in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree stories where visitors can freely help themselves to any object or treat they desire.
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D.
The View from the Ground
The View from the Ground is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s incisive journalistic writings that reflect her experiences and observations as a pioneering war correspondent and travel writer.
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E.
Enter Nowhere
Enter Nowhere is a 2011 psychological thriller film about three strangers mysteriously trapped at a remote cabin in the woods, where they uncover a mind-bending connection between them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist book
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conceptual art project ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| aim | to be readable across languages ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| author | Xu Bing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
pictographic language
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universally recognizable symbols ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Xu Bing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Book from the Ground software project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
art museums
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contemporary art exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre |
artist book
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conceptual literature ⓘ experimental literature ⓘ visual literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
installation version
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print edition ⓘ software-based version ⓘ |
| language |
emoticons
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icons ⓘ pictograms ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | office worker ⓘ |
| medium |
digital project
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printed book ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | wordless narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | one day in the life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experiment in universal legibility
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telling a complete story without words ⓘ use of only icons and pictograms ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 112 ⓘ |
| partOf | Xu Bing’s exploration of language and writing ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | MIT Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Book from the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary urban life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | global readers ⓘ |
| theme |
everyday life
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global communication ⓘ information age ⓘ translation and untranslatability ⓘ universality of symbols ⓘ visual culture ⓘ |
| uses |
commercial pictograms
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computer interface icons ⓘ emoticons and emojis ⓘ public signage symbols ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Book from the Ground Description of subject: Book from the Ground is a conceptual literary-art project by Xu Bing that tells a story entirely through universally recognizable icons and pictograms instead of traditional written language.
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