Immortal Coils
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Immortal Coils is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene" that explores the concept of DNA as a durable, gene-preserving molecule central to evolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Immortal Coils canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8913243 — 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: Immortal Coils Context triple: [The Selfish Gene, hasChapter, Immortal Coils]
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A.
Immortalis
Immortalis is ARM’s family of high-performance mobile GPU architectures designed to deliver advanced graphics and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for flagship devices.
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B.
Burn of Sorrow
Burn of Sorrow is a small Scottish stream flowing through the dramatic gorge below Castle Campbell in Clackmannanshire.
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C.
Schism
"Schism" is a progressive metal song by the band Tool, renowned for its complex rhythms, philosophical lyrics, and distinctive music video.
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D.
Untempered Schism
The Untempered Schism is a raw, turbulent rift in space-time on Gallifrey that exposes viewers to the Time Vortex and profoundly shapes the destinies of Time Lords who gaze into it.
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E.
Saeculum Obscurum
Saeculum Obscurum refers to a particularly corrupt and turbulent period in the history of the papacy during the 10th century, marked by strong secular and aristocratic influence over the popes.
- 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: Immortal Coils Target entity description: Immortal Coils is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene" that explores the concept of DNA as a durable, gene-preserving molecule central to evolution.
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A.
Immortalis
Immortalis is ARM’s family of high-performance mobile GPU architectures designed to deliver advanced graphics and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for flagship devices.
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B.
Burn of Sorrow
Burn of Sorrow is a small Scottish stream flowing through the dramatic gorge below Castle Campbell in Clackmannanshire.
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C.
Schism
"Schism" is a progressive metal song by the band Tool, renowned for its complex rhythms, philosophical lyrics, and distinctive music video.
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D.
Untempered Schism
The Untempered Schism is a raw, turbulent rift in space-time on Gallifrey that exposes viewers to the Time Vortex and profoundly shapes the destinies of Time Lords who gaze into it.
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E.
Saeculum Obscurum
Saeculum Obscurum refers to a particularly corrupt and turbulent period in the history of the papacy during the 10th century, marked by strong secular and aristocratic influence over the popes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book chapter
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nonfiction chapter ⓘ |
| author | Richard Dawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfContainingWork | Richard Dawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
DNA as a durable molecule
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DNA as a gene-preserving structure ⓘ genes as information carriers ⓘ |
| discusses |
DNA replication
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mutation and variation ⓘ selection acting on genes ⓘ |
| explains |
how DNA contributes to evolutionary stability
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the role of genes in heredity ⓘ |
| explores |
the concept of genetic immortality
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the persistence of genetic information over generations ⓘ |
| field |
evolutionary biology
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genetics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
long-term survival of genes
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molecular basis of heredity ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | gene-centered view of evolution ⓘ |
| hasWorkExample | illustrative explanations of DNA stability ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
DNA
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evolution ⓘ genes ⓘ natural selection ⓘ replicators ⓘ |
| partOf | The Selfish Gene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfContainingWork | science book ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
replicator versus vehicle distinction
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selfish gene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInWhichAppears | The Selfish Gene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Immortal Coils Description of subject: Immortal Coils is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene" that explores the concept of DNA as a durable, gene-preserving molecule central to evolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.