The Sea Around Us
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The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sea Around Us canonical | 5 |
| Rachel Carson sea trilogy | 1 |
| The Sea Around Us (1953 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T761846 — 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 Sea Around Us Context triple: [Rachel Carson, notableWork, The Sea Around Us]
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A.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea is a reflective, bestselling 1955 book of essays by Anne Morrow Lindbergh that uses seashells and the seashore as metaphors to explore women's lives, solitude, and inner peace.
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B.
The Chambered Nautilus
"The Chambered Nautilus" is a reflective 1858 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that uses the spiraled shell of a nautilus as an extended metaphor for spiritual growth and the soul’s continual ascent.
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C.
The Blue Planet
The Blue Planet is a landmark BBC nature documentary series exploring the world's oceans, narrated by David Attenborough.
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D.
The Living Planet
The Living Planet is a landmark BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the diversity of life and the ecosystems of Earth.
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E.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
- 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 Sea Around Us Target entity description: The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
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A.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea is a reflective, bestselling 1955 book of essays by Anne Morrow Lindbergh that uses seashells and the seashore as metaphors to explore women's lives, solitude, and inner peace.
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B.
The Chambered Nautilus
"The Chambered Nautilus" is a reflective 1858 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that uses the spiraled shell of a nautilus as an extended metaphor for spiritual growth and the soul’s continual ascent.
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C.
The Blue Planet
The Blue Planet is a landmark BBC nature documentary series exploring the world's oceans, narrated by David Attenborough.
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D.
The Living Planet
The Living Planet is a landmark BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the diversity of life and the ecosystems of Earth.
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E.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental literature
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nonfiction book ⓘ science book ⓘ |
| adaptationType | documentary film ⓘ |
| author | Rachel Carson ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Burroughs Medal
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National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ |
| basedOn | scientific research ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
deep-sea environments
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formation of the oceans ⓘ geological history of Earth’s seas ⓘ human dependence on the sea ⓘ marine ecosystems ⓘ ocean currents ⓘ role of the oceans in climate ⓘ tides ⓘ |
| followedBy | Silent Spring ⓘ |
| format | book ⓘ |
| genre |
nature writing
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Sea Around Us
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Sea Around Us (1953 film)
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| hasPart |
chapter on human relationship with the sea
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chapter on marine life ⓘ chapter on the deep sea ⓘ chapter on the geological history of the sea ⓘ chapter on the origin of the oceans ⓘ chapter on tides and currents ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
geology of the sea
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marine biology ⓘ |
| influenced |
environmental movement
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public understanding of marine science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
descriptive prose
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narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
marine science
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oceanography ⓘ oceans ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical scientific prose
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popularizing oceanography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Under the Sea-Wind ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Oxford University Press
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Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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science readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
geological time
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mid-20th century ocean science ⓘ |
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 Sea Around Us Description of subject: The Sea Around Us is a landmark 1951 nonfiction book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly explores the science, history, and wonder of the world’s oceans.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Sea Around Us (1953 film)
this entity surface form:
Rachel Carson sea trilogy
subject surface form:
Rachel Carson