How to Avoid Contagious Diseases
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"How to Avoid Contagious Diseases" is a humorous, satirical essay by Umberto Eco that parodies practical advice on hygiene and illness prevention.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13822606 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Avoid Contagious Diseases Context triple: [How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays, hasEssay, How to Avoid Contagious Diseases]
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How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
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A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
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La Contagion sacrée
La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
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D.
On the Sacred Disease
On the Sacred Disease is an ancient Greek medical treatise traditionally attributed to Hippocrates that argues epilepsy has natural, physical causes rather than divine or supernatural origins.
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Free Hospital for the Treatment of Smallpox and other Diseases of the Skin
The Free Hospital for the Treatment of Smallpox and other Diseases of the Skin was a 19th-century London charitable medical institution specializing in smallpox and dermatological care for the poor.
- 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: How to Avoid Contagious Diseases Target entity description: "How to Avoid Contagious Diseases" is a humorous, satirical essay by Umberto Eco that parodies practical advice on hygiene and illness prevention.
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A.
How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
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B.
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
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C.
La Contagion sacrée
La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
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D.
On the Sacred Disease
On the Sacred Disease is an ancient Greek medical treatise traditionally attributed to Hippocrates that argues epilepsy has natural, physical causes rather than divine or supernatural origins.
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E.
Free Hospital for the Treatment of Smallpox and other Diseases of the Skin
The Free Hospital for the Treatment of Smallpox and other Diseases of the Skin was a 19th-century London charitable medical institution specializing in smallpox and dermatological care for the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
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