Ars Magna
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Ars Magna is a seminal 1545 mathematical treatise by Gerolamo Cardano that systematically presents solutions to cubic and quartic equations, marking a major milestone in algebra.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ars Magna canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14750400 — 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: Ars Magna Context triple: [Gerolamo Cardano, knownFor, Ars Magna]
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A.
The Antiquities of the West
The Antiquities of the West is a historical and archaeological study of western England’s ancient monuments and relics by antiquarian William Henry Hamilton Rogers.
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B.
Mother of Cities
Mother of Cities is an ancient honorific title for the city of Balkh, reflecting its status as one of the oldest and historically most important urban centers in the region of present-day northern Afghanistan.
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C.
Atlas Maior
Atlas Maior is a monumental 17th-century world atlas by Joan Blaeu, renowned as one of the most extensive and lavish cartographic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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D.
Megale Syntaxis
Megale Syntaxis, better known by its Latin title the Almagest, is Claudius Ptolemy’s foundational 2nd-century astronomical treatise that systematically presents the geocentric model of the cosmos.
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E.
City of Seven Hills
The "City of Seven Hills" is a nickname for Lynchburg, Virginia, a historic independent city known for its hilly terrain and location along the James River.
- 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: Ars Magna Target entity description: Ars Magna is a seminal 1545 mathematical treatise by Gerolamo Cardano that systematically presents solutions to cubic and quartic equations, marking a major milestone in algebra.
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A.
The Antiquities of the West
The Antiquities of the West is a historical and archaeological study of western England’s ancient monuments and relics by antiquarian William Henry Hamilton Rogers.
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B.
Mother of Cities
Mother of Cities is an ancient honorific title for the city of Balkh, reflecting its status as one of the oldest and historically most important urban centers in the region of present-day northern Afghanistan.
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C.
Atlas Maior
Atlas Maior is a monumental 17th-century world atlas by Joan Blaeu, renowned as one of the most extensive and lavish cartographic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
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D.
Megale Syntaxis
Megale Syntaxis, better known by its Latin title the Almagest, is Claudius Ptolemy’s foundational 2nd-century astronomical treatise that systematically presents the geocentric model of the cosmos.
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E.
City of Seven Hills
The "City of Seven Hills" is a nickname for Lynchburg, Virginia, a historic independent city known for its hilly terrain and location along the James River.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.