Brandolini's law
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Brandolini's law is the adage that the amount of energy needed to refute nonsense is an order of magnitude greater than that needed to produce it.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brandolini's law canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23154200 — 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: Brandolini's law Context triple: [Sturgeon's Law, relatedTo, Brandolini's law]
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A.
Legge Delrio
Legge Delrio is an Italian reform law enacted in 2014 that reorganized local government structures, particularly provinces and metropolitan cities.
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B.
Porcellum (Calderoli law)
Porcellum (Calderoli law) was Italy’s controversial electoral law in force during the 2000s, characterized by proportional representation with majority bonuses and closed party lists.
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C.
Legge Rosato
Legge Rosato is an Italian electoral law that introduced a mixed voting system combining proportional representation with first-past-the-post elements for parliamentary elections.
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D.
Bolkestein
Bolkestein is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Frits Bolkestein, a prominent Dutch politician and former European Commissioner.
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E.
Lombard law
Lombard law was the early medieval legal code of the Lombard Kingdom in Italy, blending Germanic customary law with Roman legal traditions.
- 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: Brandolini's law Target entity description: Brandolini's law is the adage that the amount of energy needed to refute nonsense is an order of magnitude greater than that needed to produce it.
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A.
Legge Delrio
Legge Delrio is an Italian reform law enacted in 2014 that reorganized local government structures, particularly provinces and metropolitan cities.
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B.
Porcellum (Calderoli law)
Porcellum (Calderoli law) was Italy’s controversial electoral law in force during the 2000s, characterized by proportional representation with majority bonuses and closed party lists.
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C.
Legge Rosato
Legge Rosato is an Italian electoral law that introduced a mixed voting system combining proportional representation with first-past-the-post elements for parliamentary elections.
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D.
Bolkestein
Bolkestein is a Dutch surname most notably associated with Frits Bolkestein, a prominent Dutch politician and former European Commissioner.
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E.
Lombard law
Lombard law was the early medieval legal code of the Lombard Kingdom in Italy, blending Germanic customary law with Roman legal traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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