The Book of Numbers
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The Book of Numbers is a popular mathematics book that explores the properties, patterns, and curiosities of numbers in an accessible and engaging way.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Book of Numbers canonical | 3 |
| Book of Numbers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1403595 — 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 Book of Numbers Context triple: [Richard K. Guy, notableWork, The Book of Numbers]
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A.
Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a biblical text in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and preparations to enter the Promised Land, combining narrative episodes with laws and censuses.
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B.
Book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt under Moses and the establishment of their covenant with God.
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C.
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is an Old Testament biblical book that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership following Moses’ death.
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D.
Book of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, primarily detailing laws, rituals, and priestly regulations for the Israelites.
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E.
Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
- 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 Book of Numbers Target entity description: The Book of Numbers is a popular mathematics book that explores the properties, patterns, and curiosities of numbers in an accessible and engaging way.
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A.
Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a biblical text in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and preparations to enter the Promised Land, combining narrative episodes with laws and censuses.
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B.
Book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating the Israelites’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt under Moses and the establishment of their covenant with God.
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C.
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is an Old Testament biblical book that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership following Moses’ death.
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D.
Book of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, primarily detailing laws, rituals, and priestly regulations for the Israelites.
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E.
Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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mathematics book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
entertain readers with numerical curiosities
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explain mathematical ideas intuitively ⓘ make number theory accessible ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
Fibonacci numbers
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linked to:
Fibonacci sequence
natural numbers ⓘ number sequences ⓘ patterns in digits ⓘ perfect numbers ⓘ prime numbers ⓘ recreational mathematics ⓘ |
| field |
mathematics
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popular science literature ⓘ |
| format | prose ⓘ |
| genre | popular mathematics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
examples
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historical anecdotes about numbers ⓘ illustrative problems ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general audience
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non-specialist readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
mathematical curiosities
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number theory ⓘ patterns in numbers ⓘ properties of numbers ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
accessible
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engaging ⓘ |
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 Book of Numbers Description of subject: The Book of Numbers is a popular mathematics book that explores the properties, patterns, and curiosities of numbers in an accessible and engaging way.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Book of Numbers