Facetiae
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Facetiae is a celebrated 15th-century collection of humorous and often bawdy Latin anecdotes and jokes by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Facetiae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5127111 — 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: Facetiae Context triple: [Poggio Bracciolini, notableWork, Facetiae]
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A.
Gaulanitis
Gaulanitis was an ancient region east of the Sea of Galilee, historically associated with the Golan area and mentioned in classical and biblical sources.
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B.
Hipple
Hipple is the birth surname of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Fascian
Fascian is a regional dialect of the Ladin language spoken in parts of northern Italy.
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D.
FAP
FAP is the acronym for the Peruvian Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of Peru’s armed forces.
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E.
FAP
FAP is the acronym for the Portuguese Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of Portugal’s Armed Forces.
- 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: Facetiae Target entity description: Facetiae is a celebrated 15th-century collection of humorous and often bawdy Latin anecdotes and jokes by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini.
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A.
Gaulanitis
Gaulanitis was an ancient region east of the Sea of Galilee, historically associated with the Golan area and mentioned in classical and biblical sources.
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B.
Hipple
Hipple is the birth surname of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Fascian
Fascian is a regional dialect of the Ladin language spoken in parts of northern Italy.
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D.
FAP
FAP is the acronym for the Peruvian Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of Peru’s armed forces.
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E.
FAP
FAP is the acronym for the Portuguese Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of Portugal’s Armed Forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
joke collection ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | papal curia in Rome ⓘ |
| author | Poggio Bracciolini ⓘ |
| authorBirthPlace | Terranuova Bracciolini ⓘ |
| authorEmployer | Roman Curia ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | humanist ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in Renaissance Europe ⓘ |
| circulationForm |
early printed book
ⓘ
manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | humanist Latin literature ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 15th century ⓘ |
| genre |
bawdy stories
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humor ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasHumorType |
obscene jokes
ⓘ
situational comedy ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| hasPart | collection of short tales ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anticlerical satire
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mockery of professional groups ⓘ sexual humor ⓘ social satire ⓘ trickery and deception ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | celebrated collection of jokes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humor writing
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later European joke literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated lay and clerical readers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
anecdote
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short story ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | early modern jest-books ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anecdotes
ⓘ
jokes ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bawdy content
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depiction of contemporary clerical life ⓘ humorous content ⓘ use of colloquial Latin ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Facetiae ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| setting | late medieval and early Renaissance Italy ⓘ |
| style |
brief and pointed narratives
ⓘ
colloquial dialogue ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Jests ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Poggio Bracciolini ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Facetiae Description of subject: Facetiae is a celebrated 15th-century collection of humorous and often bawdy Latin anecdotes and jokes by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini.
Referenced by (4)
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