Temperance
E639309
Temperance is the moral virtue of self-restraint and moderation, especially in desires and actions, often portrayed as central to ethical and spiritual discipline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temperance canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7043771 — 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: Temperance Context triple: [The Faerie Queene, hasMoralFocusInBookII, Temperance]
-
A.
Temperance
Temperance is an unincorporated rural community located in Telfair County, Georgia, United States.
-
B.
Prudence
"Prudence" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, included in his collection "Essays: First Series," that explores the virtue of practical wisdom and its role in everyday life.
-
C.
Grace
Grace is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "grace" or "favor," often associated with elegance and kindness.
-
D.
Grace
"Grace" is a British crime drama television series starring John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, adapted from Peter James's bestselling novels.
-
E.
Grace
Grace is a skilled and enigmatic thief who becomes entangled with Ethan Hunt and the IMF team in the action film "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One."
- 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: Temperance Target entity description: Temperance is the moral virtue of self-restraint and moderation, especially in desires and actions, often portrayed as central to ethical and spiritual discipline.
-
A.
Temperance
Temperance is an unincorporated rural community located in Telfair County, Georgia, United States.
-
B.
Prudence
"Prudence" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, included in his collection "Essays: First Series," that explores the virtue of practical wisdom and its role in everyday life.
-
C.
Grace
Grace is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "grace" or "favor," often associated with elegance and kindness.
-
D.
Grace
"Grace" is a British crime drama television series starring John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, adapted from Peter James's bestselling novels.
-
E.
Grace
Grace is a skilled and enigmatic thief who becomes entangled with Ethan Hunt and the IMF team in the action film "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cardinal virtue
ⓘ
ethical concept ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
inner freedom
ⓘ
moral balance ⓘ right measure in actions ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
moral integrity
ⓘ
ordered desires ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ spiritual growth ⓘ |
| emphasizedBy |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Plato ⓘ Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
|
| hasAspect |
balance in pleasures
ⓘ
control of desires ⓘ moderation ⓘ regulation of appetites ⓘ self-restraint ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | habitual moderation and self-restraint in desires and actions ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
ethics
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ spirituality ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| isCentralTo |
ethical discipline
ⓘ
spiritual discipline ⓘ |
| isOpposedTo |
excess
ⓘ
gluttony ⓘ intemperance ⓘ lust ⓘ overindulgence ⓘ |
| regulates |
bodily appetites
ⓘ
desire for pleasure ⓘ use of created goods ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
fortitude
ⓘ
justice ⓘ prudence ⓘ |
| requires |
habitual practice
ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ willpower ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy |
a bridle
ⓘ
a cup or jug ⓘ a woman pouring liquid between two vessels ⓘ balanced scales ⓘ |
| valuedIn |
Aristotelian ethics
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicomachean Ethics
Catholic moral theology ⓘ Christian ethics ⓘ Stoic ethics ⓘ classical philosophy ⓘ |
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: Temperance Description of subject: Temperance is the moral virtue of self-restraint and moderation, especially in desires and actions, often portrayed as central to ethical and spiritual discipline.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.