Book III
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Book III is a section of Vitruvius’s ancient Roman architectural treatise that focuses on the principles and proportions of temple design.
All labels observed (1)
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| Book III canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8229460 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Context triple: [De architectura, hasPart, Book III]
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Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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Book III
Book III is the third section of Augustine’s theological treatise *On Christian Doctrine*, focusing on the principles for interpreting ambiguous or figurative passages of Scripture.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Leonardo Bruni’s historical work "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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Book III
Book III is the third section of Herman Melville’s long religious-epic poem *Clarel*, continuing its exploration of faith, doubt, and spiritual crisis during a pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
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Book III
Book III of *The Faerie Queene* is the section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem that chiefly explores the virtue of chastity through the adventures of the knight Britomart.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Target entity description: Book III is a section of Vitruvius’s ancient Roman architectural treatise that focuses on the principles and proportions of temple design.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals," focusing on the classification and internal anatomy of animals.
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Book III
Book III is one of the four main divisions of the Institutes of Justinian, a foundational 6th-century Roman law textbook that systematically presents key aspects of private law.
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Book III
Book III is the concluding section of Aristotle’s *Rhetoric*, focusing on style and the effective arrangement of speeches in persuasive communication.
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Book III
Book III of Plato's Republic is a section of the dialogue that focuses on the education and moral formation of the guardian class, including discussions of poetry, music, and censorship.
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Book III
Book III is the third section of Augustine’s theological treatise *On Christian Doctrine*, focusing on the principles for interpreting ambiguous or figurative passages of Scripture.
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Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of architectural treatise ⓘ |
| author | Vitruvius ⓘ |
| describes |
design of temples
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layout of temple plans ⓘ proportional systems for cella and pronaos ⓘ proportional systems for columns ⓘ symmetry in architecture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
principles of temple design
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proportions of temple design ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural theory
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technical treatise ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInLatin |
De architectura, liber tertius
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linked to:
De architectura
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| historicalPeriod | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Andrea Palladio
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Leon Battista Alberti ⓘ Renaissance architectural theory ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Book IV ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | Book II ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
architectural proportion
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classical orders ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | De architectura ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Ten Books on Architecture ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| tradition | classical architecture ⓘ |
| usesConcept | human body proportions as a model for buildings ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Book III Description of subject: Book III is a section of Vitruvius’s ancient Roman architectural treatise that focuses on the principles and proportions of temple design.
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