The Bod
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The Bod is the informal name for the Bodleian Library, the historic main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest and most important libraries in Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bod canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2017317 — 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 Bod Context triple: [Bodleian Library, hasAlternativeName, The Bod]
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A.
The Gund
The Gund is the former name of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
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B.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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C.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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D.
The Powerful One
The Powerful One is an epithet of Sekhmet, the ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing.
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E.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
- 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 Bod Target entity description: The Bod is the informal name for the Bodleian Library, the historic main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest and most important libraries in Europe.
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A.
The Gund
The Gund is the former name of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
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B.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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C.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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D.
The Powerful One
The Powerful One is an epithet of Sekhmet, the ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing.
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E.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
ⓘ
legal deposit library ⓘ library building ⓘ research library ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | English Gothic ⓘ |
| catalogueType | online public access catalogue ⓘ |
| collectionType |
archives
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manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ printed books ⓘ rare books ⓘ research collections ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Thomas Bodley ⓘ |
| function |
preservation of cultural and scholarly heritage
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support university teaching and research ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Bodleian Library
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surface form:
Bodleian Libraries administration of the University of Oxford
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| hasPart |
Clarendon Building, Oxford
ⓘ
surface form:
Clarendon Building
Divinity School ⓘ
surface form:
Divinity School (as part of the historic complex)
Duke Humfrey’s Library ⓘ
surface form:
Duke Humfrey's Library
Old Schools Quadrangle ⓘ Radcliffe Camera ⓘ
surface form:
Radcliffe Camera (as a reading room)
Weston Library ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | multiple specialist reading rooms ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
one of the most important research libraries in Europe
ⓘ
one of the oldest libraries in Europe ⓘ |
| inception | 1602 ⓘ |
| informalName | The Bod self-link ⓘ |
| isPartOfSystem |
Bodleian Library
ⓘ
surface form:
Bodleian Libraries (group of Oxford libraries)
|
| legalDepositStatus | legal deposit library for the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Oxford ⓘ University of Oxford city centre ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Broad Street, Oxford ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Bodley ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuous operation since the early 17th century
ⓘ
extensive historical collections ⓘ role in scholarship at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| officialName | Bodleian Library ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfCataloguing | English ⓘ |
| publicAccess |
primarily for members of the University of Oxford
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reading rooms accessible to registered external readers ⓘ |
| regulates | use of materials through a reader’s card system ⓘ |
| regulation | non-circulating reference collections in main historic buildings ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction in Oxford ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bod Description of subject: The Bod is the informal name for the Bodleian Library, the historic main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest and most important libraries in Europe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.