Book III
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Book III is the concluding section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically examines the conduct of war and the restoration of peace within the framework of natural and international law.
All labels observed (1)
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2196044 — 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 iure belli ac pacis, hasPart, Book III]
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Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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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 one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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- 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 the concluding section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically examines the conduct of war and the restoration of peace within the framework of natural and international law.
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A.
Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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Book III
Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s landmark number theory treatise "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae," contributing to its foundational development of modern arithmetic.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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treatise on the law of war ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
facilitate stable peace settlements
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limit cruelty in war ⓘ |
| appliesFrameworkOf |
law of nations
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natural law ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| concludingSectionOf | De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
development of international humanitarian law
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doctrine of lawful conduct in war ⓘ just war theory ⓘ |
| distinguishesBetween |
lawful acts of war
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unlawful acts of war ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
amnesty after war
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faith of treaties ⓘ good faith in warfare ⓘ limits on the use of force ⓘ occupation of territory ⓘ peace treaties ⓘ private property in war ⓘ proportionality in war ⓘ punishment after war ⓘ ransom and exchange of prisoners ⓘ regulation of hostilities ⓘ restitution after war ⓘ rights of conquerors ⓘ rules of military necessity ⓘ spoils of war ⓘ treatment of enemies ⓘ treatment of noncombatants ⓘ treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ truce and armistice ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early modern European wars ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De iure belli ac pacis
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surface form:
Book I (De iure belli ac pacis)
De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ
surface form:
Book II (De iure belli ac pacis)
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| subject |
conduct of war
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international law ⓘ natural law ⓘ restoration of peace ⓘ |
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Subject: Book III Description of subject: Book III is the concluding section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically examines the conduct of war and the restoration of peace within the framework of natural and international law.
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