Recapitulation and Conclusion
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"Recapitulation and Conclusion" is the final chapter of Charles Darwin’s *On the Origin of Species*, in which he summarizes his theory of evolution by natural selection and reflects on its broader implications for biology and human understanding.
All labels observed (1)
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| Recapitulation and Conclusion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T289328 — 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: Recapitulation and Conclusion Context triple: [On the Origin of Species, notableChapter, Recapitulation and Conclusion]
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Moses’ farewell speeches
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Final Judgment
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Elam Ending
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Restoration
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Resurrection
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- 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: Recapitulation and Conclusion Target entity description: "Recapitulation and Conclusion" is the final chapter of Charles Darwin’s *On the Origin of Species*, in which he summarizes his theory of evolution by natural selection and reflects on its broader implications for biology and human understanding.
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A.
Moses’ farewell speeches
Moses’ farewell speeches are a series of final addresses in which Moses recounts Israel’s history, reiterates God’s laws, and exhorts the people to covenant faithfulness before they enter the Promised Land.
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B.
Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
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C.
Elam Ending
The Elam Ending is an alternative basketball format that eliminates the game clock near the end and sets a target score to determine the winner, designed to reduce intentional fouling and create more exciting finishes.
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D.
Restoration
The Restoration was the period in 17th-century England when the monarchy was re-established under Charles II, following the collapse of the republican Commonwealth.
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E.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book chapter
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literary work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
address readers’ doubts and objections
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integrate diverse lines of evidence for evolution ⓘ restate the central thesis of On the Origin of Species ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Victorian scientific revolution ⓘ |
| author | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| concludesThat | life has evolved from a few forms or from one ⓘ |
| contains | Darwin’s famous closing passage about “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful” ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | creationist explanations of species origin ⓘ |
| discusses |
biogeographical distribution of species
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classification of organisms ⓘ common descent ⓘ divergence of character ⓘ embryology ⓘ geological succession of organic beings ⓘ morphology ⓘ natural selection ⓘ rudimentary organs ⓘ struggle for existence ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
gradualism in evolutionary change
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power of natural selection over long timescales ⓘ |
| field | evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific writing ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Darwin as naturalist ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuote | “There is grandeur in this view of life…” ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | naturalistic explanation of life’s diversity ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent evolutionary thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
evolution by natural selection
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implications of evolution for biology ⓘ implications of evolution for human understanding ⓘ summary of Darwin’s evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| partOf | On the Origin of Species ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final chapter ⓘ |
| presents | Darwin’s overall conclusions ⓘ |
| publishedIn | 1859 first edition of On the Origin of Species ⓘ |
| reflectsOn |
future progress of biological science
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limitations of current scientific knowledge ⓘ philosophical implications of evolution ⓘ |
| structureRole | synthesis and closure of the book ⓘ |
| summarizes |
arguments for evolution
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evidence for natural selection ⓘ objections to the theory of natural selection ⓘ |
| workMentionedIn | history of science literature ⓘ |
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Subject: Recapitulation and Conclusion Description of subject: "Recapitulation and Conclusion" is the final chapter of Charles Darwin’s *On the Origin of Species*, in which he summarizes his theory of evolution by natural selection and reflects on its broader implications for biology and human understanding.
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subject surface form:
On the Origin of Species