Book III
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5531251 — 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: Book III Context triple: [Clarel, hasPart, Book III]
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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 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 John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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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 a section of Leonardo Bruni’s historical work "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
- 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: Book III Target entity description: 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 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 Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, continuing his critique of pagan beliefs and interpretation of Roman history.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
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Book III
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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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic book
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section of a poem ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresPhilosophicalIssue |
conflict between skepticism and faith
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crisis of belief in the modern age ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Clarel (character)
NERFINISHED
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Derwent (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nehemiah (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vine (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Book II (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction |
continues the pilgrimage narrative begun in earlier books
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develops psychological portrait of Clarel ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | standard collected editions of Herman Melville's poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | long narrative verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
doubt
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faith ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| partOf | Clarel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWorkGenre |
narrative poem
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religious epic poem ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| precedes | Book IV (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1876 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Book I (Clarel)
NERFINISHED
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Book II (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
Holy Land
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian theology
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biblical history ⓘ pilgrim experience in Palestine ⓘ religious pluralism ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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somber ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Book III Description of subject: 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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