C-text
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C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C-text canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658798 — 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: C-text Context triple: [Piers Plowman, hasVersion, C-text]
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A.
CTP
CTP is a commonly used acronym for the Center for Theoretical Physics, a research institution focused on advancing fundamental understanding in theoretical physics.
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B.
CED
CED is an academic unit focused on the study and practice of environmental design, including fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
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C.
CST
CST is the time zone used throughout mainland China, eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
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D.
CST
CST is a prominent Chicago-based theater company renowned for its innovative productions of Shakespearean and other classic and contemporary works.
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E.
CTS
CTS is the acronym for the Council for Trade in Services, a World Trade Organization body responsible for overseeing the implementation and functioning of global rules on trade in services.
- 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: C-text Target entity description: C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.
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A.
CTP
CTP is a commonly used acronym for the Center for Theoretical Physics, a research institution focused on advancing fundamental understanding in theoretical physics.
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B.
CED
CED is an academic unit focused on the study and practice of environmental design, including fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning.
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C.
CST
CST is the time zone used throughout mainland China, eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8).
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D.
CST
CST is a prominent Chicago-based theater company renowned for its innovative productions of Shakespearean and other classic and contemporary works.
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E.
CTS
CTS is the acronym for the Council for Trade in Services, a World Trade Organization body responsible for overseeing the implementation and functioning of global rules on trade in services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English literary text
ⓘ
recension ⓘ textual version ⓘ |
| follows | B-text ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical poem ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Piers Plowman
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surface form:
C-text of Piers Plowman
C-version of Piers Plowman ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | William Langland ⓘ |
| hasCriticalDesignation |
C-text recension
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C-version ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex transmission history
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substantial revision of earlier versions ⓘ |
| hasForm | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition |
distinct editorial tradition
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distinct manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| hasRelationToWork | later redaction of Piers Plowman ⓘ |
| hasScope | major reworking of narrative and structure ⓘ |
| isPrincipalVersionOf | Piers Plowman ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Piers Plowman
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surface form:
Piers Plowman textual tradition
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| relatedTo |
A-text
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B-text ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English studies
manuscript studies ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 14th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
editors of Piers Plowman
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literary historians ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
| workTitle | Piers Plowman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: C-text Description of subject: C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.