Book II (Vox Clamantis)
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Book II of Vox Clamantis is a section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem that continues his moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
All labels observed (1)
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| Book II (Vox Clamantis) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12962937 — 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 II (Vox Clamantis) Context triple: [Book V (Vox Clamantis), workInSeries, Book II (Vox Clamantis)]
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Book III (Vox Clamantis)
Book III of Vox Clamantis is a section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem that continues his moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
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Book I (Vox Clamantis)
Book I of *Vox Clamantis* is the opening section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin poem, setting the thematic and narrative foundation for the work that the subsequent books develop.
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Book II
Book II is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that develops key arguments about production, distribution, and the functioning of economic systems.
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Book II
Book II is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic examination of the characteristics and classification of living creatures.
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Book II
Book II is the second section of Herman Melville’s long religious-epic poem *Clarel*, continuing its exploration of faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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 II (Vox Clamantis) Target entity description: Book II of Vox Clamantis is a section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem that continues his moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
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Book III (Vox Clamantis)
Book III of Vox Clamantis is a section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem that continues his moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
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B.
Book I (Vox Clamantis)
Book I of *Vox Clamantis* is the opening section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin poem, setting the thematic and narrative foundation for the work that the subsequent books develop.
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C.
Book II
Book II of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section in which he develops his influential account of moral virtue as a habit formed through practice and the doctrine of the mean between extremes.
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Book II
Book II is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic examination of the characteristics and classification of living creatures.
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Book II
Book II is the second section of René Descartes’ foundational mathematical treatise *La Géométrie*, further developing his analytic approach to geometry and algebra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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section of poem ⓘ |
| author | John Gower ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| follows | Book I (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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moral poetry ⓘ political poetry ⓘ |
| hasCreator | John Gower ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 14th-century England ⓘ |
| isPartOf | John Gower’s Latin works ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative and expository verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late medieval literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| meter | Latin elegiac and other classical meters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf | Vox Clamantis ⓘ |
| positionInWork | second book of Vox Clamantis ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Confessio Amantis
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Mirour de l’Omme ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Latin Christian tradition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
14th-century English society
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ethical criticism of contemporary life ⓘ moral reflections on society ⓘ political reflections on governance ⓘ social disorder ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian morality
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justice and governance ⓘ relationship between ruler and subjects ⓘ responsibility of the clergy ⓘ responsibility of the commons ⓘ responsibility of the nobility ⓘ sin and social decay ⓘ |
| verseForm | Latin verse ⓘ |
| workType | allegorical poem section ⓘ |
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Subject: Book II (Vox Clamantis) Description of subject: Book II of Vox Clamantis is a section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem that continues his moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
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Book V