Rule XX
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Rule XX is one of the numbered methodological maxims in René Descartes’ unfinished work "Rules for the Direction of the Mind," outlining principles for proper reasoning and scientific inquiry.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1783716 — 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: Rule XX Context triple: [Rules for the Direction of the Mind, hasPart, Rule XX]
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A.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
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B.
Rule 23
Rule 23 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs how and when a criminal defendant’s case is tried by a jury or by a judge alone.
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C.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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D.
Rule 35
Rule 35 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the correction or reduction of a criminal sentence under specified circumstances.
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E.
Rule 32
Rule 32 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs procedures and requirements surrounding sentencing in federal criminal cases.
- 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: Rule XX Target entity description: Rule XX is one of the numbered methodological maxims in René Descartes’ unfinished work "Rules for the Direction of the Mind," outlining principles for proper reasoning and scientific inquiry.
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A.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
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B.
Rule 23
Rule 23 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs how and when a criminal defendant’s case is tried by a jury or by a judge alone.
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C.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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D.
Rule 35
Rule 35 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the correction or reduction of a criminal sentence under specified circumstances.
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E.
Rule 32
Rule 32 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs procedures and requirements surrounding sentencing in federal criminal cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological principle
ⓘ
methodological maxim ⓘ philosophical rule ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
establish clear and certain knowledge
ⓘ
guide the intellect ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
method of knowledge acquisition
ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes ⓘ |
| concerns | methodical direction of the mind ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfAuthor | France ⓘ |
| describedIn | Rules for the Direction of the Mind ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
ⓘ
logic ⓘ methodology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| genreOfContainingWork | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole |
mathematician
ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ |
| hasNumberInSeries | 20 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | mathematical method ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeriesOfRulesBy | René Descartes ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
proper reasoning
ⓘ
scientific inquiry ⓘ |
| partOf | Rules for the Direction of the Mind ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolOfAuthor | Cartesianism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Rationalism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Discourse on the Method
ⓘ
linked to:
Discours de la méthode
Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ |
| workStatusOfContainingWork | unfinished ⓘ |
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: Rule XX Description of subject: Rule XX is one of the numbered methodological maxims in René Descartes’ unfinished work "Rules for the Direction of the Mind," outlining principles for proper reasoning and scientific inquiry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rule XX