Decalogue
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The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is a foundational set of moral and religious laws in the Hebrew Bible that has profoundly influenced Jewish, Christian, and broader Western ethical traditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Decalogue canonical | 4 |
| Decalogue IX | 1 |
| Decalogue VIII | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158865 — 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: Decalogue Context triple: [Book of Exodus, significantLawSection, Decalogue]
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A.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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B.
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
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C.
Fida'i
Fida'i is the national anthem of the State of Palestine, expressing Palestinian identity, struggle, and aspirations for freedom and self-determination.
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D.
Manush
Manush are a subgroup of the Romani people, traditionally found in Western Europe and known for their distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- 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: Decalogue Target entity description: The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is a foundational set of moral and religious laws in the Hebrew Bible that has profoundly influenced Jewish, Christian, and broader Western ethical traditions.
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A.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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B.
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
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C.
Fida'i
Fida'i is the national anthem of the State of Palestine, expressing Palestinian identity, struggle, and aspirations for freedom and self-determination.
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D.
Manush
Manush are a subgroup of the Romani people, traditionally found in Western Europe and known for their distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ten Commandments
ⓘ
biblical text ⓘ moral code ⓘ religious law code ⓘ |
| attributedTo | God ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
Deuteronomy 5:4–21
ⓘ
Exodus 20:1–17 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Sabbath observance
ⓘ
honor of parents ⓘ monotheism ⓘ prohibition of adultery ⓘ prohibition of coveting ⓘ prohibition of false testimony ⓘ prohibition of idolatry ⓘ prohibition of murder ⓘ prohibition of theft ⓘ sanctity of God’s name ⓘ |
| ethicalCategory |
duty to God
ⓘ
duty to neighbor ⓘ |
| foundInBook |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ |
| genre | apodictic law ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Aseret ha-Devarim
ⓘ
linked to:
Aseret ha-Dibrot
Aseret ha-Dibrot ⓘ Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn |
Eastern Orthodox Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Protestant churches ⓘ Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| hasDifferentEnumerationsIn |
Catholic tradition
ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ Lutheran tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Reformed tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian moral theology
ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
linked to:
Halakha
Western ethics ⓘ Western legal traditions ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Moses ⓘ |
| numberOfCommandments | 10 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to:
Five Books of Moses
Torah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| revealedAt | Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| revealedTo | Israelites ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| usedIn |
Christian catechesis
ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ |
| writtenOn | stone tablets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Decalogue Description of subject: The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is a foundational set of moral and religious laws in the Hebrew Bible that has profoundly influenced Jewish, Christian, and broader Western ethical traditions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Decalogue
linked to: Decalogue