Some Answered Questions
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Some Answered Questions is a central Bahá'í text consisting of recorded talks by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá that explain key spiritual, philosophical, and scriptural themes of the Bahá'í Faith.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Some Answered Questions canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Some Answered Questions Context triple: [Bahá'í Faith, hasSacredText, Some Answered Questions]
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A.
Q’s
Q’s is the nickname commonly used for the former American Basketball Association team the San Diego Conquistadors.
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B.
Who Asked You?
"Who Asked You?" is a contemporary novel by Terry McMillan that follows a multigenerational African American family navigating love, responsibility, and personal reinvention amid everyday struggles.
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C.
A Beautiful Question
A Beautiful Question is a popular science book by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Frank Wilczek that explores how the laws of physics reflect deep principles of symmetry, harmony, and beauty.
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D.
Considerations by the Way
"Considerations by the Way" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that reflects on practical ethics and the conduct of everyday life, included as part of his collection "The Conduct of Life."
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E.
Conversations on Common Things
Conversations on Common Things is an early 19th-century educational book by Dorothea Dix that presents everyday scientific and moral knowledge in a conversational format for young readers.
- 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: Some Answered Questions Target entity description: Some Answered Questions is a central Bahá'í text consisting of recorded talks by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá that explain key spiritual, philosophical, and scriptural themes of the Bahá'í Faith.
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A.
Q’s
Q’s is the nickname commonly used for the former American Basketball Association team the San Diego Conquistadors.
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B.
Who Asked You?
"Who Asked You?" is a contemporary novel by Terry McMillan that follows a multigenerational African American family navigating love, responsibility, and personal reinvention amid everyday struggles.
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C.
A Beautiful Question
A Beautiful Question is a popular science book by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Frank Wilczek that explores how the laws of physics reflect deep principles of symmetry, harmony, and beauty.
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D.
Considerations by the Way
"Considerations by the Way" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that reflects on practical ethics and the conduct of everyday life, included as part of his collection "The Conduct of Life."
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E.
Conversations on Common Things
Conversations on Common Things is an early 19th-century educational book by Dorothea Dix that presents everyday scientific and moral knowledge in a conversational format for young readers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bahá'í religious text
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book ⓘ religious discourse collection ⓘ |
| author | ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ |
| basedOn | talks of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá in ʻAkká ⓘ |
| compiler | Laura Clifford Barney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | circa 1904–1906 ⓘ |
| describedAs | central Bahá'í text ⓘ |
| explains |
key spiritual themes of the Bahá'í Faith
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philosophical themes of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ scriptural themes of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
Bahá'í Publishing Society
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linked to:
Bahá'í Publishing Trust
|
| form | question-and-answer ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetic work
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religious literature ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| hasEnglishEdition | authorized Bahá'í translation ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslator | Laura Clifford Barney ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section on biblical and gospel questions
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section on miscellaneous subjects ⓘ section on the influence of the Prophets ⓘ section on the nature of the Manifestations of God ⓘ section on the origin of man ⓘ section on the soul and its immortality ⓘ |
| influenced | Bahá'í doctrinal understanding in the West ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Western inquirers into the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Persian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bahá'í scripture interpretation
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Bahá'í theology ⓘ Christian–Bahá'í relations ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ evolution and creation ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ life after death ⓘ nature of God ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ prophethood ⓘ spiritual philosophy ⓘ symbolic interpretation of scripture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
ʻAkká
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linked to:
عكّا
|
| publisher | Bahá'í Publishing Trust ⓘ |
| religion |
Bahá'í Faith
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linked to:
Baha'i Faith
|
| scripturalStatusInBahá'íFaith | authoritative but not revelation ⓘ |
| significantFigure |
Laura Clifford Barney
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ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ |
| structure | series of recorded conversations ⓘ |
| title | Some Answered Questions ⓘ |
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