La Météore
E451830
La Météore is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that examines the nature and causes of meteorological phenomena such as clouds, rain, and halos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Météore canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4547232 — 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: La Météore Context triple: [Dioptrique, publishedTogetherWith, La Météore]
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A.
The Barque of Dante
The Barque of Dante is a dramatic 1822 Romantic painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the infernal waters of the River Styx.
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B.
Courthézon
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C.
L’Espoir
L’Espoir is a 1937 novel by André Malraux that portrays the political and human drama of the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Lightship Overfalls
Lightship Overfalls is a historic lightship museum moored in Lewes, Delaware, that once served as a floating lighthouse to aid maritime navigation.
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E.
Sea Venture
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- 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: La Météore Target entity description: La Météore is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that examines the nature and causes of meteorological phenomena such as clouds, rain, and halos.
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A.
The Barque of Dante
The Barque of Dante is a dramatic 1822 Romantic painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the infernal waters of the River Styx.
-
B.
Courthézon
Courthézon is a commune in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its historic village center, wine production in the Côtes du Rhône region, and proximity to Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
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C.
L’Espoir
L’Espoir is a 1937 novel by André Malraux that portrays the political and human drama of the Spanish Civil War.
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D.
Lightship Overfalls
Lightship Overfalls is a historic lightship museum moored in Lewes, Delaware, that once served as a floating lighthouse to aid maritime navigation.
-
E.
Sea Venture
Sea Venture was the flagship of the Virginia Company fleet that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, an event that influenced the early history of English colonization in America and is often cited as an inspiration for Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific treatise
ⓘ
work on meteorology ⓘ |
| aim | to explain the nature and causes of meteorological phenomena ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Scientific Revolution ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
meteorology
ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
history of atmospheric optics
ⓘ
later developments in meteorology ⓘ |
| hasPart | treatise on meteors ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Aristotelian meteorology (as a background to be critiqued) ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| method | application of geometrical and mechanical principles to atmospheric phenomena ⓘ |
| notableFor |
application of Descartes’ physics to weather phenomena
ⓘ
early mechanical explanation of rainbows ⓘ systematic treatment of atmospheric optics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf |
Discours de la méthode and its essays
ⓘ
linked to:
Discours de la méthode
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| philosophicalApproach | mechanistic explanation of natural phenomena ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Cartesian natural philosophy ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Descartes’ early published scientific essays ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1637 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Dioptrique
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Discours de la méthode ⓘ Géométrie ⓘ
linked to:
Geometry
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| subject |
clouds
ⓘ
halos ⓘ meteorological phenomena ⓘ optical phenomena in the atmosphere ⓘ parhelia ⓘ rain ⓘ rainbows ⓘ |
| title | La Météore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Météore Description of subject: La Météore is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that examines the nature and causes of meteorological phenomena such as clouds, rain, and halos.
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