On Imitation
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"On Imitation" is a lost rhetorical treatise by the ancient Greek critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus that discussed literary style and the principles of imitating classical authors.
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| On Imitation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5947126 — 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: On Imitation Context triple: [Dionysius of Halicarnassus, work, On Imitation]
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Artificial Mind & Movement
Artificial Mind & Movement was a Canadian video game development studio known for creating licensed titles and later rebranding as Behaviour Interactive.
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The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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D.
Learning to See by Moving
"Learning to See by Moving" is a research work in computer vision that explores how visual understanding can emerge from an agent’s own movement and interaction with the environment, rather than from static images alone.
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E.
Of Simulation and Dissimulation
"Of Simulation and Dissimulation" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that examines the moral and practical implications of concealing or feigning intentions in social and political life.
- 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: On Imitation Target entity description: "On Imitation" is a lost rhetorical treatise by the ancient Greek critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus that discussed literary style and the principles of imitating classical authors.
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A.
Artificial Mind & Movement
Artificial Mind & Movement was a Canadian video game development studio known for creating licensed titles and later rebranding as Behaviour Interactive.
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B.
The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
-
D.
Learning to See by Moving
"Learning to See by Moving" is a research work in computer vision that explores how visual understanding can emerge from an agent’s own movement and interaction with the environment, rather than from static images alone.
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E.
Of Simulation and Dissimulation
"Of Simulation and Dissimulation" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that examines the moral and practical implications of concealing or feigning intentions in social and political life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literary work
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lost work ⓘ rhetorical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman education in rhetoric ⓘ |
| author | Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| creator | Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Greco-Roman rhetorical education ⓘ |
| discusses | principles of imitating classical authors ⓘ |
| field |
literary theory
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rhetoric ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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rhetoric ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Augustan age ⓘ |
| influenced | later theories of literary imitation ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ancient testimonia
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later references to Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Rome ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | mimesis ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Demosthenes
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linked to:
Demosthenes’ corpus of speeches
On Isocrates ⓘ On Lysias ⓘ
linked to:
On Isaeus
On the Ancient Orators ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| topic |
classical authors
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imitation in literature ⓘ literary style ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek rhetorical tradition ⓘ |
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