general obligations
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General obligations are broad, legally enforceable duties or commitments that arise under contract or statute, as opposed to more specific or narrowly defined legal responsibilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| general obligations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9517503 — 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: general obligations Context triple: [New York General Obligations Law, subjectMatter, general obligations]
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A.
General
A General is a high-ranking military officer, typically commanding large units or formations and serving as one of the senior leaders within an armed force.
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B.
General Principles (Topic 105)
General Principles (Topic 105) is the foundational section of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification that outlines overarching concepts and guidance for applying U.S. GAAP across all topics.
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C.
General Standard
General Standard is a market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange designed for companies that meet the minimum EU-regulated transparency requirements without the additional obligations of the Prime Standard.
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D.
General Convention
The General Convention is the primary legislative and decision-making body of the Episcopal Church, composed of representatives from its dioceses who meet to set policy, doctrine, and mission priorities.
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E.
Law of Guarantees
The Law of Guarantees was an 1871 Italian statute that unilaterally defined the Pope’s rights and privileges after the annexation of Rome, attempting to regulate relations between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See.
- 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: general obligations Target entity description: General obligations are broad, legally enforceable duties or commitments that arise under contract or statute, as opposed to more specific or narrowly defined legal responsibilities.
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A.
General
A General is a high-ranking military officer, typically commanding large units or formations and serving as one of the senior leaders within an armed force.
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B.
General Principles (Topic 105)
General Principles (Topic 105) is the foundational section of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification that outlines overarching concepts and guidance for applying U.S. GAAP across all topics.
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C.
General Standard
General Standard is a market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange designed for companies that meet the minimum EU-regulated transparency requirements without the additional obligations of the Prime Standard.
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D.
General Convention
The General Convention is the primary legislative and decision-making body of the Episcopal Church, composed of representatives from its dioceses who meet to set policy, doctrine, and mission priorities.
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E.
Law of Guarantees
The Law of Guarantees was an 1871 Italian statute that unilaterally defined the Pope’s rights and privileges after the annexation of Rome, attempting to regulate relations between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal concept
ⓘ
obligation ⓘ |
| aimsTo | ensure predictable legal behavior ⓘ |
| appliesTo | parties to a contract ⓘ |
| ariseFrom |
contract
ⓘ
statute ⓘ |
| canBeExpress | yes ⓘ |
| canBeImplied | yes ⓘ |
| canBeLimitedBy |
contract terms
ⓘ
statutory exceptions ⓘ |
| canBeModifiedBy | agreement of the parties ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | specific obligations ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
special obligations
ⓘ
specific performance obligations ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | courts ⓘ |
| existIn |
civil law systems
ⓘ
common law systems ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | legally enforceable ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
allocate risk between parties
ⓘ
protect legal interests ⓘ provide baseline duties in legal relationships ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffect | creates liability for breach ⓘ |
| hasNature | broad duties ⓘ |
| hasScope |
broad
ⓘ
non-specific ⓘ |
| includes |
duty of good faith
ⓘ
duty to act with reasonable care ⓘ duty to avoid causing harm ⓘ duty to comply with applicable law ⓘ duty to perform contractual promises ⓘ |
| mayAriseIn |
contract law
ⓘ
regulatory law ⓘ tort law ⓘ |
| mayBeBreachBy |
commission
ⓘ
omission ⓘ |
| mayBeEnforcedThrough |
damages
ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ specific performance ⓘ |
| mayBeImpliedBy |
course of dealing
ⓘ
custom ⓘ law ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
contract law
ⓘ
statutory law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
general duty of care
ⓘ
good faith and fair dealing ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| requires | compliance with general standards of conduct ⓘ |
| subjectTo | remedies for breach ⓘ |
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: general obligations Description of subject: General obligations are broad, legally enforceable duties or commitments that arise under contract or statute, as opposed to more specific or narrowly defined legal responsibilities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.