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@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix ns4: <https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/source-ref-type/> .
@prefix ns5: <https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/evidence-weight/> .
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
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@prefix ns7: <https://martial.is/agent/> .
@prefix ns8: <https://w3id.org/martialis/vocab/rank-type/> .
@prefix ns9: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/> .
@prefix ns10: <http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/> .

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