Philomelium
E1003977
Philomelium was an ancient city in Phrygia, in what is now central Turkey, known from classical and early Christian sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philomelium canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12807921 — 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: Philomelium Context triple: [Akşehir, alternativeName, Philomelium]
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A.
Melophorus
Melophorus is a genus of heat-adapted ants native primarily to Australia, known for their remarkable tolerance of high temperatures and rapid foraging on hot surfaces.
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B.
Aphrodroma
Aphrodroma is a genus of seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae, comprising small, oceanic birds adapted to life on the open sea.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
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E.
Phylomache
Phylomache is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of King Pelias of Iolcus and mother of several of his children.
- 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: Philomelium Target entity description: Philomelium was an ancient city in Phrygia, in what is now central Turkey, known from classical and early Christian sources.
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A.
Melophorus
Melophorus is a genus of heat-adapted ants native primarily to Australia, known for their remarkable tolerance of high temperatures and rapid foraging on hot surfaces.
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B.
Aphrodroma
Aphrodroma is a genus of seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae, comprising small, oceanic birds adapted to life on the open sea.
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C.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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D.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
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E.
Phylomache
Phylomache is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of King Pelias of Iolcus and mother of several of his children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Byzantine period
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Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| hasApproximateModernLocation |
Konya Province
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near Akşehir ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalLanguage |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
regional urban center in Phrygia
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way-station on major road system ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | Greek origin ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
classical sources
ⓘ
early Christian sources ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Pisidia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Phrygia ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Central Anatolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Anatolia Region
Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Cappadocia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
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Ptolemy ⓘ Strabo ⓘ early Christian itineraries ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine themes of Anatolia
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linked to:
Byzantine themes of Asia Minor
Roman province of Phrygia ⓘ |
| regionType | inland city ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
bishopric in late antiquity
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early Christian community ⓘ |
| situatedOn |
ancient trade route in Asia Minor
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route between Pisidia and Phrygia ⓘ |
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: Philomelium Description of subject: Philomelium was an ancient city in Phrygia, in what is now central Turkey, known from classical and early Christian sources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.