Σίκιμα
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Σίκιμα is the Greek name for the ancient city of Shechem, a historically significant site in the region of Samaria in the Levant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Σίκιμα canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13222908 — 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: Σίκιμα Context triple: [שכם, greekName, Σίκιμα]
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A.
Sikma
Sikma is a surname most notably associated with Jack Sikma, a Hall of Fame American basketball player known for his successful NBA career with the Seattle SuperSonics.
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B.
Sikrai
Sikrai is a town located in the Dausa district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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C.
Sulien
Sulien is a Welsh saint traditionally venerated as a local holy figure associated with churches in Wales.
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D.
Sakias
Sakias is a child of the German singer and actress Nena, known for her hit song "99 Luftballons."
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E.
Sikka
Sikka is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Sikka people on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Σίκιμα Target entity description: Σίκιμα is the Greek name for the ancient city of Shechem, a historically significant site in the region of Samaria in the Levant.
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A.
Sikma
Sikma is a surname most notably associated with Jack Sikma, a Hall of Fame American basketball player known for his successful NBA career with the Seattle SuperSonics.
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B.
Sikrai
Sikrai is a town located in the Dausa district of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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C.
Sulien
Sulien is a Welsh saint traditionally venerated as a local holy figure associated with churches in Wales.
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D.
Sakias
Sakias is a child of the German singer and actress Nena, known for her hit song "99 Luftballons."
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E.
Sikka
Sikka is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Sikka people on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ historical site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sichem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicima NERFINISHED ⓘ Sychem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
division of the kingdom narratives
ⓘ
renewal of the covenant under Joshua ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Abraham
NERFINISHED
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Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBiblicalAppearance | Book of Genesis GENERATED ⓘ |
| GreekNameOf | Shechem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Tell Balata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateApprox | 32.22°N 35.27°E ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek |
Σίκιμα
ⓘ
Σίκιμα ⓘ |
| identifiedAs | ancient Shechem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Greek
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Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterStatus | important city in the province of Samaria ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Levant
NERFINISHED
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Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
West Bank
NERFINISHED
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West Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Ebal
NERFINISHED
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Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ modern city of Nablus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
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surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| periodOfFlourishing |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | hill country ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important city in Samaritan history
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important city in ancient Israelite history ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | kingdom in the northern highlands of Canaan ⓘ |
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: Σίκιμα Description of subject: Σίκιμα is the Greek name for the ancient city of Shechem, a historically significant site in the region of Samaria in the Levant.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.