Atrax
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Atrax was an ancient city of Thessaly in Greece, known from classical sources as a regional center in the Pelasgiotis district.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atrax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13404929 — 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: Atrax Context triple: [Pelasgiotis, containsCity, Atrax]
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A.
Taroa
Taroa is the main settlement and administrative center of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, known historically for its World War II-era Japanese airbase.
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B.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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C.
Atripalda
Atripalda is a historic town in southern Italy’s Campania region, known for its archaeological remains and proximity to the city of Avellino.
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D.
Gouraya
Gouraya is a coastal town in northern Algeria known for its Mediterranean shoreline and proximity to the Gouraya National Park’s rugged landscapes.
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E.
Zebilla
Zebilla is a town in Ghana’s Upper East Region that serves as a local commercial and administrative center.
- 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: Atrax Target entity description: Atrax was an ancient city of Thessaly in Greece, known from classical sources as a regional center in the Pelasgiotis district.
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A.
Taroa
Taroa is the main settlement and administrative center of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, known historically for its World War II-era Japanese airbase.
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B.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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C.
Atripalda
Atripalda is a historic town in southern Italy’s Campania region, known for its archaeological remains and proximity to the city of Avellino.
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D.
Gouraya
Gouraya is a coastal town in northern Algeria known for its Mediterranean shoreline and proximity to the Gouraya National Park’s rugged landscapes.
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E.
Zebilla
Zebilla is a town in Ghana’s Upper East Region that serves as a local commercial and administrative center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pelasgiotis administrative division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| describedAs | regional center in the Pelasgiotis district ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLocation | near modern village of Palaiokastro (Thessaly) ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
fortification walls
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ public buildings ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | river terrace above the Peneus ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Ἄτραξ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin | Atrax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSettlement | urban center ⓘ |
| inhabitedDuring |
Classical period
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| knownFrom | classical sources ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pelasgiotis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAncientRegion | Pelasgiotis of Thessaly ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Peneus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Larissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Livy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Thessalian League (at times)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Thessalian city-states ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | polis ⓘ |
| region | Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subregion | Pelasgiotis district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Atrax Description of subject: Atrax was an ancient city of Thessaly in Greece, known from classical sources as a regional center in the Pelasgiotis district.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.