Selinus
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Selinus was an ancient city in Cilicia, Asia Minor, later known as Trajanopolis, that served as a regional center in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Selinus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14278224 — 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: Selinus Context triple: [Trajanopolis, formerName, Selinus]
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A.
Selinus
Selinus was an ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Sicily, notable for its grand Doric temples and strategic position in the western Greek colonial world.
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B.
Tosali
Tosali was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center of the Kalinga kingdom in eastern India.
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C.
Cius
Cius was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) in Bithynia, known as an important port and later associated with the early history of the Kingdom of Pontus.
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D.
Caia
Caia is a town and district in central Mozambique, situated along the Zambezi River in Sofala Province.
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E.
Falciano
Falciano is a village and civil parish in the Republic of San Marino, forming part of the municipality of Serravalle.
- 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: Selinus Target entity description: Selinus was an ancient city in Cilicia, Asia Minor, later known as Trajanopolis, that served as a regional center in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
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A.
Selinus
Selinus was an ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Sicily, notable for its grand Doric temples and strategic position in the western Greek colonial world.
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B.
Tosali
Tosali was an ancient city that served as a major political and administrative center of the Kalinga kingdom in eastern India.
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C.
Cius
Cius was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) in Bithynia, known as an important port and later associated with the early history of the Kingdom of Pontus.
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D.
Caia
Caia is a town and district in central Mozambique, situated along the Zambezi River in Sofala Province.
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E.
Falciano
Falciano is a village and civil parish in the Republic of San Marino, forming part of the municipality of Serravalle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.