Olba
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Olba was an ancient city in rugged Cilicia (in what is now southern Turkey), known for its Hellenistic and Roman-era sanctuary complex and strategic position in the Taurus Mountains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14811927 — 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: Olba Context triple: [Cilicia Trachea, hasCity, Olba]
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A.
Borbera
Borbera is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Tanaro.
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B.
Soligalich
Soligalich is a historic Russian town known for its preserved 18th–19th century architecture and location along the Kostroma River in Kostroma Oblast.
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C.
Eusa
Eusa is the Breton name for Ushant, an island off the western tip of Brittany in France known for its rugged coastline and maritime heritage.
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D.
Orzola
Orzola is a small fishing village and port at the northern tip of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, known as the main departure point for ferries to the nearby island of La Graciosa.
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E.
Olesko
Olesko is a historic town in western Ukraine best known for its medieval castle, which served as the birthplace of Polish King John III Sobieski.
- 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: Olba Target entity description: Olba was an ancient city in rugged Cilicia (in what is now southern Turkey), known for its Hellenistic and Roman-era sanctuary complex and strategic position in the Taurus Mountains.
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A.
Borbera
Borbera is a river in northwestern Italy that flows through the Piedmont region before joining the Tanaro.
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B.
Soligalich
Soligalich is a historic Russian town known for its preserved 18th–19th century architecture and location along the Kostroma River in Kostroma Oblast.
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C.
Eusa
Eusa is the Breton name for Ushant, an island off the western tip of Brittany in France known for its rugged coastline and maritime heritage.
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D.
Orzola
Orzola is a small fishing village and port at the northern tip of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, known as the main departure point for ferries to the nearby island of La Graciosa.
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E.
Olesko
Olesko is a historic town in western Ukraine best known for its medieval castle, which served as the birthplace of Polish King John III Sobieski.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.