Ἐκβάτανα
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Ἐκβάτανα is the ancient Greek name for Ecbatana, the historic capital of the Median Empire located near modern-day Hamadan in western Iran.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ἐκβάτανα canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21115889 — 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: Ἐκβάτανα Context triple: [Ekbátana, hasGreekName, Ἐκβάτανα]
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Sobata
Sobata is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert settlement in Israel’s Negev region, better known today as the archaeological site of Shivta.
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B.
Υάδες
Οι Υάδες είναι νύμφες της ελληνικής μυθολογίας, γνωστές κυρίως ως αστερισμός/αστρικό σμήνος που συνδέεται με βροχές και με τον θρήνο τους για τον θάνατο του αδελφού τους Ύαντα.
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C.
Hekatombaion
Hekatombaion was the first month of the ancient Athenian calendar, marking the start of the year and including major festivals such as the Panathenaia.
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D.
Ουαβαλλαθος
Ουαβαλλαθος is the Greek rendering of Vaballathus, the 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and co-ruler with Queen Zenobia who challenged Roman authority in the East.
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E.
Shambat
Shambat is a district in Khartoum, Sudan, known for hosting major educational and agricultural institutions, including the University of Khartoum’s agricultural campus.
- 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: Ἐκβάτανα Target entity description: Ἐκβάτανα is the ancient Greek name for Ecbatana, the historic capital of the Median Empire located near modern-day Hamadan in western Iran.
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A.
Sobata
Sobata is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert settlement in Israel’s Negev region, better known today as the archaeological site of Shivta.
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B.
Υάδες
Οι Υάδες είναι νύμφες της ελληνικής μυθολογίας, γνωστές κυρίως ως αστερισμός/αστρικό σμήνος που συνδέεται με βροχές και με τον θρήνο τους για τον θάνατο του αδελφού τους Ύαντα.
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C.
Hekatombaion
Hekatombaion was the first month of the ancient Athenian calendar, marking the start of the year and including major festivals such as the Panathenaia.
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D.
Ουαβαλλαθος
Ουαβαλλαθος is the Greek rendering of Vaballathus, the 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and co-ruler with Queen Zenobia who challenged Roman authority in the East.
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E.
Shambat
Shambat is a district in Khartoum, Sudan, known for hosting major educational and agricultural institutions, including the University of Khartoum’s agricultural campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.