Patara
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Patara was an important ancient port city of Lycia on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, known as a major maritime and commercial center and later as a significant site in early Christianity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patara canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3083486 — 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: Patara Context triple: [Lycia, hasMajorCity, Patara]
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A.
Dorra
Dorra is a small settlement located in Djibouti’s Tadjourah Region, known for its arid landscape and proximity to the country’s northern highlands.
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B.
Myrtos Beach
Myrtos Beach is a famous Greek beach on the island of Kefalonia, renowned for its dramatic white cliffs, turquoise waters, and striking crescent-shaped shoreline.
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C.
Colva
Colva is a coastal village in South Goa, India, known for its long stretch of white-sand beach, tourism, and vibrant seaside atmosphere.
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D.
Anapa
Anapa is a resort city on Russia’s Black Sea coast, known for its sandy beaches, mild climate, and popularity as a family vacation destination.
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E.
Peraia
Peraia is a locality in Greece known historically as the place where Ecuadorian statesman and first president Juan José Flores died.
- 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: Patara Target entity description: Patara was an important ancient port city of Lycia on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, known as a major maritime and commercial center and later as a significant site in early Christianity.
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A.
Dorra
Dorra is a small settlement located in Djibouti’s Tadjourah Region, known for its arid landscape and proximity to the country’s northern highlands.
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B.
Myrtos Beach
Myrtos Beach is a famous Greek beach on the island of Kefalonia, renowned for its dramatic white cliffs, turquoise waters, and striking crescent-shaped shoreline.
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C.
Colva
Colva is a coastal village in South Goa, India, known for its long stretch of white-sand beach, tourism, and vibrant seaside atmosphere.
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D.
Anapa
Anapa is a resort city on Russia’s Black Sea coast, known for its sandy beaches, mild climate, and popularity as a family vacation destination.
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E.
Peraia
Peraia is a locality in Greece known historically as the place where Ecuadorian statesman and first president Juan José Flores died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ port city ⓘ |
| ancientRegion | Lycia ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| declineReason |
changes in trade routes
ⓘ
harbor silting ⓘ |
| excavationStatus | ongoing archaeological excavations ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Hellenistic period
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Roman period ⓘ early Byzantine period ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative center
ⓘ
maritime trade hub ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Patara Beach ⓘ |
| hasOracle | Oracle of Apollo ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Roman baths
ⓘ
bouleuterion ⓘ churches ⓘ city walls ⓘ granary ⓘ harbor ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ main street with colonnades ⓘ necropolis ⓘ temple ruins ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commercial center
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important port of Lycia ⓘ major maritime center ⓘ significant site in early Christianity ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ Lycian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lycia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern coast of Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| modernProvince | Antalya Province ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement | Gelemiş ⓘ |
| notableFor | well-preserved Roman and Lycian remains ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religion |
Ancient Greek religion
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| UNESCOTentativeListStatus | true ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | Lycian League ⓘ |
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: Patara Description of subject: Patara was an important ancient port city of Lycia on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, known as a major maritime and commercial center and later as a significant site in early Christianity.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.