Gothic language
E37886
The Gothic language is an extinct East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation and crucial for reconstructing early Germanic linguistics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gothic language canonical | 14 |
| German Gothic | 1 |
| Gothic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293979 — 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: Gothic language Context triple: [Germanic languages, includesLanguage, Gothic language]
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A.
Gothic literature
Gothic literature is a genre of fiction that emerged in the late 18th century, characterized by mysterious and supernatural elements, dark and atmospheric settings, and themes of terror, decay, and the uncanny.
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B.
Iyaric
Iyaric is a consciously modified form of English used by Rastafarians to reflect their spiritual beliefs, cultural identity, and resistance to oppression.
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C.
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are an ancient branch of the Indo-European language family once widespread across Europe, now represented mainly by languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Breton spoken in parts of the British Isles and Brittany.
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D.
Lombardic
Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Jèrriais
Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- 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: Gothic language Target entity description: The Gothic language is an extinct East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation and crucial for reconstructing early Germanic linguistics.
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A.
Gothic literature
Gothic literature is a genre of fiction that emerged in the late 18th century, characterized by mysterious and supernatural elements, dark and atmospheric settings, and themes of terror, decay, and the uncanny.
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B.
Iyaric
Iyaric is a consciously modified form of English used by Rastafarians to reflect their spiritual beliefs, cultural identity, and resistance to oppression.
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C.
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are an ancient branch of the Indo-European language family once widespread across Europe, now represented mainly by languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Breton spoken in parts of the British Isles and Brittany.
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D.
Lombardic
Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Jèrriais
Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
East Germanic language
ⓘ
Germanic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Crimean Gothic ⓘ |
| attestedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| earliestExtensiveTextIn | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| extinctionApproxDate | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasCase |
accusative
ⓘ
dative ⓘ genitive ⓘ nominative ⓘ vocative ⓘ |
| hasGender |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ |
| hasInfinitive | yes ⓘ |
| hasMood |
imperative
ⓘ
indicative ⓘ subjunctive ⓘ |
| hasNumber |
dual
ⓘ
plural ⓘ singular ⓘ |
| hasParticiple |
past participle
ⓘ
present participle ⓘ |
| hasPerson |
first person
ⓘ
second person ⓘ third person ⓘ |
| hasTense |
present
ⓘ
preterite ⓘ |
| hasVoice | active ⓘ |
| importantFor |
comparative Germanic linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ reconstruction of Proto-Germanic ⓘ |
| iso639-2 | got ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | got ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| primaryText |
Codex Ambrosianus
ⓘ
Codex Argenteus ⓘ Gothic Bible ⓘ |
| region |
Balkans
ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Goths ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | East Germanic languages ⓘ |
| translatedWork | Bible ⓘ |
| translationAttributedTo | Ulfilas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Gothic alphabet
ⓘ
Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Gothic language Description of subject: The Gothic language is an extinct East Germanic language once spoken by the Goths, known primarily from a 4th-century Bible translation and crucial for reconstructing early Germanic linguistics.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gothic
this entity surface form:
German Gothic