Arch of Augustus
E451193
The Arch of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Aosta, Italy, built in the 1st century BC to commemorate Emperor Augustus’s victory over local tribes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arch of Augustus canonical | 2 |
| Arch of Augustus (Aosta) | 2 |
| Arch of Augustus in Susa | 1 |
| Arch of Augustus, Aosta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4550533 — 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: Arch of Augustus Context triple: [Aosta, hasRomanMonument, Arch of Augustus]
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Arch of Augustus
The Arch of Augustus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Rimini, Italy, built in 27 BC to honor Emperor Augustus and mark the end of the Via Flaminia.
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Arch of Augustus
The Arch of Augustus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Augustus’s military victories and symbolizing the power of the early Roman Empire.
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Arch of Trajan
The Arch of Trajan is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Ancona, Italy, built in the early 2nd century AD to honor Emperor Trajan and commemorate the expansion of the city’s harbor.
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Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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E.
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph is a 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows a stateless German surgeon living in exile in Paris on the eve of World War II.
- 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: Arch of Augustus Target entity description: The Arch of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Aosta, Italy, built in the 1st century BC to commemorate Emperor Augustus’s victory over local tribes.
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A.
Arch of Augustus
The Arch of Augustus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Augustus’s military victories and symbolizing the power of the early Roman Empire.
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B.
Arch of Augustus
The Arch of Augustus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Rimini, Italy, built in 27 BC to honor Emperor Augustus and mark the end of the Via Flaminia.
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C.
Arch of Trajan
The Arch of Trajan is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Ancona, Italy, built in the early 2nd century AD to honor Emperor Trajan and commemorate the expansion of the city’s harbor.
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D.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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E.
Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph is a 1945 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows a stateless German surgeon living in exile in Paris on the eve of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman monument
ⓘ
triumphal arch ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancient Roman architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy | Romans ⓘ |
| builtInHonorOf | Augustus ⓘ |
| commemorates | victory of Augustus over local tribes ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Emperor Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
|
| hasArchitecturalType | single-bayed arch ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPeriod | Augustan age ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
historical landmark
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeElement |
attic
ⓘ
engaged columns ⓘ molded cornices ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commemorative monument
ⓘ
symbolic city gateway ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEra |
Early Imperial Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Roman Empire
Late Republican Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
| hasNameInItalian |
Arco di Augusto
ⓘ
linked to:
Arch of Augustus
|
| hasOrientation | aligned with ancient city axis ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | standing ⓘ |
| hasSingleArchway | true ⓘ |
| hasSpanType | round arch ⓘ |
| hasTourismCategory |
Roman archaeological site
ⓘ
monument ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural heritage monument ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Romanization of the Alps
ⓘ
founding of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | Roman triumphal architecture ⓘ |
| isMonumentTo | Roman conquest of local Salassi tribe ⓘ |
| isWellPreserved | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Aosta ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Aosta Valley ⓘ |
| locatedOn | ancient road to Gaul ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| municipality | Aosta ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Augustus ⓘ |
| near |
Roman bridge of Aosta
ⓘ
city center of Aosta ⓘ |
| numberOfArchOpenings | 1 ⓘ |
| originalCityName | Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman remains of Aosta ⓘ |
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: Arch of Augustus Description of subject: The Arch of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Aosta, Italy, built in the 1st century BC to commemorate Emperor Augustus’s victory over local tribes.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Arch of Augustus