Nemausus
E453488
Nemausus was the ancient Roman city that developed into modern-day Nîmes in southern France, known for its well-preserved classical monuments such as the Maison Carrée and the Arena of Nîmes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nemausus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4577170 — 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: Nemausus Context triple: [Gallia Narbonensis, majorCity, Nemausus]
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A.
Melissant
Melissant is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee.
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B.
Deûle
The Deûle is a canalised river in northern France that flows through the Lille metropolitan area and serves as an important waterway for the region.
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C.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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D.
Nemi
Nemi is a small historic town in Italy’s Lazio region, famed for its volcanic lake, strawberry festivals, and ancient Roman connections.
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E.
Hoschedé
Hoschedé is a French surname notably associated with the family closely linked to Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
- 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: Nemausus Target entity description: Nemausus was the ancient Roman city that developed into modern-day Nîmes in southern France, known for its well-preserved classical monuments such as the Maison Carrée and the Arena of Nîmes.
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A.
Melissant
Melissant is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee.
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B.
Deûle
The Deûle is a canalised river in northern France that flows through the Lille metropolitan area and serves as an important waterway for the region.
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C.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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D.
Nemi
Nemi is a small historic town in Italy’s Lazio region, famed for its volcanic lake, strawberry festivals, and ancient Roman connections.
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E.
Hoschedé
Hoschedé is a French surname notably associated with the family closely linked to Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman city
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmperor |
Augustus
ⓘ
Hadrian ⓘ |
| coordinateApprox | 43.833°N 4.350°E ⓘ |
| countryDuringRomanPeriod | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| developedInto | Nîmes ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
1st century BCE
ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| hadAqueductConnection | Pont du Gard ⓘ |
| hasAmphitheatre |
Arena of Nîmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Arènes de Nîmes
|
| hasHeritageStatusViaSuccessorCity | major archaeological heritage site ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Nemausus ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Nîmes ⓘ |
| hasNotableStructure |
Arena of Nîmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Arènes de Nîmes
Augustan city walls of Nîmes ⓘ
linked to:
Roman fortifications of Nîmes
Maison Carrée ⓘ
linked to:
Maison Carrée in Nîmes
Roman amphitheatre of Nîmes ⓘ
linked to:
Arènes de Nîmes
Roman castellum divisorium of Nîmes ⓘ
linked to:
Roman fortifications of Nîmes
Roman gate Porte de France ⓘ
linked to:
Bab Bhar (Porte de France)
Roman gate Porte d’Auguste ⓘ sanctuary of the spring of Nemausus ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Maison Carrée
ⓘ
linked to:
Maison Carrée in Nîmes
|
| knownFor |
Roman amphitheatre
ⓘ
Roman temple Maison Carrée ⓘ
linked to:
Maison Carrée in Nîmes
well-preserved Roman monuments ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy |
Frankish Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of the Franks
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gallia Narbonensis
ⓘ
southern Gaul ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
France
ⓘ
Nîmes ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayDepartment | Gard ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayRegion | Occitanie ⓘ |
| namedAfter | spring deity Nemausus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Gallia Narbonensis
|
| regionType | urban center ⓘ |
| religiousCult | local spring deity Nemausus ⓘ |
| statusInRomanPeriod |
Roman colony
ⓘ
municipium ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Empire
|
| wasColonyOf | Rome ⓘ |
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: Nemausus Description of subject: Nemausus was the ancient Roman city that developed into modern-day Nîmes in southern France, known for its well-preserved classical monuments such as the Maison Carrée and the Arena of Nîmes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.