Derbe
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Derbe was an ancient city in the region of Lycaonia in Asia Minor, known from the New Testament as a place visited by Paul and his companions during their missionary journeys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Derbe canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4914260 — 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: Derbe Context triple: [Barnabas the Apostle, traveledTo, Derbe]
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A.
Eulachstadt
Eulachstadt is a nickname for the Swiss city of Winterthur, reflecting its historical association with the Eulach River and its development as an important industrial and cultural center.
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B.
Andlau
Andlau is a picturesque wine-growing village in northeastern France’s Alsace region, renowned for its historic abbey and surrounding vineyards.
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C.
Trebsen
Trebsen is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, known for its historic castle and location along the Mulde River.
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D.
Debar
Debar is a small town in western North Macedonia known for its proximity to Mount Korab and the Macedonian–Albanian border.
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E.
Bogrod
Bogrod is a goblin banker who works at Gringotts Wizarding Bank in the Harry Potter series.
- 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: Derbe Target entity description: Derbe was an ancient city in the region of Lycaonia in Asia Minor, known from the New Testament as a place visited by Paul and his companions during their missionary journeys.
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A.
Eulachstadt
Eulachstadt is a nickname for the Swiss city of Winterthur, reflecting its historical association with the Eulach River and its development as an important industrial and cultural center.
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B.
Andlau
Andlau is a picturesque wine-growing village in northeastern France’s Alsace region, renowned for its historic abbey and surrounding vineyards.
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C.
Trebsen
Trebsen is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, known for its historic castle and location along the Mulde River.
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D.
Debar
Debar is a small town in western North Macedonia known for its proximity to Mount Korab and the Macedonian–Albanian border.
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E.
Bogrod
Bogrod is a goblin banker who works at Gringotts Wizarding Bank in the Harry Potter series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Acts 14
ⓘ
Acts 16 ⓘ
linked to:
Acts of the Apostles
|
| associatedWith |
Paul's first missionary journey
ⓘ
Paul's second missionary journey ⓘ
linked to:
Paul’s second missionary journey
|
| civilization |
Greco-Roman world
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Mediterranean world
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Hellenistic culture
ⓘ
Roman provincial culture ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasReligionInAntiquity |
Greco-Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Anatolia ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Greek-speaking eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Lycaonia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Turkey ⓘ |
| nearbyTo |
Iconium
ⓘ
Lystra ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman province of Galatia ⓘ |
| regionType | inland city ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | early Christian mission field ⓘ |
| religiousTextCategory | New Testament geography ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Biblical studies
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInActs |
place where many disciples were made
ⓘ
site of preaching by Paul and Barnabas ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon | canonical Christian scripture ⓘ |
| significanceFor |
history of Christian missions
ⓘ
study of Pauline journeys ⓘ |
| sourceType | primarily known from literary sources ⓘ |
| testament | New Testament ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| travelRouteRole | stop on overland routes in central Anatolia ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Barnabas
ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ |
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: Derbe Description of subject: Derbe was an ancient city in the region of Lycaonia in Asia Minor, known from the New Testament as a place visited by Paul and his companions during their missionary journeys.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.