Antinoe
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Antinoe is the ancient Egyptian city founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian in memory of his companion Antinous, later known as Antinoopolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antinoe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5117397 — 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: Antinoe Context triple: [Antinoopolis, hasAlternativeName, Antinoe]
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A.
Antinous
Antinous was a Greek youth and favorite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, deified after his mysterious death and widely venerated across the Roman Empire.
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B.
Antinous
Antinous is one of the leading and most arrogant suitors of Penelope in Homer’s Odyssey, known for his hostility toward Odysseus and his household.
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C.
Sabinus
Sabinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman Claudian gens, identifying a particular family branch within this prominent patrician lineage.
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D.
Albinus
Albinus is an alternative name for Alcuin of York, the influential 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, theologian, and advisor at Charlemagne’s court.
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E.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
- 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: Antinoe Target entity description: Antinoe is the ancient Egyptian city founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian in memory of his companion Antinous, later known as Antinoopolis.
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A.
Antinous
Antinous was a Greek youth and favorite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, deified after his mysterious death and widely venerated across the Roman Empire.
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B.
Antinous
Antinous is one of the leading and most arrogant suitors of Penelope in Homer’s Odyssey, known for his hostility toward Odysseus and his household.
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C.
Sabinus
Sabinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman Claudian gens, identifying a particular family branch within this prominent patrician lineage.
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D.
Albinus
Albinus is an alternative name for Alcuin of York, the influential 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, theologian, and advisor at Charlemagne’s court.
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E.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | capital of the nome of Antinoite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Antinoopolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antinoopolis (Egypt) NERFINISHED ⓘ Antinoöpolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates | Antinous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Albert Gayet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 2nd century ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 130 ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
hippodrome
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ streets with colonnades ⓘ temples ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasCivicStatus | metropolis of the Thebaid ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 27.95 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | 30.90 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPeriod |
Hellenistic-Roman
ⓘ
Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Coptic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| hasPatronDeity | Antinous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| hasStatus | titular see ⓘ |
| knownFor |
late antique cemeteries
ⓘ
well-preserved textiles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Minya Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | modern village of Sheikh Ibada ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antinous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Antinoopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
nome of the Thebaid ⓘ |
| urbanType | planned city ⓘ |
| wasEpiscopalSeeOf |
Coptic Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
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Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasInProvince | Thebaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Antinoe Description of subject: Antinoe is the ancient Egyptian city founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian in memory of his companion Antinous, later known as Antinoopolis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.