Argentoratum
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Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Argentoratum canonical | 7 |
| Argentoratum (Strasbourg) | 1 |
| Civitas Treverorum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T539981 — 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: Argentoratum Context triple: [Strasbourg, historicalName, Argentoratum]
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A.
Sirmium
Sirmium was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Pannonia, serving as a major military, administrative, and imperial center in the late Roman Empire.
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B.
Noricum
Noricum was an ancient Celtic kingdom and later a Roman province located in the eastern Alps, roughly corresponding to modern Austria and parts of Slovenia.
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C.
Antium
Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, Italy, notable as a resort and birthplace of several Roman emperors, including Caligula and Nero.
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D.
Temora
Temora is a rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rich agricultural base and aviation heritage.
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E.
Augusta Treverorum
Augusta Treverorum was the Roman city that became a major imperial residence and administrative center in the late Roman Empire, located at the site of modern-day Trier in Germany.
- 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: Argentoratum Target entity description: Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
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A.
Sirmium
Sirmium was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Pannonia, serving as a major military, administrative, and imperial center in the late Roman Empire.
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B.
Noricum
Noricum was an ancient Celtic kingdom and later a Roman province located in the eastern Alps, roughly corresponding to modern Austria and parts of Slovenia.
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C.
Antium
Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, Italy, notable as a resort and birthplace of several Roman emperors, including Caligula and Nero.
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D.
Temora
Temora is a rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rich agricultural base and aviation heritage.
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E.
Augusta Treverorum
Augusta Treverorum was the Roman city that became a major imperial residence and administrative center in the late Roman Empire, located at the site of modern-day Trier in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman settlement
ⓘ
ancient Roman military camp ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSiteIn | Strasbourg ⓘ |
| countryDuringRomanPeriod | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryToday | France ⓘ |
| developedInto |
Strasbourg
ⓘ
civitas settlement ⓘ |
| earliestOccupation | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Romans ⓘ |
| function |
fortified frontier post
ⓘ
military camp ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
Roman legions
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman legion
auxiliary troops ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Roman urban layout underlying Strasbourg old town ⓘ |
| hasRoleInHistory |
important Rhine crossing point
ⓘ
strategic military base on the Rhine ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alsace
ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ northeastern France ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Strasbourg ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rhine frontier ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Roman frontier of the Rhine limes
ⓘ
linked to:
Limes Germanicus
left bank of the Rhine ⓘ |
| modernName | Strasbourg ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
province of Germania Superior ⓘ |
| regionToday | Grand Est ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| usedBy | Roman army ⓘ |
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: Argentoratum Description of subject: Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Argentoratum
subject linked to:
Roman province of Germania Superior
linked to: Argentoratum