Sebaste
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Sebaste was an ancient city in the central highlands of Samaria, refounded and expanded by Herod the Great as a major Hellenistic-Roman urban center.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T546315 — 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: Sebaste Context triple: [Herodian period, location, Sebaste]
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A.
Helena
Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana, known for its historic gold rush origins and scenic location in the northern Rocky Mountains.
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B.
Helena
Helena, also known as Saint Helena, was the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and is traditionally credited with finding the True Cross and promoting Christianity within the Roman Empire.
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C.
Leonidaion
Leonidaion is an ancient guesthouse complex at Olympia in Greece, built in the 4th century BCE to accommodate distinguished visitors during the Olympic Games.
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D.
Iasion
Iasion is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a mortal lover of the goddess Demeter and father of Plutus, the god of wealth.
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E.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
- 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: Sebaste Target entity description: Sebaste was an ancient city in the central highlands of Samaria, refounded and expanded by Herod the Great as a major Hellenistic-Roman urban center.
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A.
Helena
Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana, known for its historic gold rush origins and scenic location in the northern Rocky Mountains.
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B.
Helena
Helena, also known as Saint Helena, was the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and is traditionally credited with finding the True Cross and promoting Christianity within the Roman Empire.
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C.
Leonidaion
Leonidaion is an ancient guesthouse complex at Olympia in Greece, built in the 4th century BCE to accommodate distinguished visitors during the Olympic Games.
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D.
Iasion
Iasion is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a mortal lover of the goddess Demeter and father of Plutus, the god of wealth.
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E.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic city
ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBy | Harvard University expedition ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPeriod |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine
Crusader ⓘ Hellenistic ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Roman ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithProvince |
Judea
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman province of Judea
|
| associatedWithRuler | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| countryInAntiquity | Judea ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| earlierSettlementOnSite |
Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
Samaria (ancient city)
|
| expandedBy | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1st century BCE (Herodian refoundation) ⓘ |
| greekNameMeaning | Augustus ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInfluence |
Hellenistic culture
ⓘ
Jewish culture ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
acropolis
ⓘ
basilica ⓘ city walls ⓘ forum ⓘ stadium ⓘ temple complex ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| hasType |
fortified city
ⓘ
planned city ⓘ |
| latinEquivalentName | Augusta ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Samaria
ⓘ
central highlands of Samaria ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | West Bank ⓘ |
| locatedNear | modern village of Sebastia ⓘ |
| majorUrbanCenterIn |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| namedInHonorOf | Augustus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Herodian Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Herodian kingdom of Judea
|
| predecessor |
Shechem
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Samaria
|
| refoundedBy | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| region | Samaria ⓘ |
| religiousSignificanceIn | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
administrative center of Samaria
ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ |
| tourismType | archaeological tourism ⓘ |
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: Sebaste Description of subject: Sebaste was an ancient city in the central highlands of Samaria, refounded and expanded by Herod the Great as a major Hellenistic-Roman urban center.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sebastia
this entity surface form:
Sebastia
this entity surface form:
Sebastea
this entity surface form:
Sebastia
this entity surface form:
Sebastea
this entity surface form:
Sebastia