Old Median
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Old Median is an ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken by the Medes in what is now western Iran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Median canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9186577 — 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: Old Median Context triple: [Western Iranian languages, hasHistoricalSubdivision, Old Median]
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A.
Old-ish
Old-ish is a planned television sitcom set in the Black-ish universe, focusing on the lives and relationship of the grandparents characters.
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B.
Old
"Old" is a 2021 psychological horror thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about a family on a secluded beach where rapid aging turns a single day into a lifetime.
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C.
Oldman
Oldman is the surname of Gary Oldman, the acclaimed English actor and filmmaker known for his versatile and intense performances across film and theater.
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D.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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E.
Older
Older is a 1996 studio album by British singer-songwriter George Michael, noted for its mature, introspective themes and soulful, jazz-influenced sound.
- 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: Old Median Target entity description: Old Median is an ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken by the Medes in what is now western Iran.
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A.
Old-ish
Old-ish is a planned television sitcom set in the Black-ish universe, focusing on the lives and relationship of the grandparents characters.
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B.
Old
"Old" is a 2021 psychological horror thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about a family on a secluded beach where rapid aging turns a single day into a lifetime.
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C.
Oldman
Oldman is the surname of Gary Oldman, the acclaimed English actor and filmmaker known for his versatile and intense performances across film and theater.
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D.
Oude
Oude is an alternative name for Oudh, a historic region in northern India known for its rich cultural heritage and former princely state status under British rule.
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E.
Older
Older is a 1996 studio album by British singer-songwriter George Michael, noted for its mature, introspective themes and soulful, jazz-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Iranian language
ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ Northwestern Iranian language ⓘ ancient language ⓘ |
| attestedAs |
loanwords in Old Persian
ⓘ
names in Assyrian sources ⓘ names in Babylonian sources ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Avestan
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
Old Persian ⓘ |
| era | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Medes ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | language shift to Old Persian and other Iranian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Median
ⓘ
Old Median Iranian ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | medi1244 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | xme ⓘ |
| influenced |
Old Persian
ⓘ
toponymy of western Iran ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northwestern Iranian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian ⓘ Iranian ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Media ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old Iranian
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Iranian languages
|
| phonologicalType | fusional language ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | partially reconstructed ⓘ |
| region |
Ancient Near East
ⓘ
Iranian Plateau ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian plateau
|
| scriptStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Medes ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Media
ⓘ
western Iran ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Northwestern Iranian languages
ⓘ
Old Iranian languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Achaemenid period ⓘ |
| usedIn | Median Empire ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV (subject–object–verb) (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform (poorly attested) ⓘ |
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: Old Median Description of subject: Old Median is an ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken by the Medes in what is now western Iran.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.