Jordanis
E792057
Jordanis was a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian best known for his work "Getica," a key source on the history of the Goths.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jordanis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9311409 — 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: Jordanis Context triple: [Jordanes, alternativeName, Jordanis]
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A.
Al Jorden
Al Jorden was a trombonist and the first husband of American singer and actress Doris Day, known for their troubled and short-lived marriage.
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B.
Jordan
Jordan is a popular Nike-owned athletic footwear and apparel brand originally inspired by basketball legend Michael Jordan and known for its iconic Air Jordan sneakers.
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C.
Jordan
Jordan was a Formula One racing team and constructor known for launching the careers of several top drivers and competing in the sport during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Jordan
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, known for its ancient archaeological sites like Petra and its strategic political role in the region.
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E.
Jordan
Jordan is a municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the island province of Guimaras in the Western Visayas region.
- 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: Jordanis Target entity description: Jordanis was a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian best known for his work "Getica," a key source on the history of the Goths.
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A.
Al Jorden
Al Jorden was a trombonist and the first husband of American singer and actress Doris Day, known for their troubled and short-lived marriage.
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B.
Jordan
Jordan is a popular Nike-owned athletic footwear and apparel brand originally inspired by basketball legend Michael Jordan and known for its iconic Air Jordan sneakers.
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C.
Jordan
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, known for its ancient archaeological sites like Petra and its strategic political role in the region.
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D.
Jordan
Jordan is a municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the island province of Guimaras in the Western Visayas region.
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E.
Jordan
Jordan is a common given name used by people of all genders in many English-speaking and other countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Late Antique writer
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Roman bureaucrat ⓘ historian ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfBirth | early 6th century ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDeath | after 551 ⓘ |
| author |
Jordanis
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Jordanis ⓘ |
| authorOf |
De origine actibusque Getarum
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linked to:
Getica of Jordanes
Getica ⓘ Romana ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
|
| dateOfComposition | 551 ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | possibly Gothic ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Gothic history
ⓘ
Roman history ⓘ |
| floruit | 6th century ⓘ |
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | Gothic history up to the 6th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Cassiodorus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Getica
ⓘ
Romana ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De origine actibusque Getarum
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linked to:
Getica of Jordanes
Getica ⓘ Romana ⓘ |
| occupation |
bureaucrat
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historian ⓘ notary ⓘ |
| primarySourceFor |
history of the Goths
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migration-period Gothic history ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subject | history of the Goths ⓘ |
| usedSources |
Cassiodorus' Gothic history
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classical Roman historians ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Constantinople
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linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
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| wroteAbout |
Goths
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Huns ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity ⓘ |
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: Jordanis Description of subject: Jordanis was a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian best known for his work "Getica," a key source on the history of the Goths.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.