Hot Gates
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Hot Gates is an alternative name for Thermopylae, the narrow coastal pass in Greece famed as the site of the legendary last stand of King Leonidas and his Spartan-led forces against the Persian army in 480 BC.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hot Gates canonical | 3 |
| Hot Gates (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9449652 — 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: Hot Gates Context triple: [Thermopylae, hasAlternativeName, Hot Gates]
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A.
Crossgates
Crossgates is a small village in Fife, Scotland, situated near the town of Dalgety Bay.
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B.
Gateside
Gateside is a small rural village located within the Angus council area in eastern Scotland.
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C.
The Aimer Gate
The Aimer Gate is one of the four interconnected children's fantasy novels in Alan Garner's Stone Book Quartet, noted for its evocative portrayal of rural English life and folklore.
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D.
New Gate
New Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the Christian Quarter and reflecting late Ottoman-era modifications to the ancient fortifications.
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E.
Thunder Gate
Thunder Gate is the iconic outer entrance gate to Tokyo’s Sensō-ji Temple, famous for its massive red lantern and statues of protective deities.
- 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: Hot Gates Target entity description: Hot Gates is an alternative name for Thermopylae, the narrow coastal pass in Greece famed as the site of the legendary last stand of King Leonidas and his Spartan-led forces against the Persian army in 480 BC.
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A.
Crossgates
Crossgates is a small village in Fife, Scotland, situated near the town of Dalgety Bay.
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B.
Gateside
Gateside is a small rural village located within the Angus council area in eastern Scotland.
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C.
The Aimer Gate
The Aimer Gate is one of the four interconnected children's fantasy novels in Alan Garner's Stone Book Quartet, noted for its evocative portrayal of rural English life and folklore.
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D.
New Gate
New Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the Christian Quarter and reflecting late Ottoman-era modifications to the ancient fortifications.
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E.
Thunder Gate
Thunder Gate is the iconic outer entrance gate to Tokyo’s Sensō-ji Temple, famous for its massive red lantern and statues of protective deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle site
ⓘ
geographical location ⓘ mountain pass ⓘ |
| alternateName | Thermopylae ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Spartans
ⓘ
Thebans ⓘ Thespians ⓘ |
| attackingCommander |
Xerxes I of Persia
ⓘ
linked to:
Xerxes I
|
| battleBelligerent |
Achaemenid Persian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
Greek city-states ⓘ |
| battleDate | 480 BC ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Leonidas monument
ⓘ
epitaph of Simonides of Ceos ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Athens–Thessaloniki highway
ⓘ
Greek National Road 1 ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of heroic last stand ⓘ |
| defendingCommander |
King Leonidas I of Sparta
ⓘ
linked to:
Leonidas I
|
| etymologyFrom |
Greek Thermopylae (Thermopylai)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thermopylae
|
| famousFor | Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature |
hot sulfur springs
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ narrow coastal pass ⓘ |
| hasHotSprings | yes ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Thermopylae village
ⓘ
linked to:
Thermopylae region
|
| historicalEra | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInPeriphery |
Phthiotis
ⓘ
linked to:
Fthiotis
|
| locatedInRegion |
Central Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Region of Central Greece
|
| locatedNear | Lamia ⓘ |
| modernUse |
historical battlefield site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | hot gates ⓘ |
| nearBodyOfWater | Malian Gulf ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Thermopylae
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| partOfCampaign |
Second Persian invasion of Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greco-Persian Wars
|
| referencedInWork |
Herodotus' Histories
ⓘ
linked to:
works of Herodotus
various modern novels and films about the 300 Spartans ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | narrow choke point controlling access between northern and southern Greece ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hot Gates Description of subject: Hot Gates is an alternative name for Thermopylae, the narrow coastal pass in Greece famed as the site of the legendary last stand of King Leonidas and his Spartan-led forces against the Persian army in 480 BC.
Referenced by (4)
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