Basilina
E831892
Basilina was a 4th-century Roman noblewoman best known as the mother of the emperor Julian the Apostate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilina canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9956577 — 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: Basilina Context triple: [Julian the Apostate, mother, Basilina]
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A.
Basilia
Basilia is a feminine given name derived from the male name Basil, often associated with Greek origins meaning "royal" or "kingly."
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B.
Kamarina
Kamarina is a modern settlement in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece, located near the archaeological site of ancient Cassope.
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C.
Basilissa Ouranon
Basilissa Ouranon is the Greek name for the Queen of Heaven, a revered celestial goddess figure associated with divine authority and the heavens.
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D.
Saray
Saray is a town and district in Turkey’s Tekirdağ Province, located in the European part of the country (Thrace) and known for its agricultural surroundings and growing local industry.
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E.
Neopatras
Neopatras was a medieval town in central Greece that served as the political and administrative center of the Duchy of Neopatras.
- 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: Basilina Target entity description: Basilina was a 4th-century Roman noblewoman best known as the mother of the emperor Julian the Apostate.
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A.
Basilia
Basilia is a feminine given name derived from the male name Basil, often associated with Greek origins meaning "royal" or "kingly."
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B.
Kamarina
Kamarina is a modern settlement in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece, located near the archaeological site of ancient Cassope.
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C.
Basilissa Ouranon
Basilissa Ouranon is the Greek name for the Queen of Heaven, a revered celestial goddess figure associated with divine authority and the heavens.
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D.
Saray
Saray is a town and district in Turkey’s Tekirdağ Province, located in the European part of the country (Thrace) and known for its agricultural surroundings and growing local industry.
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E.
Neopatras
Neopatras was a medieval town in central Greece that served as the political and administrative center of the Duchy of Neopatras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman noblewoman
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Constantinian imperial family
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinian dynasty
Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 4th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 4th century ⓘ |
| child | Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| family | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| knownAs | mother of Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| motherOf | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Roman aristocrat ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| occupation | noblewoman ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
|
| relative |
Constantine the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantine I
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialStatus | aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Julius Constantius ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century ⓘ |
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: Basilina Description of subject: Basilina was a 4th-century Roman noblewoman best known as the mother of the emperor Julian the Apostate.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.