peribolos
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A peribolos is an enclosing wall or sacred boundary that surrounds a temple or religious precinct in ancient architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| peribolos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10532517 — 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: peribolos Context triple: [Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus, hasPart, peribolos]
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A.
peri
Peri is a supernatural being from Iranian mythology, often depicted as a beautiful, ethereal spirit associated with both mischief and benevolence.
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B.
Perikeiromene
Perikeiromene is an ancient Greek New Comedy play by Menander, known for its intricate plot of romantic misunderstandings and social satire.
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C.
Peristerai
Peristerai is one of the smaller Greek islets in the Echinades group, located in the Ionian Sea off western Greece.
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D.
Perioikoi
The Perioikoi were a free but non-citizen class in ancient Sparta, living in surrounding communities and serving as traders, craftsmen, and auxiliary soldiers under Spartan control.
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E.
Penebui
Penebui was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the 2nd Dynasty pharaoh Djer, known primarily from early dynastic inscriptions and tomb evidence.
- 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: peribolos Target entity description: A peribolos is an enclosing wall or sacred boundary that surrounds a temple or religious precinct in ancient architecture.
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A.
peri
Peri is a supernatural being from Iranian mythology, often depicted as a beautiful, ethereal spirit associated with both mischief and benevolence.
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B.
Perikeiromene
Perikeiromene is an ancient Greek New Comedy play by Menander, known for its intricate plot of romantic misunderstandings and social satire.
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C.
Peristerai
Peristerai is one of the smaller Greek islets in the Echinades group, located in the Ionian Sea off western Greece.
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D.
Perioikoi
The Perioikoi were a free but non-citizen class in ancient Sparta, living in surrounding communities and serving as traders, craftsmen, and auxiliary soldiers under Spartan control.
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E.
Penebui
Penebui was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the 2nd Dynasty pharaoh Djer, known primarily from early dynastic inscriptions and tomb evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural element
ⓘ
boundary structure ⓘ |
| architecturalRole |
control of access to sacred area
ⓘ
demarcation of holy ground ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
sacred space
ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ |
| canSurround |
altar
ⓘ
oracle site ⓘ shrine ⓘ |
| defines | ritual area ⓘ |
| documentedIn | classical archaeology literature ⓘ |
| encloses |
religious precinct
ⓘ
temple ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
archaeology
ⓘ
classical architecture ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| foundInCulture |
ancient Greek architecture
ⓘ
ancient Roman architecture ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyMeaning | that which surrounds ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
enclosing wall
ⓘ
sacred boundary ⓘ |
| mayInclude |
entrances
ⓘ
gateways ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
enclosure wall
ⓘ
temenos ⓘ |
| separates | sacred space from profane space ⓘ |
| typicalMaterial |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| usedIn | ancient architecture ⓘ |
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: peribolos Description of subject: A peribolos is an enclosing wall or sacred boundary that surrounds a temple or religious precinct in ancient architecture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Roman temple of Jupiter