Gerasa
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Gerasa, known today as Jerash in modern Jordan, is an ancient Greco-Roman city famed for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and status as one of the major cities of the Decapolis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerasa canonical | 4 |
| Decapolis city of Gerasa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13820477 — 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: Gerasa Context triple: [Decapolis, hasCity, Gerasa]
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A.
Scythopolis
Scythopolis is the ancient Greco-Roman city known as one of the cities of the Decapolis, whose extensive ruins lie at modern Beit She'an in northern Israel.
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B.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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C.
Sepphoris
Sepphoris was an important ancient Galilean city in Roman-era Palestine, known as a political and cultural center with a significant Jewish population and notable rabbinic activity.
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D.
Tabgha
Tabgha is a lakeside area on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, traditionally revered as the site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
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E.
Madaba
Madaba is a historic Jordanian city renowned for its Byzantine and Umayyad-era mosaics, especially the famous 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land.
- 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: Gerasa Target entity description: Gerasa, known today as Jerash in modern Jordan, is an ancient Greco-Roman city famed for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and status as one of the major cities of the Decapolis.
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A.
Scythopolis
Scythopolis is the ancient Greco-Roman city known as one of the cities of the Decapolis, whose extensive ruins lie at modern Beit She'an in northern Israel.
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B.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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C.
Sepphoris
Sepphoris was an important ancient Galilean city in Roman-era Palestine, known as a political and cultural center with a significant Jewish population and notable rabbinic activity.
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D.
Tabgha
Tabgha is a lakeside area on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, traditionally revered as the site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
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E.
Madaba
Madaba is a historic Jordanian city renowned for its Byzantine and Umayyad-era mosaics, especially the famous 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arabia Petraea
this entity surface form:
Decapolis city of Gerasa
subject surface form:
Nymphaeum (Jerash)
subject surface form:
Temple of Zeus (Jerash)