Novellae
E151159
Novellae are the later imperial constitutions of Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law within the Corpus Juris Civilis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Novellae canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334029 — 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: Novellae Context triple: [Body of Civil Law, part, Novellae]
-
A.
Novus Ordo
Novus Ordo is the form of the Roman Catholic Mass introduced after the Second Vatican Council, characterized by vernacular language, active lay participation, and a reformed liturgical structure.
-
B.
Neraudia
Neraudia is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to Hawaii and known for its often rare and endemic shrub species.
-
C.
Zenta
Zenta is a historic town in northern Serbia, best known as the site of a decisive 1697 battle between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.
-
D.
Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
-
E.
Lozanella
Lozanella is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Central and South America.
- 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: Novellae Target entity description: Novellae are the later imperial constitutions of Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law within the Corpus Juris Civilis.
-
A.
Novus Ordo
Novus Ordo is the form of the Roman Catholic Mass introduced after the Second Vatican Council, characterized by vernacular language, active lay participation, and a reformed liturgical structure.
-
B.
Neraudia
Neraudia is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to Hawaii and known for its often rare and endemic shrub species.
-
C.
Zenta
Zenta is a historic town in northern Serbia, best known as the site of a decisive 1697 battle between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.
-
D.
Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
-
E.
Lozanella
Lozanella is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Central and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of imperial constitutions
ⓘ
part of Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ source of Roman law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Novellae Constitutiones
ⓘ
Novels ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Byzantine law
ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ |
| author | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compiledIn |
Authenticum
ⓘ
Epitome Juliani ⓘ Greek collections of Novels ⓘ |
| country | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateFrom | 534 ⓘ |
| dateTo | 565 ⓘ |
| follows |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Digest ⓘ Institutes of Justinian ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| hasPart | individual imperial constitutions ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Justinianic legal reforms ⓘ |
| influenced |
canon law
ⓘ
civil law tradition ⓘ medieval Roman law ⓘ |
| issuedBy | imperial chancery of Justinian I ⓘ |
| issuedUnder | reign of Justinian I ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalForm | imperial constitution ⓘ |
| legalStatus | imperial legislation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law ⓘ |
| partOf | Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
surface form:
Codex Justinianus (second edition 534)
|
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| purpose |
to supplement earlier codification of Roman law
ⓘ
to update Justinianic legislation ⓘ |
| regulates |
administrative law
ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ private law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Digest of Justinian
ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian ⓘ Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
surface form:
Justinianic Code
|
| subjectOf | Roman law scholarship ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th 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: Novellae Description of subject: Novellae are the later imperial constitutions of Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law within the Corpus Juris Civilis.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.