Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct)
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Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) was a major Roman aqueduct system in southern Italy that supplied water to multiple cities and naval bases in the Bay of Naples region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aqua Augusta | 1 |
| Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) canonical | 1 |
| Roman water supply system of Campania | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2827839 — 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: Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) Context triple: [Misenum, servedBy, Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct)]
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A.
Aqua Virgo aqueduct
The Aqua Virgo aqueduct is an ancient Roman waterway, completed in 19 BCE under Augustus, that has long supplied water to central Rome, including the Trevi Fountain.
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B.
Aqua Paola aqueduct
The Aqua Paola aqueduct is a 17th-century Roman aqueduct and monumental fountain system that restored an ancient water supply to the city, culminating in the grand Fontana dell’Acqua Paola on the Janiculum Hill.
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C.
Valens Aqueduct
The Valens Aqueduct is a late Roman-era aqueduct in Istanbul, Turkey, that once formed a key part of the city’s water supply system and remains a prominent historic landmark.
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D.
Aqueduct of Pitigliano
The Aqueduct of Pitigliano is a historic Renaissance-era aqueduct in the Tuscan hill town of Pitigliano, Italy, notable for its striking arches integrated into the town’s dramatic tufa cliffs.
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E.
Aqua Appia
Aqua Appia was one of ancient Rome’s earliest aqueducts, constructed in the 4th century BCE to supply the city with fresh water.
- 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: Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) Target entity description: Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) was a major Roman aqueduct system in southern Italy that supplied water to multiple cities and naval bases in the Bay of Naples region.
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A.
Aqua Virgo aqueduct
The Aqua Virgo aqueduct is an ancient Roman waterway, completed in 19 BCE under Augustus, that has long supplied water to central Rome, including the Trevi Fountain.
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B.
Aqua Paola aqueduct
The Aqua Paola aqueduct is a 17th-century Roman aqueduct and monumental fountain system that restored an ancient water supply to the city, culminating in the grand Fontana dell’Acqua Paola on the Janiculum Hill.
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C.
Valens Aqueduct
The Valens Aqueduct is a late Roman-era aqueduct in Istanbul, Turkey, that once formed a key part of the city’s water supply system and remains a prominent historic landmark.
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D.
Aqueduct of Pitigliano
The Aqueduct of Pitigliano is a historic Renaissance-era aqueduct in the Tuscan hill town of Pitigliano, Italy, notable for its striking arches integrated into the town’s dramatic tufa cliffs.
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E.
Aqua Appia
Aqua Appia was one of ancient Rome’s earliest aqueducts, constructed in the 4th century BCE to supply the city with fresh water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman aqueduct
ⓘ
ancient water supply system ⓘ |
| architectEngineer | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ⓘ |
| constructedDuringReignOf | Augustus ⓘ |
| constructionStartTime | late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Acerrae
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Atella ⓘ Baiae ⓘ Cumae ⓘ Herculaneum ⓘ Misenum ⓘ Neapolis ⓘ Nola ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ Puteoli ⓘ Stabiae ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bridges
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distribution tanks ⓘ tunnels ⓘ underground channels ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
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surface form:
Early Roman Empire
|
| inception | around 30 BCE ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| length | over 100 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Campania
ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
|
| namedAfter |
Augustus
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Augustus
|
| notableFeature |
multi-branch aqueduct system
ⓘ
one of the longest Roman aqueducts in Italy ⓘ supplied multiple cities from a single source ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman water supply network in Campania ⓘ |
| presentDayRemains |
traces in Naples area
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visible near Serino ⓘ |
| significantEvent | damaged by earthquakes in antiquity ⓘ |
| startPoint | Serino ⓘ |
| supplied |
Campania region
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay of Naples region
Herculaneum ⓘ Misenum ⓘ Naples ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ Puteoli ⓘ Misenum naval base ⓘ
surface form:
Roman fleet at Misenum
Roman naval base at Misenum ⓘ Stabiae ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fountains
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naval base provisioning ⓘ public baths ⓘ urban water supply ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Serino springs
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Terminus springs ⓘ |
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: Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) Description of subject: Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) was a major Roman aqueduct system in southern Italy that supplied water to multiple cities and naval bases in the Bay of Naples region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aqua Augusta
this entity surface form:
Roman water supply system of Campania