aedile
E453181
An aedile was a Roman public official responsible for overseeing city infrastructure, public games, markets, and the maintenance of order in urban life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| aedile canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4558883 — 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: aedile Context triple: [Roman magistracy, hasOffice, aedile]
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Ade
Ade is a British actor best known for his role as Tyrone in the 2000 crime film "Snatch."
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C.
Aisch
The Aisch is a river in the German state of Bavaria that flows through the region of Middle Franconia and is known for its scenic valleys and traditional carp-farming areas.
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D.
Amed
Amed is the historical name of the city now known as Diyarbakır, a major cultural and political center in southeastern Turkey, especially significant for Kurdish heritage.
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E.
Augustoritum
Augustoritum was the ancient Roman city that later became modern-day Limoges in central France.
- 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: aedile Target entity description: An aedile was a Roman public official responsible for overseeing city infrastructure, public games, markets, and the maintenance of order in urban life.
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Ade
Ade is a British actor best known for his role as Tyrone in the 2000 crime film "Snatch."
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C.
Aisch
The Aisch is a river in the German state of Bavaria that flows through the region of Middle Franconia and is known for its scenic valleys and traditional carp-farming areas.
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D.
Amed
Amed is the historical name of the city now known as Diyarbakır, a major cultural and political center in southeastern Turkey, especially significant for Kurdish heritage.
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E.
Augustoritum
Augustoritum was the ancient Roman city that later became modern-day Limoges in central France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman magistrate
ⓘ
public office ⓘ |
| associatedWith | political advancement ⓘ |
| authorityOver |
building regulations
ⓘ
public morals in markets ⓘ safety regulations at games ⓘ |
| couldHold | judicial powers in minor cases ⓘ |
| country | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedBy | Roman people ⓘ |
| followedByInCareer | praetor ⓘ |
| hasType |
curule aedile
ⓘ
plebeian aedile ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedFor | plebeians ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LatinName | aedilis ⓘ |
| location | Rome ⓘ |
| oftenFinanced | public games from personal funds ⓘ |
| partOf | cursus honorum ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| precededByInCareer | quaestor ⓘ |
| reportedIn |
Cicero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
care of markets (cura annonae)
ⓘ
care of public games (cura ludorum) ⓘ care of the city (cura urbis) ⓘ maintenance of aqueducts ⓘ maintenance of public buildings ⓘ maintenance of sewers ⓘ maintenance of streets ⓘ maintenance of temples ⓘ organization of public festivals ⓘ organization of public games ⓘ public order in the city ⓘ regulation of weights and measures ⓘ supervision of markets ⓘ supply of grain ⓘ urban order ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Roman curule magistrate ⓘ |
| termLength | one year ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Roman Forum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: aedile Description of subject: An aedile was a Roman public official responsible for overseeing city infrastructure, public games, markets, and the maintenance of order in urban life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.