Esquiline Obelisk
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The Esquiline Obelisk is an ancient Roman obelisk in Rome, originally erected as an imperial monument and later re-erected on the Esquiline Hill as a counterpart to the Quirinal Obelisk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Esquiline Obelisk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5960249 — 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: Esquiline Obelisk Context triple: [Obelisk of the Quirinal, sisterMonument, Esquiline Obelisk]
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Obelisk of the Quirinal
The Obelisk of the Quirinal is an ancient Roman obelisk now standing prominently in Rome’s Piazza del Quirinale, serving as a notable landmark near the Quirinal Palace.
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B.
Lateran Obelisk
The Lateran Obelisk is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk originally erected in Thebes, later brought to Rome and now standing in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano as one of the tallest and oldest obelisks in the city.
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Obelisk of Domitian
The Obelisk of Domitian is an ancient Roman obelisk, originally erected by Emperor Domitian and now prominently crowning Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome’s Piazza Navona.
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Obelisk of Augustus
The Obelisk of Augustus is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk brought to Rome by Emperor Augustus and prominently erected as a monumental symbol of imperial power.
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E.
Pyramid of Cestius
The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid-shaped tomb built in the 1st century BC for the magistrate Gaius Cestius, notable for its distinctive Egyptian-inspired form and well-preserved structure in Rome.
- 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: Esquiline Obelisk Target entity description: The Esquiline Obelisk is an ancient Roman obelisk in Rome, originally erected as an imperial monument and later re-erected on the Esquiline Hill as a counterpart to the Quirinal Obelisk.
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Obelisk of the Quirinal
The Obelisk of the Quirinal is an ancient Roman obelisk now standing prominently in Rome’s Piazza del Quirinale, serving as a notable landmark near the Quirinal Palace.
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B.
Lateran Obelisk
The Lateran Obelisk is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk originally erected in Thebes, later brought to Rome and now standing in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano as one of the tallest and oldest obelisks in the city.
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C.
Obelisk of Domitian
The Obelisk of Domitian is an ancient Roman obelisk, originally erected by Emperor Domitian and now prominently crowning Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome’s Piazza Navona.
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Obelisk of Augustus
The Obelisk of Augustus is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk brought to Rome by Emperor Augustus and prominently erected as a monumental symbol of imperial power.
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E.
Pyramid of Cestius
The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid-shaped tomb built in the 1st century BC for the magistrate Gaius Cestius, notable for its distinctive Egyptian-inspired form and well-preserved structure in Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman obelisk
ⓘ
monument ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mausoleum of Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
urban planning of Sixtus V ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman monuments in Rome
ⓘ
Obelisks in Rome ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damagedIn | late antiquity ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Emperor Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundAs | broken fragments ⓘ |
| hasBaseDecoration |
Christian symbols
ⓘ
papal coats of arms of Sixtus V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 41.898°N 12.498°E ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse | urban landmark ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| height | about 14 meters (shaft only) ⓘ |
| heightWithBase | about 25 meters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural property in Rome ⓘ |
| isCounterpartOf | Quirinal Obelisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Latinized Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Esquiline Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piazza Esquilino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Rome ⓘ |
| material | red granite ⓘ |
| originalFunction | imperial monument ⓘ |
| originalLocation |
Campus Martius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mausoleum of Augustus complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | network of papal obelisks in Rome ⓘ |
| reassembledIn | Renaissance period ⓘ |
| reErectedAsCounterpartOf | Quirinal Obelisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reErectedAsPartOf | Sixtus V’s urban renewal program ⓘ |
| reErectedBy | Pope Sixtus V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reErectedIn | late 16th century ⓘ |
| reErectedUnderPontificateOf | Sixtus V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Pincian Obelisk
NERFINISHED
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Quirinal Obelisk NERFINISHED ⓘ Sallustian Obelisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Egyptianizing obelisk ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Christian triumph over pagan Rome ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportedFrom | area of the Mausoleum of Augustus ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Piazza dell’Esquilino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Esquiline Obelisk Description of subject: The Esquiline Obelisk is an ancient Roman obelisk in Rome, originally erected as an imperial monument and later re-erected on the Esquiline Hill as a counterpart to the Quirinal Obelisk.
Referenced by (1)
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