Neapolis
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Neapolis is the ancient Greek quarter of Syracuse in Sicily, known for its significant archaeological remains including theaters, quarries, and sanctuaries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neapolis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6491954 — 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: Neapolis Context triple: [Syracuse, hasPart, Neapolis]
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A.
Neapolis
Neapolis is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Nablus in the West Bank, historically an important urban center in the Levant.
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B.
Neapolis
Neapolis was an ancient port city in Macedonia that served as the maritime gateway to Philippi and a key stop on important trade and travel routes such as the Via Egnatia.
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C.
Capua
Capua is an ancient city in southern Italy that was a prominent center of the Oscan-speaking Samnites and later an important Roman ally and urban hub.
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Puteoli
Puteoli was an important ancient Roman port city in Campania, Italy, known for its bustling maritime trade and nearby volcanic deposits that supplied key materials for Roman concrete.
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E.
Ostia
Ostia was the principal harbor city of ancient Rome, serving as a major commercial and military port at the mouth of the Tiber River.
- 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: Neapolis Target entity description: Neapolis is the ancient Greek quarter of Syracuse in Sicily, known for its significant archaeological remains including theaters, quarries, and sanctuaries.
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A.
Neapolis
Neapolis is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Nablus in the West Bank, historically an important urban center in the Levant.
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B.
Neapolis
Neapolis was an ancient port city in Macedonia that served as the maritime gateway to Philippi and a key stop on important trade and travel routes such as the Via Egnatia.
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C.
Capua
Capua is an ancient city in southern Italy that was a prominent center of the Oscan-speaking Samnites and later an important Roman ally and urban hub.
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D.
Puteoli
Puteoli was an important ancient Roman port city in Campania, Italy, known for its bustling maritime trade and nearby volcanic deposits that supplied key materials for Roman concrete.
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E.
Ostia
Ostia was the principal harbor city of ancient Rome, serving as a major commercial and military port at the mouth of the Tiber River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city quarter
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | approximate: 37.07°N 15.28°E ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greek culture
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Ancient Roman culture ⓘ |
| governingBody | Regione Siciliana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavations | yes ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite | Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Altar of Hieron II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ear of Dionysius NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Theatre of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Latomia del Paradiso NERFINISHED ⓘ Latomia di San Nicola NERFINISHED ⓘ Latomia di Santa Venera NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Amphitheatre of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanctuary of Apollo Temenites NERFINISHED ⓘ Via dei Sepolcri NERFINISHED ⓘ necropolis ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria | UNESCO cultural site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Greek theatre
ⓘ
Roman amphitheatre ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ stone quarries ⓘ |
| languageOfHistoricalInscriptions |
Ancient Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Sicily ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Classical Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ortygia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Sicilian Ionian coast ⓘ |
| municipality | Comune di Siracusa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Syracuse archaeological park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica" NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Syracuse ⓘ |
| primaryBuildingMaterial | limestone ⓘ |
| region | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topLevelAdministrativeDivision | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Neapolis Description of subject: Neapolis is the ancient Greek quarter of Syracuse in Sicily, known for its significant archaeological remains including theaters, quarries, and sanctuaries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.