Eclanum
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Eclanum was an ancient town in the Roman region of Samnium in southern Italy, known as an episcopal see and the birthplace of the theologian Julian of Eclanum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eclanum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10310336 — 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: Eclanum Context triple: [Julian of Eclanum, birthPlace, Eclanum]
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A.
Clusone
Clusone is a historic town in northern Italy known for its medieval architecture and frescoes, located in the Lombardy region.
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B.
Arakoon
Arakoon is a small coastal locality in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches and the historic Trial Bay Gaol.
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C.
Cotyora
Cotyora was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Black Sea in the region of Pontus, known as a colony of Sinope and a waypoint in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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D.
Eliada
Eliada is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s sons.
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E.
Crenna
Crenna is a surname most notably associated with American actor and director Richard Crenna, known for his roles in film and television from the mid-20th century onward.
- 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: Eclanum Target entity description: Eclanum was an ancient town in the Roman region of Samnium in southern Italy, known as an episcopal see and the birthplace of the theologian Julian of Eclanum.
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A.
Clusone
Clusone is a historic town in northern Italy known for its medieval architecture and frescoes, located in the Lombardy region.
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B.
Arakoon
Arakoon is a small coastal locality in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches and the historic Trial Bay Gaol.
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C.
Cotyora
Cotyora was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Black Sea in the region of Pontus, known as a colony of Sinope and a waypoint in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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D.
Eliada
Eliada is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s sons.
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E.
Crenna
Crenna is a surname most notably associated with American actor and director Richard Crenna, known for his roles in film and television from the mid-20th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
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archaeological site ⓘ former populated place ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Romans
NERFINISHED
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Samnites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Julian of Eclanum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 41.05°N 14.98°E ⓘ |
| countryDuringRomanPeriod | Italia (Roman province) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Alaric I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedInEvent | Gothic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
amphitheatre
ⓘ
aqueduct ⓘ baths ⓘ city walls ⓘ early Christian basilica ⓘ forum ⓘ insulae ⓘ mosaics ⓘ necropolis ⓘ paved streets ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalStatus | titular see ⓘ |
| hasReligionHistorical |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman paganism ⓘ |
| hasRole |
episcopal see
ⓘ
municipium ⓘ road station ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | protected archaeological area ⓘ |
| languageUsedHistorical |
Latin
ⓘ
Oscan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Samnium NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Provincia di Avellino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInModern | Mirabella Eclano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyModernSettlement | Mirabella Eclano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Regio II Apulia et Calabria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| presentInWork |
Itinerarium Antonini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabula Peutingeriana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuiltUnder | Emperor Valentinian III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfFlourishing |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Via Appia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Via Traiana 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: Eclanum Description of subject: Eclanum was an ancient town in the Roman region of Samnium in southern Italy, known as an episcopal see and the birthplace of the theologian Julian of Eclanum.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.