Marathon, Greece
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Marathon, Greece is a historic town in eastern Attica best known as the site of the 490 BC Battle of Marathon between the ancient Athenians and the Persians.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marathon, Greece canonical | 3 |
| ancient town of Marathon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12123604 — 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: Marathon, Greece Context triple: [Marathon tumulus, locatedIn, Marathon, Greece]
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A.
Olympiada, Greece
Olympiada, Greece is a coastal village in northern Greece known as the modern settlement near the ancient city of Stagira, birthplace of the philosopher Aristotle.
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Olympia, Greece
Olympia, Greece is an ancient sanctuary in the Peloponnese renowned as the original site of the Olympic Games in classical antiquity.
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Isthmia
Isthmia was an important ancient Greek sanctuary and festival site near Corinth, renowned for its temple of Poseidon and the Isthmian Games.
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Athina
Athina is the given name of Athina Onassis, the granddaughter and principal heir of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
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E.
Marathón
Marathón is a professional football club from Honduras, known as one of the country's most prominent and historically successful teams.
- 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: Marathon, Greece Target entity description: Marathon, Greece is a historic town in eastern Attica best known as the site of the 490 BC Battle of Marathon between the ancient Athenians and the Persians.
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A.
Olympiada, Greece
Olympiada, Greece is a coastal village in northern Greece known as the modern settlement near the ancient city of Stagira, birthplace of the philosopher Aristotle.
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B.
Olympia, Greece
Olympia, Greece is an ancient sanctuary in the Peloponnese renowned as the original site of the Olympic Games in classical antiquity.
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C.
Isthmia
Isthmia was an important ancient Greek sanctuary and festival site near Corinth, renowned for its temple of Poseidon and the Isthmian Games.
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D.
Athina
Athina is the given name of Athina Onassis, the granddaughter and principal heir of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
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E.
Marathón
Marathón is a professional football club from Honduras, known as one of the country's most prominent and historically successful teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ancient town of Marathon