Vesta
E110995
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and sacred fire, central to domestic and state religion in ancient Rome.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vesta canonical | 30 |
| protoplanet Vesta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T942976 — 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: Vesta Context triple: [Hestia, romanEquivalent, Vesta]
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A.
Ceres
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and a dwarf planet composed primarily of rock and ice.
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B.
Pallas
Pallas was a British Royal Navy frigate active during the American Revolutionary War, notably engaged in North Sea operations against French and American forces.
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C.
Venera
Venera is a grade or class within the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the country’s highest distinction awarded to foreigners.
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
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E.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
- 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: Vesta Target entity description: Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and sacred fire, central to domestic and state religion in ancient Rome.
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A.
Ceres
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and a dwarf planet composed primarily of rock and ice.
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B.
Pallas
Pallas was a British Royal Navy frigate active during the American Revolutionary War, notably engaged in North Sea operations against French and American forces.
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C.
Venera
Venera is a grade or class within the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the country’s highest distinction awarded to foreigners.
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
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E.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman goddess
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman state
ⓘ
Vestal Virgins ⓘ chastity ⓘ family life ⓘ household prosperity ⓘ purity ⓘ |
| celibacy | yes ⓘ |
| centralTo |
domestic religion in ancient Rome
ⓘ
state religion in ancient Rome ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Roman Forum
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| cultStatus | one of the most important Roman deities ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| domain |
hearth
ⓘ
home ⓘ sacred fire ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Hestia ⓘ |
| equivalentToCulture |
Greek goddess Hestia
ⓘ
linked to:
Hestia
|
| festival | Vestalia ⓘ |
| festivalMonth | June ⓘ |
| fireType | eternal sacred fire in the Temple of Vesta ⓘ |
| function |
maintenance of the sacred fire
ⓘ
protection of the Roman state ⓘ protection of the household ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| iconography |
seated near a hearth or fire
ⓘ
veiled woman ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | pre-Roman Italic religion ⓘ |
| pantheon | Roman pantheon ⓘ |
| parents |
Ops
ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ |
| priesthood | Vestal Virgins ⓘ |
| role |
goddess of the hearth
ⓘ
goddess of the home ⓘ goddess of the sacred fire ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ceres
ⓘ
Juno ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Neptune ⓘ Pluto ⓘ |
| symbol |
domestic stability
ⓘ
eternal flame ⓘ hearth fire ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Roman household hearths
ⓘ
Temple of Vesta ⓘ |
| worshipType |
domestic cult
ⓘ
state cult ⓘ |
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: Vesta Description of subject: Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and sacred fire, central to domestic and state religion in ancient Rome.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
chief Vestal (virgo vestalis maxima)
subject linked to:
chief Vestal (virgo vestalis maxima)
subject linked to:
Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome)
subject linked to:
Roman goddess Juno
subject linked to:
lares