Selloi
E121521
The Selloi were the ancient priests associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus, known from Homeric tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selloi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1032360 — 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: Selloi Context triple: [Dodona, priestsCalled, Selloi]
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A.
Tullistes
Tullistes are the inhabitants of the French city of Tulle, located in the Corrèze department in central France.
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B.
Selle
The Selle is a river in northern France that flows through the Hauts-de-France region before joining the Scheldt.
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C.
Sivaraksa
Sivaraksa is the surname of Sulak Sivaraksa, a prominent Thai social activist, intellectual, and proponent of engaged Buddhism.
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D.
Pijin
Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Marcoola
Marcoola is a coastal suburb on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in Australia, known for its beaches and as the location of the region’s main airport.
- 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: Selloi Target entity description: The Selloi were the ancient priests associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus, known from Homeric tradition.
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A.
Tullistes
Tullistes are the inhabitants of the French city of Tulle, located in the Corrèze department in central France.
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B.
Selle
The Selle is a river in northern France that flows through the Hauts-de-France region before joining the Scheldt.
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C.
Sivaraksa
Sivaraksa is the surname of Sulak Sivaraksa, a prominent Thai social activist, intellectual, and proponent of engaged Buddhism.
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D.
Pijin
Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Marcoola
Marcoola is a coastal suburb on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in Australia, known for its beaches and as the location of the region’s main airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek priestly group
ⓘ
religious functionaries ⓘ |
| associatedRituals | oracular consultation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
oracle of Zeus at Dodona
ⓘ
linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
sacred oak of Dodona ⓘ |
| attestedIn | epic poetry ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona
ⓘ
linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
|
| ethnicContext | Greek ⓘ |
| GreekName | Σελλοί ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Homeric tradition ⓘ |
| languageContext | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dodona
ⓘ
Epirus ⓘ ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| mentionedIn |
Homer’s Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| region | northwestern Greece ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| role |
custodians of the oracle at Dodona
ⓘ
interpreters of Zeus’s will ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | identity and exact functions are debated by modern scholars ⓘ |
| servedDeity | Zeus ⓘ |
| sourceType | literary tradition ⓘ |
| status | semi-legendary group ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| worshipType | Zeus Naios 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: Selloi Description of subject: The Selloi were the ancient priests associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus, known from Homeric tradition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.