Fire of 1823
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The Fire of 1823 was a devastating blaze that largely destroyed Rome’s ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, prompting its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fire of 1823 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083987 — 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: Fire of 1823 Context triple: [Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, destroyedBy, Fire of 1823]
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A.
Great Midwest Fires of 1871
The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
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Peshtigo Fire
The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
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C.
Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
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D.
Great Holland Fire of 1871
The Great Holland Fire of 1871 was a devastating conflagration that destroyed much of Holland, Michigan, during the same period as the Great Chicago Fire and other major Midwest fires.
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E.
Burning of Washington
The Burning of Washington was a British attack during the War of 1812 in which invading forces captured and set fire to multiple U.S. government buildings in the capital, including the presidential mansion.
- 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: Fire of 1823 Target entity description: The Fire of 1823 was a devastating blaze that largely destroyed Rome’s ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, prompting its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
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A.
Great Midwest Fires of 1871
The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
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B.
Peshtigo Fire
The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
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C.
Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
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D.
Great Holland Fire of 1871
The Great Holland Fire of 1871 was a devastating conflagration that destroyed much of Holland, Michigan, during the same period as the Great Chicago Fire and other major Midwest fires.
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E.
Burning of Washington
The Burning of Washington was a British attack during the War of 1812 in which invading forces captured and set fire to multiple U.S. government buildings in the capital, including the presidential mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disaster
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fire ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| affected | architectural fabric of the original early Christian basilica ⓘ |
| caused | devastating damage to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ |
| consequence | loss of much of the ancient interior decoration of the basilica ⓘ |
| destroyed | large parts of the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
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Italy ⓘ Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| hasTime | 1823 ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Rome in the 19th century
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history of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ |
| prompted | 19th-century reconstruction of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls reconstruction ⓘ |
| significance | led to extensive rebuilding of one of Rome’s major papal basilicas ⓘ |
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: Fire of 1823 Description of subject: The Fire of 1823 was a devastating blaze that largely destroyed Rome’s ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, prompting its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.