Rutba
E146007
Rutba is a remote desert town in western Iraq that serves as a key transit point on the highway linking Baghdad with Jordan and Syria.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204747 — 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: Rutba Context triple: [Al Anbar Governorate, containsCity, Rutba]
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A.
Shabara
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B.
Ishbak
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C.
Jowhar
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D.
Kadmat
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Jabala
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- 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: Rutba Target entity description: Rutba is a remote desert town in western Iraq that serves as a key transit point on the highway linking Baghdad with Jordan and Syria.
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A.
Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
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B.
Ishbak
Ishbak is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had later in life.
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C.
Jowhar
Jowhar is a town in southern Somalia that serves as the capital of the Middle Shabelle region and an important agricultural and administrative center.
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D.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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E.
Jabala
Jabala is a historic coastal city in modern-day Syria that served as a significant urban center during the Crusader-era Principality of Antioch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district capital
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ town ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| climateClassification | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| distanceFromBaghdad | approximately 390 km west of Baghdad ⓘ |
| distanceFromJordanBorder | approximately 150 km east of Jordan border ⓘ |
| distanceFromSyriaBorder | approximately 160 km southeast of Syria border ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 620 m above sea level ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | key node on east–west trade routes in the Levant and Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| governorateCapitalOf | Al-Rutba District ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Rutba airstrip ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
rest stop for long-distance truck traffic
ⓘ
service center for highway travelers ⓘ |
| hasMilitarySignificance | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Al Anbar Governorate
ⓘ
western Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert | Iraqi desert ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Baghdad–Amman highway
ⓘ
highway linking Baghdad with Jordan and Syria ⓘ |
| majorReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Jordanian border
ⓘ
Saudi border region ⓘ Syrian Desert ⓘ |
| partOf |
Al Anbar Governorate
ⓘ
Al-Rutba District ⓘ Iraqi desert region ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| region | Al-Rutba District ⓘ |
| regionType | remote desert town ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Amman
ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ Damascus ⓘ |
| roadType | international highway junction ⓘ |
| role |
key transit point
ⓘ
road transport hub ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
controls road access between Baghdad and Jordan
ⓘ
controls road access between Baghdad and Syria ⓘ |
| timezone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedFor |
transit of goods between Iraq and Jordan
ⓘ
transit of goods between Iraq and Syria ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
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: Rutba Description of subject: Rutba is a remote desert town in western Iraq that serves as a key transit point on the highway linking Baghdad with Jordan and Syria.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.