Per-Bast
E169822
Per-Bast was the ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, later known by the Greeks as Bubastis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Per-Bast canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487074 — 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: Per-Bast Context triple: [Bubastis, ancientEgyptianName, Per-Bast]
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A.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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B.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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C.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Bube
Bube is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bubi people on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.
- 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: Per-Bast Target entity description: Per-Bast was the ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, later known by the Greeks as Bubastis.
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A.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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B.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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C.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Bube
Bube is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bubi people on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | cat ⓘ |
| associatedDeityType |
goddess of fertility
ⓘ
goddess of music and joy ⓘ goddess of protection ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| cultFocus |
Bastet as a protective household deity
ⓘ
Bastet in her cat form ⓘ |
| dedicatedToDeity | Bastet ⓘ |
| describedAs | a place of great festivals ⓘ |
| function |
cult center
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| greekLanguageName | Βούβαστις ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Ancient Egyptian cities
ⓘ
Bastet ⓘ Religious sites in ancient Egypt ⓘ |
| hasDeity | Bastet ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Bubastis ⓘ |
| hasNameInEgyptian |
Per-Bastet
ⓘ
linked to:
Bastet
|
| hasNameVariant |
Bubastis
ⓘ
Per-Bastet ⓘ
linked to:
Bastet
|
| hasTemple |
Temple of Bastet at Bubastis
ⓘ
linked to:
grand temple of Bastet
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| knownFor |
cat cults
ⓘ
large temple of Bastet ⓘ worship of the cat goddess Bastet ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Pelusiac branch of the Nile ⓘ |
| majorCultCenterOf | Bastet ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Herodotus ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing |
Late Period of ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Period of Egypt
New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
Third Intermediate Period ⓘ
linked to:
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
|
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| typeOfSettlement | urban center ⓘ |
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: Per-Bast Description of subject: Per-Bast was the ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet, later known by the Greeks as Bubastis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.