Porta Fontinalis
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Porta Fontinalis was an ancient gate in the Servian Wall of Rome, located near the Capitoline Hill and serving as an important northern exit from the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porta Fontinalis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900780 — 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: Porta Fontinalis Context triple: [Via Flaminia, startsAt, Porta Fontinalis]
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A.
Marciana
Marciana is a historic hilltop village on the Italian island of Elba, known for its medieval architecture and scenic views over the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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B.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Hadrian's Gate
Hadrian's Gate is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Antalya, Turkey, built in honor of Emperor Hadrian and serving as a historic entrance to the ancient city.
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D.
Ponte Fabricio
Ponte Fabricio is the oldest surviving Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, connecting the city to Tiber Island across the Tiber River.
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E.
Ponte Cestio
Ponte Cestio is an ancient Roman stone bridge in Rome that connects Tiber Island to the Trastevere district across the Tiber River.
- 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: Porta Fontinalis Target entity description: Porta Fontinalis was an ancient gate in the Servian Wall of Rome, located near the Capitoline Hill and serving as an important northern exit from the city.
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A.
Marciana
Marciana is a historic hilltop village on the Italian island of Elba, known for its medieval architecture and scenic views over the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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B.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, commemorating Emperor Titus’s victory in the Jewish War and famed for its reliefs depicting the spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Hadrian's Gate
Hadrian's Gate is a well-preserved Roman triumphal arch in Antalya, Turkey, built in honor of Emperor Hadrian and serving as a historic entrance to the ancient city.
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D.
Ponte Fabricio
Ponte Fabricio is the oldest surviving Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, connecting the city to Tiber Island across the Tiber River.
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E.
Ponte Cestio
Ponte Cestio is an ancient Roman stone bridge in Rome that connects Tiber Island to the Trastevere district across the Tiber River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city gate
ⓘ
gate of the Servian Wall ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Capitoline Hill area
ⓘ
linked to:
Capitoline Hill
Roman topography ⓘ |
| bordered | northern approaches to the Capitoline Hill ⓘ |
| connectedTo | roads leading north from Rome ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| directionFromCityCenter | north ⓘ |
| function |
city gate
ⓘ
northern exit from Rome ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLocation | northern slope of Capitoline Hill ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | archaeological site location ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | control of access to Rome from the north ⓘ |
| hasStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| hasType | city gate ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rome
ⓘ
Servian Wall ⓘ ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| locatedInPresentDay | historic center of Rome ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Capitoline Hill ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby springs or fountains ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Gate of the Springs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Servian fortification system
ⓘ
linked to:
Servian Wall
fortifications of Rome ⓘ urban boundary of early Rome ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Porta Fontinalis Description of subject: Porta Fontinalis was an ancient gate in the Servian Wall of Rome, located near the Capitoline Hill and serving as an important northern exit from the city.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.