Corcyra
E301823
Corcyra, known today as Corfu, is a strategically located Greek island in the Ionian Sea that became an important maritime and cultural center in antiquity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corcyra canonical | 21 |
| island of Corcyra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2772707 — 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: Corcyra Context triple: [Corinth, colonized, Corcyra]
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A.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
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B.
Aegina
Aegina is a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, historically significant as a maritime power and cultural center in ancient Greece.
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C.
Scyros
Scyros is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, historically notable as the legendary place where the hero Theseus met his death.
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D.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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E.
Eretria
Eretria was an important ancient Greek city-state on the island of Euboea, known for its maritime power, colonization activities, and role in early Greek history.
- 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: Corcyra Target entity description: Corcyra, known today as Corfu, is a strategically located Greek island in the Ionian Sea that became an important maritime and cultural center in antiquity.
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A.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
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B.
Aegina
Aegina is a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, historically significant as a maritime power and cultural center in ancient Greece.
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C.
Scyros
Scyros is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, historically notable as the legendary place where the hero Theseus met his death.
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D.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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E.
Eretria
Eretria was an important ancient Greek city-state on the island of Euboea, known for its maritime power, colonization activities, and role in early Greek history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek island
ⓘ
ancient city-state ⓘ polis ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Athens ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Kerkyra
ⓘ
linked to:
Corfu
Korkyra ⓘ |
| capitalCity |
Corfu (Kerkyra) town
ⓘ
linked to:
Corfu (city)
|
| colonizedBy | Corinth ⓘ |
| conflictedWith | Corinth ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Athens (for modern Greek state that includes Corcyra) ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceFrom |
Greek mainland
ⓘ
Italian peninsula ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Peninsula
|
| economyHistoricallyBasedOn |
maritime trade
ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ |
| foundedAsColonyOf | Corinth ⓘ |
| governedBy |
democratic factions (in classical period)
ⓘ
oligarchic factions (in classical period) ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | natural harbors suitable for ancient fleets ⓘ |
| hasModernReligionMajority |
Greek Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Orthodox Church
|
| hasReligionHistorically | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Corinth–Corcyra War
ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| islandGroup | Ionian Islands ⓘ |
| joinedModernState | Kingdom of Greece ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural center in antiquity
ⓘ
maritime power in antiquity ⓘ naval strength ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterRuledBy |
British Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Venetian Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of Venice
|
| locatedIn |
Ionian Islands
ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Albanian coast ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | northwestern Greece ⓘ |
| mentionedInWork |
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
ⓘ
linked to:
History of the Peloponnesian War
|
| modernName | Corfu ⓘ |
| mythologicalAssociation |
Poseidon
ⓘ
nymph Korkyra ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ionian Islands group
ⓘ
linked to:
Ionian Islands
|
| region |
Ionian Islands periphery
ⓘ
linked to:
Ionian Islands
|
| sea | Ionian Sea ⓘ |
| siteOf | stasis (civil strife) during Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of sea routes in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas
ⓘ
maritime crossroads between Greece and Italy ⓘ |
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: Corcyra Description of subject: Corcyra, known today as Corfu, is a strategically located Greek island in the Ionian Sea that became an important maritime and cultural center in antiquity.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Corcyra