Temple of Ceres
E395086
The Temple of Ceres was an ancient Roman sanctuary on the Aventine Hill dedicated to the goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility, serving as an important religious and political center for the plebeians.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of Ceres, Liber and Libera | 3 |
| Temple of Ceres canonical | 2 |
| Temple of Ceres (historical misidentification) | 1 |
| Temple of Ceres, Liber and Libera on the Aventine Hill | 1 |
| Temples of Ceres | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3855022 — 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: Temple of Ceres Context triple: [Aventine Hill, hasTemple, Temple of Ceres]
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A.
Temple of Juno Caelestis
The Temple of Juno Caelestis is a prominent Roman sanctuary in the ancient city of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the goddess Juno Caelestis and noted for its well-preserved classical architecture.
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Temple of Vesta
The Temple of Vesta is an ancient Roman sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of the hearth, famed for its circular design and the sacred eternal flame tended by the Vestal Virgins.
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Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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D.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman sanctuary at the archaeological site of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the god Saturn and notable for its well-preserved ruins and commanding position overlooking the city.
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Temple of Diana
The Temple of Diana is a classical-style garden pavilion in Warsaw’s Łazienki Park, known for its picturesque architecture and role as an ornamental focal point within the historic landscape.
- 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: Temple of Ceres Target entity description: The Temple of Ceres was an ancient Roman sanctuary on the Aventine Hill dedicated to the goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility, serving as an important religious and political center for the plebeians.
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A.
Temple of Juno Caelestis
The Temple of Juno Caelestis is a prominent Roman sanctuary in the ancient city of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the goddess Juno Caelestis and noted for its well-preserved classical architecture.
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B.
Temple of Vesta
The Temple of Vesta is an ancient Roman sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of the hearth, famed for its circular design and the sacred eternal flame tended by the Vestal Virgins.
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C.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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D.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman sanctuary at the archaeological site of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the god Saturn and notable for its well-preserved ruins and commanding position overlooking the city.
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Temple of Diana
The Temple of Diana is a classical-style garden pavilion in Warsaw’s Łazienki Park, known for its picturesque architecture and role as an ornamental focal point within the historic landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman temple
ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Roman temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Liber
ⓘ
Libera ⓘ |
| associatedOffice |
plebeian aedile
ⓘ
tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aventine Triad
ⓘ
Roman agriculture ⓘ Roman plebeian tribunes ⓘ annona (grain supply system) ⓘ fertility rites ⓘ grain distributions ⓘ grain supply of Rome ⓘ plebeian class ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman sanctuaries
ⓘ
Temples of Ceres ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Ceres
Temples on the Aventine Hill ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Ceres
ⓘ
goddess of agriculture ⓘ goddess of fertility ⓘ goddess of grain ⓘ |
| function |
political center for plebeians
ⓘ
religious center for plebeians ⓘ |
| hasType |
plebeian cult site
ⓘ
state cult temple ⓘ |
| heritage | part of Roman religious topography ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aventine Hill sanctuary district
ⓘ
linked to:
Aventine Hill
Rome ⓘ ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| locatedOn | Aventine Hill ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Ceres ⓘ |
| material |
marble (later phases)
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aventine Triad cult complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Aventine Triad cultic landscape
|
| politicalRole |
seat of plebeian aediles
ⓘ
symbol of plebeian rights ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| significance |
center of plebeian political activity
ⓘ
cult center of Ceres ⓘ important sanctuary for plebeians ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
political assemblies of plebeians
ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ storage of plebeian records ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity | Ceres ⓘ |
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: Temple of Ceres Description of subject: The Temple of Ceres was an ancient Roman sanctuary on the Aventine Hill dedicated to the goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility, serving as an important religious and political center for the plebeians.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Temple of Ceres
linked to: Temple of Ceres
linked to: Temple of Ceres
subject linked to:
Temple of Athena
linked to: Temple of Ceres