Cirra
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Cirra is an ancient Greek coastal town historically associated with the region around Crisa and the sanctuary of Delphi.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4626809 — 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: Cirra Context triple: [Crisa, hasNearbyHarbor, Cirra]
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A.
Moura
Moura is a historic town in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its whitewashed architecture, olive oil production, and proximity to the Alqueva reservoir.
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B.
Moura
Moura is a small coal-mining town in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and history of mining disasters.
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C.
Ziria
Ziria is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, traditionally identified with Mount Cyllene, which is famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes.
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Myra
Myra is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with individuals of Jewish and English-speaking backgrounds.
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E.
Myra
Myra was an ancient Greek city in Lycia, in what is now southwestern Turkey, historically notable as a major early Christian center and the bishopric of Saint Nicholas.
- 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: Cirra Target entity description: Cirra is an ancient Greek coastal town historically associated with the region around Crisa and the sanctuary of Delphi.
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A.
Moura
Moura is a historic town in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its whitewashed architecture, olive oil production, and proximity to the Alqueva reservoir.
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B.
Moura
Moura is a small coal-mining town in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and history of mining disasters.
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C.
Ziria
Ziria is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, traditionally identified with Mount Cyllene, which is famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes.
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D.
Myra
Myra was an ancient Greek city in Lycia, in what is now southwestern Turkey, historically notable as a major early Christian center and the bishopric of Saint Nicholas.
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E.
Myra
Myra is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with individuals of Jewish and English-speaking backgrounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek town
ⓘ
ancient coastal settlement ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | identified with remains near modern Kirra ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
sanctuary of Delphi
ⓘ
linked to:
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
|
| associatedWithEvent | First Sacred War ⓘ |
| conflictType | subject of Sacred War by Amphictyonic League ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| economyBasedOn |
maritime trade
ⓘ
services to Delphi pilgrims ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Archaic period of Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Archaic period
|
| governedBy |
Amphictyonic League (after conquest)
ⓘ
linked to:
Amphictyonic League
local rulers of Crisaean region ⓘ |
| hasModernCorrespondence | area near modern Kirra (Greece) ⓘ |
| hasRole |
port of Crisa
ⓘ
port of Delphi ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece (as ruined/secondary site) ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Greece
|
| languageUsed | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | region of Phocis ⓘ |
| locatedInAncientRegion |
Central Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
central Greece
Phocis ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Corinthian Gulf
ⓘ
Crisa ⓘ Delphi ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gulf of Corinth ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Pausanias
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Greek geographical literature ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Crisa
ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Crisaean Gulf
ⓘ
Parnassus region ⓘ |
| nearbySanctuary |
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
ⓘ
linked to:
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
|
| outcomeOfConflict | destruction of the town ⓘ |
| partOf | Crisaean plain ⓘ |
| reasonForConflict |
control of access to Delphi
ⓘ
tolling pilgrims to Delphi ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation |
cult of Apollo at Delphi
ⓘ
linked to:
Panhellenic cult of Apollo
|
| religiousSignificance | gateway for pilgrims to Delphi ⓘ |
| sourceType |
ancient literary sources
ⓘ
archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| terrain | coastal plain ⓘ |
| timeOfDestruction | early 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| transportFunction |
embarkation point for pilgrims
ⓘ
harbor for Delphi ⓘ |
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: Cirra Description of subject: Cirra is an ancient Greek coastal town historically associated with the region around Crisa and the sanctuary of Delphi.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.