Aulon
E482227
Aulon is the historical name of the coastal city now known as Vlorë in southern Albania, an important port with ancient Greek and Roman roots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aulon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4960576 — 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: Aulon Context triple: [Vlora, historicalName, Aulon]
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A.
Argia
Argia is a figure in Greek mythology, a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos and the wife of Polynices, known for her role in the saga of the Seven Against Thebes.
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B.
Arakoon
Arakoon is a small coastal locality in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches and the historic Trial Bay Gaol.
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C.
Dausa
Dausa is a town and district headquarters in the Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its historical forts, stepwells, and proximity to Jaipur.
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D.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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E.
Isternia
Isternia is a traditional hillside village on the Greek island of Tinos, known for its marble craftsmanship and panoramic views over the Aegean Sea.
- 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: Aulon Target entity description: Aulon is the historical name of the coastal city now known as Vlorë in southern Albania, an important port with ancient Greek and Roman roots.
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A.
Argia
Argia is a figure in Greek mythology, a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos and the wife of Polynices, known for her role in the saga of the Seven Against Thebes.
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B.
Arakoon
Arakoon is a small coastal locality in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches and the historic Trial Bay Gaol.
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C.
Dausa
Dausa is a town and district headquarters in the Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its historical forts, stepwells, and proximity to Jaipur.
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D.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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E.
Isternia
Isternia is a traditional hillside village on the Greek island of Tinos, known for its marble craftsmanship and panoramic views over the Aegean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire (as Avlona/Valona) ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Empire in the Balkans
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithSea | Adriatic Sea trade routes ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek colonies in Illyria
ⓘ
Ancient cities in the Balkans ⓘ Former populated places in Albania ⓘ |
| coastalCityOf | Adriatic-Ionian coast ⓘ |
| function |
port city
ⓘ
trading center ⓘ |
| hasAncientCulture |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| hasContinuityAs | medieval city of Avlona ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Albania ⓘ |
| hasHarbor | natural harbor of Vlorë Bay ⓘ |
| hasPortContinuityIn |
Port of Vlorë
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Vlora
|
| heritage | part of Albanian coastal historical cities ⓘ |
| historicalNameOf |
Vlorë
ⓘ
linked to:
Vlora
|
| knownInGreekAs | Αὐλών (Aulōn) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterName |
Avlona
ⓘ
Valona ⓘ
linked to:
Vlora
|
| locatedIn | southern Albania ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Strait of Otranto ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Adriatic Sea
ⓘ
Bay of Vlorë ⓘ
linked to:
Bay of Vlora
|
| mentionedBy |
Roman authors
ⓘ
ancient Greek geographers ⓘ |
| modernAdministrativeUnit | Vlorë County ⓘ |
| modernCountryContext |
Republic of Albania
ⓘ
linked to:
Albania
|
| modernSuccessor |
Vlorë
ⓘ
linked to:
Vlora
|
| nameMeaning | valley or ravine in Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Epirus (historical region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Epirus
Illyria (classical geography) ⓘ
linked to:
Illyria
|
| presentInPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Classical Antiquity ⓘ
linked to:
Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Epirus ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | early Christian bishopric ⓘ |
| roleInAntiquity | maritime link between Greece and Italy ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of entrance to Bay of Vlorë ⓘ |
| successorCity |
Vlorë
ⓘ
linked to:
Vlora
|
| urbanContinuity | continuous settlement into modern Vlorë ⓘ |
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: Aulon Description of subject: Aulon is the historical name of the coastal city now known as Vlorë in southern Albania, an important port with ancient Greek and Roman roots.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.