Σελλοί
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Σελλοί are an ancient Greek people or priestly group associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Σελλοί canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5432193 — 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: Σελλοί Context triple: [Selloi, GreekName, Σελλοί]
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A.
Nafpaktos
Nafpaktos is a historic coastal town in western Greece, known for its picturesque harbor, Venetian castle, and its role in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto.
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B.
Elassona
Elassona is a town and municipality in central Greece, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus in the Thessaly region.
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C.
Tsolikouri
Tsolikouri is a white grape variety from western Georgia, especially valued in Imereti for producing fresh, aromatic wines with balanced acidity.
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D.
Elatochori
Elatochori is a mountain village and popular ski resort area in the Pieria regional unit of northern Greece.
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E.
Poliochni
Poliochni is an important prehistoric Aegean settlement on the island of Lemnos, often noted as one of the earliest known urban centers in Europe.
- 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: Σελλοί Target entity description: Σελλοί are an ancient Greek people or priestly group associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus.
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A.
Nafpaktos
Nafpaktos is a historic coastal town in western Greece, known for its picturesque harbor, Venetian castle, and its role in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto.
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B.
Elassona
Elassona is a town and municipality in central Greece, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus in the Thessaly region.
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C.
Tsolikouri
Tsolikouri is a white grape variety from western Georgia, especially valued in Imereti for producing fresh, aromatic wines with balanced acidity.
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D.
Elatochori
Elatochori is a mountain village and popular ski resort area in the Pieria regional unit of northern Greece.
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E.
Poliochni
Poliochni is an important prehistoric Aegean settlement on the island of Lemnos, often noted as one of the earliest known urban centers in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek people
ⓘ
priestly group ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Dione ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dodona
ⓘ
oracle of Zeus at Dodona ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Dodona sanctuary
ⓘ
linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
|
| culturalSphere | Epirus ⓘ |
| describedAs | interpreters of Zeus’s will ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| function |
divination
ⓘ
maintenance of sacred grove at Dodona ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in early Greek religious practice
ⓘ
service at the oracle of Zeus ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Epirus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Homeric epics
ⓘ
Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| region | northwestern Greece ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
custodians of the oracle at Dodona
ⓘ
priests of Zeus ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| worshipped | Zeus ⓘ |
| worshipSite |
sanctuary of Zeus Naios at Dodona
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
|
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: Σελλοί Description of subject: Σελλοί are an ancient Greek people or priestly group associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epirus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.