Basel Epigram
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The Basel Epigram is a short medieval inscription that constitutes one of the very few surviving written attestations of the extinct Old Prussian language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basel Epigram canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5915346 — 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: Basel Epigram Context triple: [Old Prussian language, hasTextAttestation, Basel Epigram]
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A.
Swiss Psalm
The Swiss Psalm is the national anthem of Switzerland, known for its solemn, hymn-like melody and lyrics that praise the country's natural beauty and divine protection.
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B.
Behmen von Bleibruck
Behmen von Bleibruck is a disillusioned medieval knight and the central protagonist of the supernatural adventure film "Season of the Witch," portrayed by Nicolas Cage.
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C.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a 1981 R&B/soul album by Bobby Womack that marked a major commercial and critical comeback in his career.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a reflective, storytelling character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn," representing the voice of the poet among the gathered guests.
- 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: Basel Epigram Target entity description: The Basel Epigram is a short medieval inscription that constitutes one of the very few surviving written attestations of the extinct Old Prussian language.
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A.
Swiss Psalm
The Swiss Psalm is the national anthem of Switzerland, known for its solemn, hymn-like melody and lyrics that praise the country's natural beauty and divine protection.
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B.
Behmen von Bleibruck
Behmen von Bleibruck is a disillusioned medieval knight and the central protagonist of the supernatural adventure film "Season of the Witch," portrayed by Nicolas Cage.
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C.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a 1981 R&B/soul album by Bobby Womack that marked a major commercial and critical comeback in his career.
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E.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a 1998 crime thriller film in which Jürgen Prochnow stars in a dark tale of murder, obsession, and psychological intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Prussian text
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inscription ⓘ medieval epigram ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baltic linguistics
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Old Prussians ⓘ |
| category |
Old Prussian inscriptions
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epigraphic sources for extinct languages ⓘ medieval inscriptions ⓘ |
| genre | epigram ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Old Prussian ⓘ |
| length | short inscription ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for the existence of Old Prussian in the medieval period
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important source for the study of the Old Prussian language ⓘ one of the very few surviving written attestations of the Old Prussian language ⓘ |
| status | extant ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstruction of Old Prussian morphology
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reconstruction of Old Prussian phonology ⓘ study of Baltic language history ⓘ |
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: Basel Epigram Description of subject: The Basel Epigram is a short medieval inscription that constitutes one of the very few surviving written attestations of the extinct Old Prussian language.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.