Ulpiana
E560138
Ulpiana was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Dardania, located near present-day Pristina in Kosovo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulpiana canonical | 5 |
| Ulpiana Municipium | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5973680 — 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: Ulpiana Context triple: [Dardania, majorCity, Ulpiana]
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A.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
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B.
Plotina
Plotina was a Roman empress and wife of Emperor Trajan, noted for her virtue, philosophical interests, and influence at court during the early 2nd century AD.
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C.
Ulpia
Ulpia is a Latin name element commonly associated with Roman imperial and colonial foundations, particularly linked to Emperor Trajan’s family name Ulpius.
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D.
Sirmium
Sirmium was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Pannonia, serving as a major military, administrative, and imperial center in the late Roman Empire.
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E.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an important ancient Roman military and civilian settlement located in what is now northern Budapest, Hungary.
- 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: Ulpiana Target entity description: Ulpiana was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Dardania, located near present-day Pristina in Kosovo.
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A.
Durostorum
Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
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B.
Plotina
Plotina was a Roman empress and wife of Emperor Trajan, noted for her virtue, philosophical interests, and influence at court during the early 2nd century AD.
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C.
Ulpia
Ulpia is a Latin name element commonly associated with Roman imperial and colonial foundations, particularly linked to Emperor Trajan’s family name Ulpius.
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D.
Sirmium
Sirmium was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Pannonia, serving as a major military, administrative, and imperial center in the late Roman Empire.
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E.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an important ancient Roman military and civilian settlement located in what is now northern Budapest, Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedByCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmperor | Justinian I ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| distanceFromPristina | approximately 10 km southeast ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Kosovo archaeologists
ⓘ
international archaeological missions ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
2nd century
ⓘ
3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury |
1st century
ⓘ
2nd century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Municipium Ulpiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulpia
Ulpiana Municipium ⓘ
linked to:
Ulpiana
|
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
basilicas
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ necropolis ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
Christian episcopal center
ⓘ
Roman urban planning ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected archaeological site in Kosovo ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Christian basilicas
ⓘ
mining activities in surrounding area ⓘ strategic location on Roman roads ⓘ |
| laterName | Iustiniana Secunda (attributed in some sources) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dardania
ⓘ
Roman province of Dardania ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Kosovo ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Balkans ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Graçanica
ⓘ
linked to:
Gračanica
Pristina ⓘ |
| modernExcavationsBeganIn |
1950s
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Roman emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Trajan
|
| nearbyModernSettlement |
Graçanica
ⓘ
linked to:
Gračanica
|
| partOf |
Illyricum (Roman administrative region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Illyricum
|
| rebuiltBy | Byzantine authorities ⓘ |
| rebuiltInCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Dardania ⓘ |
| religion | early Christianity ⓘ |
| status |
important urban center of Dardania
ⓘ
municipium ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent |
Gothic invasions
ⓘ
Hunnic invasions ⓘ
linked to:
Hunnic invasions of the Balkans
earthquake in 4th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ulpiana Description of subject: Ulpiana was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Dardania, located near present-day Pristina in Kosovo.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ulpiana
linked to: Ulpiana