On the Buildings
E795892
On the Buildings is a historical work by the Byzantine scholar Procopius that details the construction projects and architectural achievements of Emperor Justinian I’s reign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On the Buildings canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9403241 — 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: On the Buildings Context triple: [Procopius, notableWork, On the Buildings]
-
A.
The Architecture of the City
The Architecture of the City is Aldo Rossi’s influential 1966 theoretical treatise that redefined urban design by emphasizing the city’s collective memory, typology, and enduring formal structures.
-
B.
The Builders
"The Builders" is a classic episode of the British sitcom Fawlty Towers in which a disastrously cheap construction job wreaks havoc on Basil Fawlty's hotel.
-
C.
The Builders
The Builders is a modernist painting by French artist Fernand Léger that depicts construction workers amid geometric forms, celebrating industrialization and urban life.
-
D.
The Belly of an Architect
The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 art-house drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, centered on an American architect in Rome whose obsession with a historical figure mirrors his own physical and psychological decline.
-
E.
The Meaning of the City
The Meaning of the City is a theological and sociological study by Jacques Ellul that explores the city as a symbol of human rebellion against God and a central locus of modern alienation and idolatry.
- 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: On the Buildings Target entity description: On the Buildings is a historical work by the Byzantine scholar Procopius that details the construction projects and architectural achievements of Emperor Justinian I’s reign.
-
A.
The Architecture of the City
The Architecture of the City is Aldo Rossi’s influential 1966 theoretical treatise that redefined urban design by emphasizing the city’s collective memory, typology, and enduring formal structures.
-
B.
The Builders
"The Builders" is a classic episode of the British sitcom Fawlty Towers in which a disastrously cheap construction job wreaks havoc on Basil Fawlty's hotel.
-
C.
The Builders
The Builders is a modernist painting by French artist Fernand Léger that depicts construction workers amid geometric forms, celebrating industrialization and urban life.
-
D.
The Belly of an Architect
The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 art-house drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, centered on an American architect in Rome whose obsession with a historical figure mirrors his own physical and psychological decline.
-
E.
The Meaning of the City
The Meaning of the City is a theological and sociological study by Jacques Ellul that explores the city as a symbol of human rebellion against God and a central locus of modern alienation and idolatry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine literature
ⓘ
historical work ⓘ panegyric ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 553–555 ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Justinian I ⓘ |
| author | Procopius ⓘ |
| bookCount | 6 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 6th century ⓘ |
| depicts | reign of Justinian I ⓘ |
| describes |
aqueducts and waterworks
ⓘ
bridges built under Justinian I ⓘ churches built under Justinian I ⓘ fortifications built under Justinian I ⓘ hospitals and charitable institutions ⓘ monasteries built under Justinian I ⓘ roads and other infrastructure ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ Constantinople ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
Near East ⓘ
linked to:
Middle East
North Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
historical prose
ⓘ
imperial encomium ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
historiography of Justinianic era
ⓘ
study of Byzantine urbanism ⓘ |
| historicalValue |
important source for Byzantine architecture
ⓘ
important source for Justinianic building policy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinTitle | De Aedificiis ⓘ |
| literaryCharacter | highly laudatory of Justinian I ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | late antique panegyrical tradition ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Emperor Justinian I
ⓘ
linked to:
Justinian I
|
| mentionsBuilding |
Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople
Hagia Sophia ⓘ fortifications of Constantinople ⓘ fortifications of Dara ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Περὶ Κτισμάτων ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
|
| purpose |
to document imperial construction projects
ⓘ
to praise Justinian I ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Secret History
ⓘ
Wars ⓘ |
| structure | six books ⓘ |
| subject |
architecture in the Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
building projects of Justinian I ⓘ imperial propaganda ⓘ public works ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | reign of Justinian I ⓘ |
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: On the Buildings Description of subject: On the Buildings is a historical work by the Byzantine scholar Procopius that details the construction projects and architectural achievements of Emperor Justinian I’s reign.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.