augur
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An augur was a priest and official in ancient Rome responsible for interpreting the will of the gods by observing natural signs, especially the behavior of birds, to guide public and political decisions.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9716808 — 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: augur Context triple: [College of Augurs, hasMember, augur]
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AUGM
AUGM is a regional network of public universities from South America that promotes academic cooperation, research collaboration, and integration among its member institutions.
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B.
AUG
AUG is the IATA airport code for Augusta State Airport in Augusta, Maine, United States.
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Ianuarius
Ianuarius is the Latin name for January, the first month of the ancient Roman calendar, traditionally associated with the god Janus and the beginning of the new year.
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Akitu
Akitu is the ancient Mesopotamian New Year festival, marked by elaborate rituals celebrating the god Marduk and the renewal of kingship and cosmic order.
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E.
Marsii
The Marsii were an ancient Italic people of central Italy, known for resisting Roman expansion during the Social War.
- 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: augur Target entity description: An augur was a priest and official in ancient Rome responsible for interpreting the will of the gods by observing natural signs, especially the behavior of birds, to guide public and political decisions.
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A.
AUGM
AUGM is a regional network of public universities from South America that promotes academic cooperation, research collaboration, and integration among its member institutions.
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B.
AUG
AUG is the IATA airport code for Augusta State Airport in Augusta, Maine, United States.
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C.
Ianuarius
Ianuarius is the Latin name for January, the first month of the ancient Roman calendar, traditionally associated with the god Janus and the beginning of the new year.
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D.
Akitu
Akitu is the ancient Mesopotamian New Year festival, marked by elaborate rituals celebrating the god Marduk and the renewal of kingship and cosmic order.
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E.
Marsii
The Marsii were an ancient Italic people of central Italy, known for resisting Roman expansion during the Social War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman priest
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diviner ⓘ religious office ⓘ religious specialist ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Roman state ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
auspices
ⓘ
auspicia publica ⓘ divination ⓘ sacra publica ⓘ |
| couldDeclare |
auspices favorable
ⓘ
auspices unfavorable ⓘ |
| couldInvalidate |
election
ⓘ
legislative act ⓘ public assembly ⓘ |
| culture |
ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| influenced |
elections
ⓘ
foundation of colonies ⓘ founding of temples ⓘ military decisions ⓘ political decisions ⓘ public assemblies ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinTerm | augur ⓘ |
| memberOf |
college of augurs
ⓘ
linked to:
College of Augurs
collegium augurum ⓘ
linked to:
College of Augurs
|
| method |
interpretation of omens
ⓘ
observation of birds ⓘ reading auspicia ⓘ |
| pluralForm | augures ⓘ |
| relatedOffice |
haruspex
ⓘ
pontifex ⓘ |
| religion | Roman religion ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
advising magistrates
ⓘ
authorizing public actions ⓘ interpreting the will of the gods ⓘ observing natural signs ⓘ sanctioning political decisions ⓘ taking auspices ⓘ |
| ritualAct |
interpretation of bird calls
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interpretation of bird flight ⓘ interpretation of thunder and lightning ⓘ marking out sacred space ⓘ observation of the sky ⓘ templum inauguration ⓘ |
| roleIn | Roman state religion ⓘ |
| status |
priestly official
ⓘ
public official ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
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: augur Description of subject: An augur was a priest and official in ancient Rome responsible for interpreting the will of the gods by observing natural signs, especially the behavior of birds, to guide public and political decisions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Psijic Order (historical influence)
linked to: augur