Lindum Colonia
E91562
Lindum Colonia was the Roman settlement and colonia that developed into the modern city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lindum Colonia canonical | 5 |
| Lindum | 2 |
| Colonia Lindum | 1 |
| Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) | 1 |
| Lindum Colonia Domitiana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T755959 — 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: Lindum Colonia Context triple: [Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, RomanName, Lindum Colonia]
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A.
Colonia Roma
Colonia Roma is a historic and culturally vibrant neighborhood in central Mexico City known for its early 20th-century architecture, arts scene, and diverse dining and nightlife.
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B.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
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C.
Hamar
Hamar is a town and municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, known for its rich Viking history and as a regional cultural and administrative center.
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D.
Temora
Temora is a rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rich agricultural base and aviation heritage.
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E.
Gard
Gard is a department in southern France known for its Mediterranean landscapes, historic towns, and the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.
- 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: Lindum Colonia Target entity description: Lindum Colonia was the Roman settlement and colonia that developed into the modern city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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A.
Colonia Roma
Colonia Roma is a historic and culturally vibrant neighborhood in central Mexico City known for its early 20th-century architecture, arts scene, and diverse dining and nightlife.
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B.
Argentoratum
Argentoratum is the ancient Roman military camp and settlement that later developed into the modern city of Strasbourg in northeastern France.
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C.
Hamar
Hamar is a town and municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, known for its rich Viking history and as a regional cultural and administrative center.
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D.
Temora
Temora is a rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rich agricultural base and aviation heritage.
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E.
Gard
Gard is a department in southern France known for its Mediterranean landscapes, historic towns, and the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman colonia
ⓘ
Roman settlement ⓘ ancient city ⓘ |
| connectedByRoad |
Ermine Street
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Ermine Street
Fosse Way ⓘ Roman road to the Humber estuary ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| developedInto | Lincoln ⓘ |
| elevatedToColoniaUnder |
Emperor Domitian
ⓘ
linked to:
Domitian
|
| elevatedToStatus | colonia ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
1st century AD
ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ 4th century AD ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Romans ⓘ |
| governedBy | Roman municipal institutions ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Colonia Lindum
ⓘ
linked to:
Lindum Colonia
Lindum ⓘ
linked to:
Lindum Colonia
Lindum Colonia Domitiana ⓘ
linked to:
Lindum Colonia
|
| hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn |
Lincoln Castle area
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Cathedral area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Roman city walls
ⓘ
Roman gates ⓘ aqueduct or water supply system ⓘ basilica ⓘ forum ⓘ public baths ⓘ |
| hasModernSuccessor | Lincoln ⓘ |
| hasRemains | Roman city gate known as Newport Arch ⓘ |
| heritage | forms archaeological core of modern Lincoln ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Britannia
ⓘ
England ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ Roman Britain ⓘ |
| modernCountry |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | network of Roman towns in Britain ⓘ |
| predecessorSettlement | Iron Age settlement on the same site ⓘ |
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| RomanNameOf | Lincoln ⓘ |
| situatedOn |
River Witham
ⓘ
top of a hill overlooking the River Witham ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman period in Britain ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Roman legionary fortress
ⓘ
civilian settlement ⓘ colonia for retired legionaries ⓘ |
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: Lindum Colonia Description of subject: Lindum Colonia was the Roman settlement and colonia that developed into the modern city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lindum Colonia
linked to: Lindum Colonia
linked to: Lindum Colonia
linked to: Lindum Colonia
subject linked to:
Roman city of Lindum Colonia
linked to: Lindum Colonia
subject linked to:
Roman city of Lindum Colonia
subject linked to:
Roman Ermine Street