Sobata
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Sobata is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert settlement in Israel’s Negev region, better known today as the archaeological site of Shivta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sobata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11564334 — 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: Sobata Context triple: [Shivta, hasAlternativeName, Sobata]
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A.
Sabato
The Sabato is a river in southern Italy that flows through the Campania region, including the Province of Avellino, before joining the Calore Irpino.
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B.
Dyushambe
Dyushambe is the former name of Dushanbe, the capital and largest city of Tajikistan.
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C.
Shambat
Shambat is a district in Khartoum, Sudan, known for hosting major educational and agricultural institutions, including the University of Khartoum’s agricultural campus.
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D.
Perjeta
Perjeta is a monoclonal antibody drug used in combination therapies to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
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E.
Zsitvatorok
Zsitvatorok is a town in modern-day Hungary best known as the site of the 1606 peace treaty that ended the Long War between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.
- 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: Sobata Target entity description: Sobata is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert settlement in Israel’s Negev region, better known today as the archaeological site of Shivta.
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A.
Sabato
The Sabato is a river in southern Italy that flows through the Campania region, including the Province of Avellino, before joining the Calore Irpino.
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B.
Dyushambe
Dyushambe is the former name of Dushanbe, the capital and largest city of Tajikistan.
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C.
Shambat
Shambat is a district in Khartoum, Sudan, known for hosting major educational and agricultural institutions, including the University of Khartoum’s agricultural campus.
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D.
Perjeta
Perjeta is a monoclonal antibody drug used in combination therapies to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
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E.
Zsitvatorok
Zsitvatorok is a town in modern-day Hungary best known as the site of the 1606 peace treaty that ended the Long War between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ desert settlement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shivta
ⓘ
Subeita ⓘ Subeita-Shivta ⓘ
linked to:
Shivta
|
| approximateAbandonmentCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| culture |
Byzantine
ⓘ
Nabataean ⓘ |
| currentUse | archaeological park ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy |
American archaeologists
ⓘ
Israeli archaeologists ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | local limestone ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
basilica churches
ⓘ
domestic houses ⓘ monastic complexes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agricultural terraces
ⓘ
churches ⓘ fortified farmsteads ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ streets and alleys ⓘ water management system ⓘ wine presses ⓘ |
| heritage |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Nabataean civilization ⓘ
linked to:
Nabataean
|
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Negev
ⓘ
linked to:
Negev desert
Southern District, Israel ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Incense Route ⓘ |
| managedBy | Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ |
| near |
Avdat
ⓘ
linked to:
Avdat National Park
Halutza ⓘ Nitzana ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine agricultural hinterland of the Negev
ⓘ
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev ⓘ
linked to:
Incense Route Cities in the Negev
Negev Desert ⓘ
linked to:
Negev desert
|
| periodOfFlourishing | Byzantine period ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation | Nabataean period ⓘ |
| region | desert climate zone ⓘ |
| religionHistorical |
Christianity
ⓘ
Nabataean polytheism ⓘ |
| significance |
example of desert agriculture in Late Antiquity
ⓘ
key station on the Nabataean Incense Route ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 1107 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2005 ⓘ |
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: Sobata Description of subject: Sobata is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert settlement in Israel’s Negev region, better known today as the archaeological site of Shivta.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.