Macro
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Macro was a powerful Roman official who served as praetorian prefect, effectively controlling the imperial guard and wielding significant influence in the politics of the early Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macro canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13050466 — 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: Macro Context triple: [Praetorian Prefect, hasNotableOfficeHolder, Macro]
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MACRO
MACRO is an American media and entertainment company focused on producing and financing film and television projects that center Black people and other people of color.
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B.
Macro towers
Macro towers are a significant archaeological complex of stone-built structures associated with Peru’s ancient Chachapoya culture in the cloud forests of the Andes.
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C.
Macroverse
Macroverse is a vast, otherworldly dimension in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, home to cosmic entities like Maturin the Turtle and the creature known as It.
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D.
the macroprosopus
The Macroprosopus is a kabbalistic term for the transcendent, hidden aspect of the divine associated with the highest sefirah and the primordial divine countenance.
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E.
Major
Major is a common English surname notably borne by former UK Prime Minister John Major and his wife, charity campaigner Norma Major.
- 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: Macro Target entity description: Macro was a powerful Roman official who served as praetorian prefect, effectively controlling the imperial guard and wielding significant influence in the politics of the early Roman Empire.
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A.
MACRO
MACRO is an American media and entertainment company focused on producing and financing film and television projects that center Black people and other people of color.
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B.
Macro towers
Macro towers are a significant archaeological complex of stone-built structures associated with Peru’s ancient Chachapoya culture in the cloud forests of the Andes.
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C.
Macroverse
Macroverse is a vast, otherworldly dimension in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, home to cosmic entities like Maturin the Turtle and the creature known as It.
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D.
the macroprosopus
The Macroprosopus is a kabbalistic term for the transcendent, hidden aspect of the divine associated with the highest sefirah and the primordial divine countenance.
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E.
Major
Major is a common English surname notably borne by former UK Prime Minister John Major and his wife, charity campaigner Norma Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman official
ⓘ
human ⓘ praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Praetorian Guard
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Tiberius ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | political purge under Caligula ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Caligula
ⓘ
Sejanus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 21 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 38 AD ⓘ |
| employer |
Roman emperor Caligula
ⓘ
linked to:
Caligula
Roman emperor Tiberius ⓘ
linked to:
Tiberius
|
| era | early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| familyName | Naevius Sutorius ⓘ |
| fullName | Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro ⓘ |
| givenName | Quintus ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Cassius Dio
ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
accession of Caligula
ⓘ
downfall of Sejanus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | forced suicide ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest and execution of Sejanus
ⓘ
helped secure Caligula’s succession after Tiberius’s death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding the Praetorian Guard
ⓘ
influencing the succession from Tiberius to Caligula ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
praetorian prefect ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Italy
ⓘ
probably in Latium ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Praetorian prefect
ⓘ
commander of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| powerBase | Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sejanus ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| spouse | Ennia Thrasylla ⓘ |
| supported | Caligula ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeEnd | 37 AD ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeStart | 31 AD ⓘ |
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: Macro Description of subject: Macro was a powerful Roman official who served as praetorian prefect, effectively controlling the imperial guard and wielding significant influence in the politics of the early Roman Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.