Perennis
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Perennis was a powerful Roman official who served as Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Commodus in the late 2nd century AD, wielding significant political and military influence before his downfall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perennis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13050469 — 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: Perennis Context triple: [Praetorian Prefect, hasNotableOfficeHolder, Perennis]
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A.
Cadellia
Cadellia is a small genus of flowering plants, including the rare Australian tree Cadellia pentastylis, and is classified within the family Surianaceae.
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B.
Anthemiolus
Anthemiolus was a late Western Roman nobleman and son of Emperor Anthemius, known primarily for his failed military involvement against the Visigoths in Gaul.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Moraea
Moraea is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family, known for their showy, iris-like blooms often found in Africa and the Mediterranean region.
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E.
Oestrum
Oestrum is a district or locality within the town of Rheinhausen in Germany.
- 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: Perennis Target entity description: Perennis was a powerful Roman official who served as Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Commodus in the late 2nd century AD, wielding significant political and military influence before his downfall.
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A.
Cadellia
Cadellia is a small genus of flowering plants, including the rare Australian tree Cadellia pentastylis, and is classified within the family Surianaceae.
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B.
Anthemiolus
Anthemiolus was a late Western Roman nobleman and son of Emperor Anthemius, known primarily for his failed military involvement against the Visigoths in Gaul.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Moraea
Moraea is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family, known for their showy, iris-like blooms often found in Africa and the Mediterranean region.
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E.
Oestrum
Oestrum is a district or locality within the town of Rheinhausen in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman official
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politician of the Roman Empire ⓘ praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| employer |
Emperor Commodus
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
|
| era |
Crisis-prone later 2nd century Roman Empire
ⓘ
Nerva–Antonine dynasty ⓘ |
| floruit | late 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity |
imperial politics
ⓘ
military command ⓘ |
| governmentalBody | Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | political execution ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Praetorian Prefect ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controlling access to Emperor Commodus
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exercising de facto power in the imperial administration ⓘ wielding significant political influence under Commodus ⓘ |
| occupation |
administrator
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Praetorian Prefect
ⓘ
head of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| powerBase | Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| reasonForDownfall |
loss of imperial favor
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Commodus
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
|
| sphereOfInfluence |
Roman imperial court
ⓘ
Roman military ⓘ |
| timeInOffice |
late 2nd century AD
ⓘ
reign of Commodus ⓘ |
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: Perennis Description of subject: Perennis was a powerful Roman official who served as Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Commodus in the late 2nd century AD, wielding significant political and military influence before his downfall.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.