Philadelphus
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Philadelphus is the cognomen of Attalus II, the 2nd-century BCE king of Pergamon known for his loyalty to his brother and close alliance with Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philadelphus canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13195695 — 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: Philadelphus Context triple: [Attalus II Philadelphus, cognomen, Philadelphus]
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A.
Weigela
Weigela is a genus of deciduous flowering shrubs popular in ornamental gardening for their showy, tubular spring blooms and attraction to pollinators.
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B.
Forsythia
Forsythia is a genus of early-spring flowering shrubs known for their bright yellow blossoms that are widely cultivated as ornamental garden plants.
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C.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
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D.
Abelia
Abelia is a genus of ornamental flowering shrubs known for their delicate, often fragrant tubular flowers and attractive foliage, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
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E.
Lonicera
Lonicera is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as honeysuckles, valued for their fragrant tubular flowers and often grown as ornamental shrubs or climbers.
- 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: Philadelphus Target entity description: Philadelphus is the cognomen of Attalus II, the 2nd-century BCE king of Pergamon known for his loyalty to his brother and close alliance with Rome.
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A.
Weigela
Weigela is a genus of deciduous flowering shrubs popular in ornamental gardening for their showy, tubular spring blooms and attraction to pollinators.
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B.
Forsythia
Forsythia is a genus of early-spring flowering shrubs known for their bright yellow blossoms that are widely cultivated as ornamental garden plants.
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C.
Cercis
Cercis is a genus of small deciduous trees and shrubs in the pea family, known for their early spring display of pink to magenta blossoms that often appear on bare branches before the leaves.
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D.
Abelia
Abelia is a genus of ornamental flowering shrubs known for their delicate, often fragrant tubular flowers and attractive foliage, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
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E.
Lonicera
Lonicera is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as honeysuckles, valued for their fragrant tubular flowers and often grown as ornamental shrubs or climbers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Attalid ruler
ⓘ
ancient Greek cognomen ⓘ cognomen ⓘ king ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Attalid dynasty
ⓘ
Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 220 BCE ⓘ |
| brother |
Eumenes II of Pergamon
ⓘ
linked to:
Eumenes II
|
| capital | Pergamon ⓘ |
| cognomen | Philadelphus ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| deathYear | 138 BCE ⓘ |
| dynasty | Attalid dynasty ⓘ |
| hasConnotation | fraternal loyalty ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Attalus II of Pergamon
ⓘ
linked to:
Attalus II Philadelphus
|
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meaning | brother-loving ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close alliance with Rome
ⓘ
loyalty to his brother Eumenes II ⓘ |
| participatedIn | diplomatic missions to Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Pergamon ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Eumenes II of Pergamon
ⓘ
linked to:
Eumenes II
|
| regionRuled | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 138 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 159 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| successor | Attalus III ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| usedBy | Attalus II Philadelphus ⓘ |
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: Philadelphus Description of subject: Philadelphus is the cognomen of Attalus II, the 2nd-century BCE king of Pergamon known for his loyalty to his brother and close alliance with Rome.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.