Regulus
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Regulus is an ancient Roman cognomen most famously associated with several notable statesmen and generals of the Roman Republic and early Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Regulus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13770093 — 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: Regulus Context triple: [Publius Memmius Regulus, cognomen, Regulus]
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Regulus
Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, a hot blue-white multiple star system located relatively close to Earth.
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B.
Regulus
Regulus is a genus of very small, active songbirds commonly known as kinglets, found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a nearby binary star system in the constellation Canis Major that has featured prominently in astronomy, mythology, and literature.
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Denebola
Denebola is a bright white main-sequence star in the constellation Leo, notable as one of its primary corner stars and for possessing a surrounding debris disk.
- 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: Regulus Target entity description: Regulus is an ancient Roman cognomen most famously associated with several notable statesmen and generals of the Roman Republic and early Empire.
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A.
Regulus
Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, a hot blue-white multiple star system located relatively close to Earth.
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B.
Regulus
Regulus is a genus of very small, active songbirds commonly known as kinglets, found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a bright orange giant star in the constellation Taurus, known as one of the most prominent stars in the night sky.
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D.
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a nearby binary star system in the constellation Canis Major that has featured prominently in astronomy, mythology, and literature.
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E.
Denebola
Denebola is a bright white main-sequence star in the constellation Leo, notable as one of its primary corner stars and for possessing a surrounding debris disk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.