Maximus
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Maximus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, often associated with greatness or superiority and used both historically and in modern times.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maximus canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1116369 — 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: Maximus Context triple: [Max, hasVariant, Maximus]
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A.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
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B.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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D.
Fidelis
Fidelis is a Latin word meaning "faithful" or "loyal," commonly used in mottos and phrases to express steadfast allegiance and reliability.
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E.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
- 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: Maximus Target entity description: Maximus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, often associated with greatness or superiority and used both historically and in modern times.
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A.
Maccus
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
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B.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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D.
Fidelis
Fidelis is a Latin word meaning "faithful" or "loyal," commonly used in mottos and phrases to express steadfast allegiance and reliability.
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E.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
greatness
ⓘ
superiority ⓘ |
| category |
Latin masculine given names
ⓘ
masculine given names ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin word "maximus" meaning "greatest" ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Maxima ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Magnus Maximus
ⓘ
Maximus of Ephesus ⓘ St. Maximus the Confessor ⓘ
surface form:
Maximus the Confessor
Saint Maximus of Turin ⓘ |
| hasShortForm | Max ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Maxim
ⓘ
Maximilian ⓘ Maximo ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning | greatest ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| semanticField |
excellence
ⓘ
power ⓘ supremacy ⓘ |
| usagePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Rome
modern era ⓘ |
| usedAs |
first name
ⓘ
personal name ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
Roman culture
ⓘ
Western culture ⓘ |
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: Maximus Description of subject: Maximus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, often associated with greatness or superiority and used both historically and in modern times.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Petronius Maximus
subject surface form:
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus