Castricius Firmus
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Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Castricius Firmus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1700473 — 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: Castricius Firmus Context triple: [Plotinus, teacherOf, Castricius Firmus]
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A.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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B.
Clemens Romanus
Clemens Romanus, better known as Clement of Rome, was a first-century Christian leader traditionally regarded as one of the earliest popes and the author of an influential letter to the Corinthians.
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C.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
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D.
Julius Civilis
Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
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E.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
- 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: Castricius Firmus Target entity description: Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
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A.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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B.
Clemens Romanus
Clemens Romanus, better known as Clement of Rome, was a first-century Christian leader traditionally regarded as one of the earliest popes and the author of an influential letter to the Corinthians.
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C.
Sabbatius
Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
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D.
Julius Civilis
Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
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E.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
3rd-century Roman person
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Neoplatonist ⓘ ancient Roman philosopher ⓘ disciple of Plotinus ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Plotinus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era | Ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| memberOf | intellectual circle of Plotinus ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a lesser-known disciple of Plotinus ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Rome ⓘ |
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: Castricius Firmus Description of subject: Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.