Hasdrubal the Boetharch
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Carthaginian general
Carthaginian politician
ancient Carthaginian person
military leader
political leader
Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hasdrubal the Boetharch canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1744934 — 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: Hasdrubal the Boetharch Context triple: [Third Punic War, commander, Hasdrubal the Boetharch]
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A.
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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C.
Scipio
Scipio is a small rural town in central Utah known for its agricultural setting and proximity to Interstate 15.
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D.
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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E.
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hannibal was a renowned Carthaginian military commander of the Second Punic War, best known for leading his army, including war elephants, across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic.
- 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: Hasdrubal the Boetharch Target entity description: Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
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A.
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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C.
Scipio
Scipio is a small rural town in central Utah known for its agricultural setting and proximity to Interstate 15.
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D.
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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E.
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hannibal was a renowned Carthaginian military commander of the Second Punic War, best known for leading his army, including war elephants, across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carthaginian general
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Carthaginian politician ⓘ ancient Carthaginian person ⓘ military leader ⓘ political leader ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Carthaginian civic defense
ⓘ
Carthaginian military policy ⓘ |
| conflictSide | Carthage ⓘ |
| country | Carthage ⓘ |
| culture |
Punic (Carthaginian) people
ⓘ
surface form:
Carthaginian
|
| deathCause | events of the fall of Carthage ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Carthage ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Carthaginian ⓘ |
| event |
Roman siege of Carthage
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surface form:
Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)
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| fateOfCity | destruction of Carthage by Rome ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| government |
Carthaginian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Carthaginian Republic
|
| historicalRegion |
Carthage
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Carthage
|
| knownFrom |
Appian’s Roman History
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surface form:
Appian’s account of the Punic Wars
ancient Roman historians ⓘ |
| language | Punic ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Third Punic War ⓘ |
| notableEvent | final negotiations and surrender during the fall of Carthage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome
ⓘ
role in the Third Punic War ⓘ |
| officeType | boetharch ⓘ |
| opponent | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| opponentCommander | Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Carthage
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
boetharch of Carthage
ⓘ
military commander of Carthage ⓘ |
| religion | Carthaginian religion ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | directed the defense of Carthage during the Roman siege ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo |
Roman forces
ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
146 BC
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3rd century BC ⓘ |
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: Hasdrubal the Boetharch Description of subject: Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.