Dalmatius
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Dalmatius was a 4th-century Roman noble and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty who briefly ruled parts of the Eastern Roman Empire before being killed during the succession conflicts after Constantine the Great’s death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dalmatius canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1907424 — 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: Dalmatius Context triple: [Constantinian dynasty, notableMember, Dalmatius]
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A.
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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B.
Galli
Galli is the Latin term for the ancient Celtic peoples of Gaul, roughly corresponding to modern-day France and surrounding regions.
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C.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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D.
Rex Scottorum
Rex Scottorum is the Latin royal title meaning "King of the Scots," historically used by Scottish monarchs such as Alexander I.
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E.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
- 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: Dalmatius Target entity description: Dalmatius was a 4th-century Roman noble and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty who briefly ruled parts of the Eastern Roman Empire before being killed during the succession conflicts after Constantine the Great’s death.
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A.
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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B.
Galli
Galli is the Latin term for the ancient Celtic peoples of Gaul, roughly corresponding to modern-day France and surrounding regions.
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C.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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D.
Rex Scottorum
Rex Scottorum is the Latin royal title meaning "King of the Scots," historically used by Scottish monarchs such as Alexander I.
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E.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century Roman person
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Caesar ⓘ Roman noble ⓘ member of the Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Constantine I
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| causeOfDeath | political purge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 4th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 337 ⓘ |
| endTime | 337 (as Caesar) ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| father | Julius Constantius ⓘ |
| givenName |
Flavius Dalmatius (the elder)
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surface form:
Flavius Dalmatius
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| historicalRegion |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| mannerOfDeath | killed ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being elevated to Caesar by Constantine the Great
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being killed during succession conflicts after Constantine the Great’s death ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Constantinian civil war
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surface form:
Constantinian succession crisis of 337
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| placeOfDeath |
Byzantine Empire
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surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
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| positionHeld | Caesar ⓘ |
| relative |
Constans
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surface form:
Constans I
Constantine II ⓘ Constantius II ⓘ |
| ruled | parts of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Constantius Gallus ⓘ |
| startTime | 335 (as Caesar) ⓘ |
| uncle |
Constantine I
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surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
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: Dalmatius Description of subject: Dalmatius was a 4th-century Roman noble and Caesar of the Constantinian dynasty who briefly ruled parts of the Eastern Roman Empire before being killed during the succession conflicts after Constantine the Great’s death.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.