Fausta (first wife of Constantius II)
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Fausta was the first, little-documented wife of the Roman emperor Constantius II, known primarily through brief mentions in imperial family records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fausta (first wife of Constantius II) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2177589 — 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: Fausta (first wife of Constantius II) Context triple: [Constantius II, spouse, Fausta (first wife of Constantius II)]
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A.
Eutropia (mother of Constantius)
Eutropia was a noblewoman of the late Roman Empire, best known as the wife of Emperor Maximian and the mother of Emperor Constantius Chlorus.
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B.
Flavia Theodora (daughter of Constantius Chlorus)
Flavia Theodora was a Roman noblewoman of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, known primarily as the daughter of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and a member of the Constantinian imperial family.
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C.
Aelia Flaccilla
Aelia Flaccilla was a late 4th-century Roman empress, wife of Emperor Theodosius I and a highly respected Augusta known for her piety and charitable works.
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D.
Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)
Eudocia was a late Roman imperial princess, daughter of Emperor Valentinian III and Empress Licinia Eudoxia, who became notable through her dynastic connections during the empire’s final centuries.
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E.
Helena (daughter of Constantine I)
Helena was a daughter of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great and a member of the Constantinian imperial dynasty in the 4th century.
- 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: Fausta (first wife of Constantius II) Target entity description: Fausta was the first, little-documented wife of the Roman emperor Constantius II, known primarily through brief mentions in imperial family records.
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A.
Eutropia (mother of Constantius)
Eutropia was a noblewoman of the late Roman Empire, best known as the wife of Emperor Maximian and the mother of Emperor Constantius Chlorus.
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B.
Flavia Theodora (daughter of Constantius Chlorus)
Flavia Theodora was a Roman noblewoman of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, known primarily as the daughter of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and a member of the Constantinian imperial family.
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C.
Aelia Flaccilla
Aelia Flaccilla was a late 4th-century Roman empress, wife of Emperor Theodosius I and a highly respected Augusta known for her piety and charitable works.
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D.
Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)
Eudocia was a late Roman imperial princess, daughter of Emperor Valentinian III and Empress Licinia Eudoxia, who became notable through her dynastic connections during the empire’s final centuries.
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E.
Helena (daughter of Constantine I)
Helena was a daughter of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great and a member of the Constantinian imperial dynasty in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman noblewoman
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historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| attestedIn | imperial family records ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs | little-documented ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalDocumentation | sparsely documented ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the first wife of the Roman emperor Constantius II ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Constantius II ⓘ |
| notableRelation |
Constantius II
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surface form:
Roman emperor Constantius II
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| positionInFamily | first wife of Constantius II ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Constantius II
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Fausta (first wife of Constantius II) self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century ⓘ |
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: Fausta (first wife of Constantius II) Description of subject: Fausta was the first, little-documented wife of the Roman emperor Constantius II, known primarily through brief mentions in imperial family records.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Fausta (first wife of Constantius II)
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spouseOf
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Fausta (first wife of Constantius II)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Constantius II