Cleopatra VII
E38017
Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her political acumen, relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and her dramatic role in the final years of the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cleopatra VII Philopator | 41 |
| Cleopatra VII canonical | 34 |
| Cleopatra | 16 |
| Cleopatra VII of Egypt | 3 |
| Cleopatra VII (by name only) | 1 |
| Queen Cleopatra | 1 |
| Queen Cleopatra VII | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284582 — 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: Cleopatra VII Context triple: [Battle of Actium, belligerent, Cleopatra VII]
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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C.
Qena
Qena is a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, known as a regional administrative center and gateway to nearby ancient sites such as Dendera.
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D.
Claudia Pulchra
Claudia Pulchra was a Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, known for her close familial ties to the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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E.
Pharaoh’s daughter
Pharaoh’s daughter is the unnamed Egyptian princess in the Hebrew Bible who marries King Solomon, symbolizing his political alliance with Egypt.
- 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: Cleopatra VII Target entity description: Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her political acumen, relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and her dramatic role in the final years of the Roman Republic.
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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C.
Qena
Qena is a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, known as a regional administrative center and gateway to nearby ancient sites such as Dendera.
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D.
Claudia Pulchra
Claudia Pulchra was a Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, known for her close familial ties to the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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E.
Pharaoh’s daughter
Pharaoh’s daughter is the unnamed Egyptian princess in the Hebrew Bible who marries King Solomon, symbolizing his political alliance with Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ptolemaic ruler
ⓘ
Queen of Egypt ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| allegedMethodOfDeath | asp bite ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Isis ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
|
| birthYear | 69 BC ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Alexandria ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| child |
Alexander Helios
ⓘ
Cleopatra Selene II ⓘ Ptolemy Philadelphus ⓘ Ptolemy XV Caesarion ⓘ |
| coRulerWith |
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
ⓘ
Ptolemy XIV ⓘ Ptolemy XV Caesarion ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
|
| cult | Isis cult ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
|
| deathYear | 30 BC ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic dynasty
|
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Macedonian Greek ⓘ |
| father | Ptolemy XII Auletes ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cleopatra VII
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleopatra VII Philopator
|
| house |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic dynasty
|
| involvedInConflict | Final War of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| knownFor |
alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
ⓘ
being the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ political acumen ⓘ role in the final years of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Egyptian
ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ |
| lastRulerOf |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
|
| mother | Cleopatra V Tryphaena ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Augustus
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaius Octavius (Octavian/Augustus)
|
| partner |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | client monarch of Rome ⓘ |
| portrayedInWork |
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch's "Life of Antony"
Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
surface form:
William Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
|
| reignEnd | 30 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 51 BC ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| sibling |
Arsinoe IV
ⓘ
Berenice IV ⓘ Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator ⓘ Ptolemy XIV ⓘ |
| successorState | Roman province of Egypt ⓘ |
| title |
Pharaoh of Egypt
ⓘ
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
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: Cleopatra VII Description of subject: Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her political acumen, relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and her dramatic role in the final years of the Roman Republic.
Referenced by (97)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII of Egypt
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII (by name only)
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra
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Queen Cleopatra VII
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator
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Cleopatra VII Philopator