Remus
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Remus is a male given name best known from the Harry Potter character Remus Lupin and the mythological twin of Romulus in Roman legend.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Remus canonical | 39 |
| Remus (mythological figure) | 1 |
| Remus (surname) | 1 |
| Rémus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5128354 — 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: Remus Context triple: [Remus Lupin, givenName, Remus]
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A.
Loup
The Loup is a river in southeastern France that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department, known for its scenic gorges and popular outdoor recreation areas.
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B.
Cerbère
Cerbère is a coastal commune in southern France near the Spanish border, known for its Mediterranean scenery and winegrowing tradition.
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C.
Luppi
Luppi is a surname most notably associated with Argentine actor Federico Luppi, renowned for his work in Latin American and Spanish cinema.
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D.
Roman the Bear
Roman the Bear is the official mascot of the University of Bath, typically depicted as a friendly bear symbolizing the university’s spirit and community.
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E.
Volpe
Volpe is an Italian surname borne by various notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
- 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: Remus Target entity description: Remus is a male given name best known from the Harry Potter character Remus Lupin and the mythological twin of Romulus in Roman legend.
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A.
Loup
The Loup is a river in southeastern France that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department, known for its scenic gorges and popular outdoor recreation areas.
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B.
Cerbère
Cerbère is a coastal commune in southern France near the Spanish border, known for its Mediterranean scenery and winegrowing tradition.
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C.
Luppi
Luppi is a surname most notably associated with Argentine actor Federico Luppi, renowned for his work in Latin American and Spanish cinema.
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D.
Roman the Bear
Roman the Bear is the official mascot of the University of Bath, typically depicted as a friendly bear symbolizing the university’s spirit and community.
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E.
Volpe
Volpe is an Italian surname borne by various notable individuals in politics, sports, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman cognomen
ⓘ
given name ⓘ male given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harry Potter series
ⓘ
linked to:
Harry Potter novel series
J. K. Rowling ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Roman religion
|
| category |
English masculine given names
ⓘ
Roman masculine given names ⓘ Romanian masculine given names ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Rome founding myth
ⓘ
wolves ⓘ |
| etymologyOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive | Remy ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInSomeTraditions | October ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Remus (mythological twin of Romulus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Romulus and Remus
Remus Lupin ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Rémus
ⓘ
linked to:
Remus
|
| isHomographicWith |
Remus (mythological figure)
ⓘ
linked to:
Remus
Remus (surname) ⓘ
linked to:
Remus
|
| usage |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ Romanian ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Remus Description of subject: Remus is a male given name best known from the Harry Potter character Remus Lupin and the mythological twin of Romulus in Roman legend.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Capitoline Wolf sculpture
linked to: Remus
linked to: Remus
linked to: Remus
subject linked to:
Romulus (referenced and in flashbacks)
subject linked to:
Romulus (referenced and in flashbacks)