XLII
E54586
XLII is the Roman numeral representing the number 42.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XLII canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435555 — 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: XLII Context triple: [Super Bowl XLII, romanNumeral, XLII]
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A.
Quadragesima
Quadragesima is the traditional Latin name for the Christian liturgical season of Lent, a period of fasting, penance, and spiritual preparation before Easter.
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B.
Games of the X Olympiad
Games of the X Olympiad is the formal title of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California.
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C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
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E.
Games of the XVI Olympiad
Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.
- 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: XLII Target entity description: XLII is the Roman numeral representing the number 42.
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A.
Quadragesima
Quadragesima is the traditional Latin name for the Christian liturgical season of Lent, a period of fasting, penance, and spiritual preparation before Easter.
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B.
Games of the X Olympiad
Games of the X Olympiad is the formal title of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California.
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C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
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E.
Games of the XVI Olympiad
Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Roman numeral ⓘ |
| belongsToNumeralSystem | Roman numeral system ⓘ |
| followsNumeral | XLI ⓘ |
| hasArabicNumeralForm | 42 ⓘ |
| hasCharacterCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasDecimalValue | 42 ⓘ |
| hasFirstCharacter | X ⓘ |
| hasFourthCharacter | I ⓘ |
| hasSecondCharacter | L ⓘ |
| hasThirdCharacter | I ⓘ |
| isComposedOf | four characters ⓘ |
| isGreaterThan | XL ⓘ |
| isLessThan | XLIII ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | ordinal and cardinal notation in Roman numerals ⓘ |
| isWrittenIn | Latin script ⓘ |
| numeralValueOfI | 1 ⓘ |
| numeralValueOfL | 50 ⓘ |
| numeralValueOfX | 10 ⓘ |
| numericDecomposition | 50 - 10 + 1 + 1 ⓘ |
| precedesNumeral | XLIII ⓘ |
| representsNumber | 42 ⓘ |
| usesNumeral |
I
ⓘ
L ⓘ X ⓘ |
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: XLII Description of subject: XLII is the Roman numeral representing the number 42.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.