Vigilantia
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Vigilantia was the mother of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (born Petrus Sabbatius) and a member of a modest Illyrian family who rose to imperial prominence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vigilantia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6073831 — 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: Vigilantia Context triple: [Petrus Sabbatius, parent, Vigilantia]
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A.
La Guardia
La Guardia is an Italian-origin surname most famously associated with Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the early 20th century.
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B.
Heed
Heed is the fiercely loyal yet conflicted protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Love," whose lifelong bond and rivalry with her friend Christine drive much of the story’s emotional and thematic tension.
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C.
Fortitude
Fortitude is a Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting the allegorical figure of the virtue Fortitude, known for its refined linear style and symbolic representation of moral strength.
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D.
Fortitude
Fortitude is a psychological horror thriller television series set in a remote Arctic town, known for its eerie atmosphere, mysterious deaths, and ensemble cast including Iain Glen.
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E.
Stormwatch
Stormwatch is a superhero team and comic book series from WildStorm known for its government-sanctioned metahuman operatives and its role as a precursor to The Authority.
- 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: Vigilantia Target entity description: Vigilantia was the mother of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (born Petrus Sabbatius) and a member of a modest Illyrian family who rose to imperial prominence.
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A.
La Guardia
La Guardia is an Italian-origin surname most famously associated with Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the early 20th century.
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B.
Heed
Heed is the fiercely loyal yet conflicted protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Love," whose lifelong bond and rivalry with her friend Christine drive much of the story’s emotional and thematic tension.
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C.
Fortitude
Fortitude is a Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli depicting the allegorical figure of the virtue Fortitude, known for its refined linear style and symbolic representation of moral strength.
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D.
Fortitude
Fortitude is a psychological horror thriller television series set in a remote Arctic town, known for its eerie atmosphere, mysterious deaths, and ensemble cast including Iain Glen.
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E.
Stormwatch
Stormwatch is a superhero team and comic book series from WildStorm known for its government-sanctioned metahuman operatives and its role as a precursor to The Authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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mother of a Byzantine emperor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Justinian I’s rise to power
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Justinianic dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Justinian dynasty
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| birthPlace | Illyricum ⓘ |
| child |
Justinian I
ⓘ
Vigilantia (daughter of Vigilantia and sister of Justinian I) ⓘ
linked to:
Vigilantia (mother of Justinian I)
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| citizenshipStatus | Roman citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Illyrian
ⓘ
linked to:
Illyrians
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| familyBackground | modest Illyrian family ⓘ |
| floruit | early 6th century ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| motherOf | Justinian I ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Emperor Justinian I ⓘ |
| region | Balkan provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| relative |
Justinian I
ⓘ
Justinian’s father ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine emperor Justin I
Justinian’s sister Vigilantia ⓘ
linked to:
Vigilantia (mother of Justinian I)
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
Tauresium ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialStatus | provincial aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Justinian’s father ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th 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: Vigilantia Description of subject: Vigilantia was the mother of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (born Petrus Sabbatius) and a member of a modest Illyrian family who rose to imperial prominence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.