Glaucus Pontius
E573904
Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glaucus Pontius canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6181638 — 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: Glaucus Pontius Context triple: [Glaucus, epithet, Glaucus Pontius]
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A.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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B.
Titus Ollius
Titus Ollius was a Roman of the early Imperial period, chiefly known as the father of the future empress Poppaea Sabina.
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C.
Lollius
Lollius was the Roman gens (family line) to which the aristocratic woman and briefly reigning empress Lollia Paulina belonged.
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D.
Tigellinus
Tigellinus was a powerful and notorious prefect of the Praetorian Guard under the Roman emperor Nero, known for his cruelty, political intrigue, and role in suppressing opposition.
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E.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
- 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: Glaucus Pontius Target entity description: Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
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A.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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B.
Titus Ollius
Titus Ollius was a Roman of the early Imperial period, chiefly known as the father of the future empress Poppaea Sabina.
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C.
Lollius
Lollius was the Roman gens (family line) to which the aristocratic woman and briefly reigning empress Lollia Paulina belonged.
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D.
Tigellinus
Tigellinus was a powerful and notorious prefect of the Praetorian Guard under the Roman emperor Nero, known for his cruelty, political intrigue, and role in suppressing opposition.
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E.
Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary character
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
maritime realms
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Mediterranean mythic tradition ⓘ |
| describedIn | ancient tradition ⓘ |
| hasEpithet |
Pontius
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaius Pontius
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| hasEpithetMeaning | of the sea ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Glaucus ⓘ |
| hasName | Glaucus Pontius ⓘ |
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: Glaucus Pontius Description of subject: Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.