Proximo
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Proximo is the former gladiator-turned-lanista in the film "Gladiator" who owns and mentors Maximus in the arena.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proximo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6189506 — 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: Proximo Context triple: [Maximus Decimus Meridius, trainedBy, Proximo]
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Nexo
Nexo is a town on the eastern coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, known for its fishing harbor and coastal scenery.
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B.
Avant
Avant is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for smooth, soulful ballads and early-2000s hits like "Separated" and "Read Your Mind."
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C.
Neox
Neox is a Spanish television channel owned by Atresmedia that primarily targets young audiences with a mix of series, films, and entertainment programs.
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D.
Nova
Nova is the name given to TransPennine Express’s modern fleet of intercity trains used across its key routes in the North of England and Scotland.
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E.
Nova
Nova is a Spanish television channel that primarily targets female audiences with a mix of telenovelas, lifestyle programs, and entertainment content.
- 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: Proximo Target entity description: Proximo is the former gladiator-turned-lanista in the film "Gladiator" who owns and mentors Maximus in the arena.
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A.
Nexo
Nexo is a town on the eastern coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, known for its fishing harbor and coastal scenery.
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B.
Avant
Avant is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for smooth, soulful ballads and early-2000s hits like "Separated" and "Read Your Mind."
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C.
Neox
Neox is a Spanish television channel owned by Atresmedia that primarily targets young audiences with a mix of series, films, and entertainment programs.
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D.
Nova
Nova is the name given to TransPennine Express’s modern fleet of intercity trains used across its key routes in the North of England and Scotland.
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E.
Nova
Nova is a Spanish television channel that primarily targets female audiences with a mix of telenovelas, lifestyle programs, and entertainment content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gladiator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | historical epic film ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Colosseum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman gladiatorial games ⓘ |
| businessModel | buying and selling gladiators ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed by Praetorian Guards ⓘ |
| createdBy |
David Franzoni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ William Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueWith |
Commodus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximus Decimus Meridius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesIn | Gladiator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOf | Maximus Decimus Meridius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employs |
arena staff
ⓘ
bodyguards ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Commodus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfWork | Ridley Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | gladiator ⓘ |
| frees | some of his gladiators ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ secretly honorable ⓘ |
| hasQuote | ‘Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.’ ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | historical Roman lanistae ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Maximus Decimus Meridius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
his gladiators ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Maximus Decimus Meridius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
former slave who won his freedom as a gladiator
ⓘ
helping Maximus escape ⓘ training Maximus for the arena ⓘ |
| occupation | lanista ⓘ |
| owns |
gladiator school in Zucchabar
ⓘ
gladiators ⓘ |
| partOf | Gladiator (film) narrative ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rescues |
Maximus Decimus Meridius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maximus’s fellow gladiators ⓘ |
| residence | Zucchabar gladiator compound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| workLocation | Zucchabar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Proximo Description of subject: Proximo is the former gladiator-turned-lanista in the film "Gladiator" who owns and mentors Maximus in the arena.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.