Hasdrubal Barca
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Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hasdrubal Barca canonical | 23 |
| Hasdrubal Barca was killed in the battle | 1 |
| Hasdrubal Barca – general | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549744 — 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: Hasdrubal Barca Context triple: [Hannibal, sibling, Hasdrubal Barca]
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A.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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B.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a historic Mississippi River town in Missouri best known as the boyhood home of Mark Twain and the setting for many of his classic works.
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C.
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hannibal was a renowned Carthaginian military commander of the Second Punic War, best known for leading his army, including war elephants, across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic.
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D.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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E.
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
- 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: Hasdrubal Barca Target entity description: Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
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A.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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B.
Hannibal
Hannibal is a historic Mississippi River town in Missouri best known as the boyhood home of Mark Twain and the setting for many of his classic works.
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C.
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hannibal was a renowned Carthaginian military commander of the Second Punic War, best known for leading his army, including war elephants, across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic.
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D.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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E.
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Barcid family member
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Carthaginian general ⓘ ancient Carthaginian person ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeYears |
Second Punic War
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surface form:
Second Punic War period
|
| allegiance | Carthage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barcid expansion in Iberia
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Carthaginian strategy against Rome ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| commanded |
Carthaginian army
ⓘ
surface form:
Carthaginian army in Italy
Carthaginian forces in Iberia ⓘ |
| conflict | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Carthage ⓘ |
| culture | Punic ⓘ |
| diedIn | Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| era | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Carthaginian ⓘ |
| familyName | Barca ⓘ |
| father | Hamilcar Barca ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Ancient Iberia
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ancient Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Italy
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| knownFor |
coordination attempt with Hannibal’s Italian campaign
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crossing the Alps with an army ⓘ |
| language |
Phoenician language
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surface form:
Punic language
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| memberOf | Barcid family ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Carthaginian army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMemberOf | Hamilcar Barca’s sons ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempt to reinforce Hannibal in Italy
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leading Carthaginian forces in Iberia ⓘ |
| opponent |
Gaius Claudius Nero
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Marcus Livius Salinator ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania
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surface form:
Carthaginian campaigns in Iberia
Second Punic War ⓘ |
| relative | Hasdrubal the Fair ⓘ |
| roleInWar |
field commander in Iberia
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relief force leader for Hannibal ⓘ |
| sibling |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
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surface form:
Hannibal Barca
Mago Barca ⓘ |
| strategicGoal | to join forces with Hannibal in Italy ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Cisalpine Gaul
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Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Punic War
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surface form:
Second Punic War (218–201 BC)
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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: Hasdrubal Barca Description of subject: Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hannibal
this entity surface form:
Hasdrubal Barca – general
this entity surface form:
Hasdrubal Barca was killed in the battle