Thurinus
E721281
Thurinus was an early cognomen of the Roman statesman Gaius Octavius, who later became the first Roman emperor Augustus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thurinus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8259901 — 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: Thurinus Context triple: [gens Octavia, cognomenUsed, Thurinus]
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A.
Togodumnus
Togodumnus was a 1st-century AD British tribal leader, likely a king of the Catuvellauni, who opposed the Roman invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius.
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B.
Martinus
Martinus is the given first name of Dutch sprinter and later police officer Tinus Osendarp, a notable athlete of the 1930s.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Silvanus
Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
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E.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
- 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: Thurinus Target entity description: Thurinus was an early cognomen of the Roman statesman Gaius Octavius, who later became the first Roman emperor Augustus.
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A.
Togodumnus
Togodumnus was a 1st-century AD British tribal leader, likely a king of the Catuvellauni, who opposed the Roman invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius.
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B.
Martinus
Martinus is the given first name of Dutch sprinter and later police officer Tinus Osendarp, a notable athlete of the 1930s.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Silvanus
Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
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E.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman cognomen
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Roman emperor ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ cognomen ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Julius Caesar
NERFINISHED
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Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Gaius Octavius Thurinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| birthYear |
63 BC
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63 BC ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Thurinus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thurinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cognomenOf |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
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Gaius Octavius NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Octavius Thurinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | AD 14 ⓘ |
| earlierNameOf |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaius Octavius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullNameAfterAdoption | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle | princeps ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Julio-Claudian dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nomen | Octavius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaius Octavius Thurinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | first Roman emperor ⓘ |
| praenomen | Gaius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previouslyKnownAs |
Gaius Octavius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaius Octavius Thurinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | AD 14 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 27 BC ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaius Octavius NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Octavius Thurinus 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: Thurinus Description of subject: Thurinus was an early cognomen of the Roman statesman Gaius Octavius, who later became the first Roman emperor Augustus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.