Maximus (father of Probus)
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Maximus (father of Probus) was a Roman aristocrat of the 3rd century best known as the father of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maximus (father of Probus) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8313010 — 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: Maximus (father of Probus) Context triple: [Probus, parent, Maximus (father of Probus)]
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Annius
Annius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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C.
Didius Julianus
Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
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D.
Flaccus Albinus
Flaccus Albinus is another name for Alcuin of York, the influential Anglo-Saxon scholar and advisor at the court of Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance.
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E.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
- 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: Maximus (father of Probus) Target entity description: Maximus (father of Probus) was a Roman aristocrat of the 3rd century best known as the father of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus.
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Annius
Annius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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C.
Didius Julianus
Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
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D.
Flaccus Albinus
Flaccus Albinus is another name for Alcuin of York, the influential Anglo-Saxon scholar and advisor at the court of Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance.
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E.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman aristocrat
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ancient Roman person ⓘ |
| child |
Marcus Aurelius Probus
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Probus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era | Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| father |
Maximus (father of Probus)
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Maximus (father of Probus) ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of the Roman emperor Probus ⓘ |
| occupation | aristocrat ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| relative | Marcus Aurelius Probus ⓘ |
| residence | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Maximus (father of Probus) Description of subject: Maximus (father of Probus) was a Roman aristocrat of the 3rd century best known as the father of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Maximus (father of Probus)
subject linked to:
Maximus (father of Probus)