Mutilus
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Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mutilus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8385634 — 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: Mutilus Context triple: [Gaius Papius Mutilus, cognomen, Mutilus]
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A.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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B.
Gobrias
Gobrias is a figure mentioned in ancient Near Eastern and classical sources, often associated with the Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon and the fall of King Belshazzar.
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C.
Taroa
Taroa is the main settlement and administrative center of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, known historically for its World War II-era Japanese airbase.
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D.
Lampus
Lampus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, recognized as one of the sons of King Laomedon of Troy and thus an uncle of the Trojan king Priam.
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E.
Tench
Tench is a surname most notably associated with American keyboardist and songwriter Benmont Tench, a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- 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: Mutilus Target entity description: Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
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A.
Melichthys
Melichthys is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and vibrant coloration, found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters.
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B.
Gobrias
Gobrias is a figure mentioned in ancient Near Eastern and classical sources, often associated with the Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon and the fall of King Belshazzar.
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C.
Taroa
Taroa is the main settlement and administrative center of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, known historically for its World War II-era Japanese airbase.
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D.
Lampus
Lampus is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, recognized as one of the sons of King Laomedon of Troy and thus an uncle of the Trojan king Priam.
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E.
Tench
Tench is a surname most notably associated with American keyboardist and songwriter Benmont Tench, a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italic people
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Roman cognomen ⓘ Samnite leader ⓘ ancient region ⓘ cognomen ⓘ military commander ⓘ war ⓘ |
| activeIn | Roman Social War ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bellum Sociale
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Italian War ⓘ |
| cognomen | Mutilus ⓘ |
| endTime | 88 BC ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Samnite ⓘ |
| isCognomenOf | Gaius Papius Mutilus ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Italy ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Italian allies
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Roman Republic ⓘ |
| nomen | Papius ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership during the Roman Social War ⓘ |
| opposed | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| praenomen | Gaius ⓘ |
| region | Samnium ⓘ |
| role | Samnite commander in the Italian coalition ⓘ |
| startTime | 91 BC ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
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: Mutilus Description of subject: Mutilus is the cognomen of Gaius Papius Mutilus, a prominent Samnite leader during the Roman Social War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.