Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War)
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Hamilcar was a Carthaginian naval commander during the First Punic War, noted for leading Carthaginian forces in major engagements against the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War) canonical | 1 |
| Hamilcar (Carthaginian general in Africa) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8737305 — 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: Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War) Context triple: [Battle of Cape Ecnomus, commander, Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War)]
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Hamilcar I of Carthage
Hamilcar I of Carthage was a Carthaginian general and ruler from the Magonid dynasty, best known for leading Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the early 5th century BC.
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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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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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Hasdrubal the Boetharch
Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
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E.
Hasdrubal Barca
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.
- 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: Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War) Target entity description: Hamilcar was a Carthaginian naval commander during the First Punic War, noted for leading Carthaginian forces in major engagements against the Roman Republic.
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A.
Hamilcar I of Carthage
Hamilcar I of Carthage was a Carthaginian general and ruler from the Magonid dynasty, best known for leading Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the early 5th century BC.
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B.
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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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.
Hasdrubal the Boetharch
Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian military and political leader best known for directing Carthage’s final defense against Rome during the Third Punic War.
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E.
Hasdrubal Barca
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carthaginian military commander
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naval commander ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Carthaginian Republic
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linked to:
Carthaginian Empire
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| areaOfActivity |
Sicily
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Western Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Western Mediterranean
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| citizenship | Carthage ⓘ |
| commanded | Carthaginian fleet ⓘ |
| conflict | First Punic War ⓘ |
| culture | Punic ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Carthaginian ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Carthage–Rome rivalry ⓘ |
| knownFor | naval warfare against Rome ⓘ |
| language | Punic ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Carthaginian navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Carthaginian naval forces
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leading Carthaginian forces in major engagements against Rome ⓘ |
| opponent | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| participatedIn | First Punic War ⓘ |
| partOf | Carthaginian military leadership ⓘ |
| role | naval commander in the First Punic War ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd century BCE
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First Punic War era ⓘ
linked to:
First Punic War
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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: Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War) Description of subject: Hamilcar was a Carthaginian naval commander during the First Punic War, noted for leading Carthaginian forces in major engagements against the Roman Republic.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hamilcar (Carthaginian commander in First Punic War)