Lentulus
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Lentulus is a cognomen borne by several prominent members of the ancient Roman patrician Cornelian family (gens Cornelia), often associated with high political office and senatorial status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lentulus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915336 — 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: Lentulus Context triple: [gens Cornelia, hasCognomen, Lentulus]
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A.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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B.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
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C.
Clavius
Clavius is the Roman military tribune who serves as the central character investigating the mystery of Jesus’ missing body in the biblical drama film "Risen."
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D.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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E.
Cocceius
Cocceius is the family name of the Roman imperial dynasty to which the emperor Nerva belonged.
- 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: Lentulus Target entity description: Lentulus is a cognomen borne by several prominent members of the ancient Roman patrician Cornelian family (gens Cornelia), often associated with high political office and senatorial status.
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A.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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B.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
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C.
Clavius
Clavius is the Roman military tribune who serves as the central character investigating the mystery of Jesus’ missing body in the biblical drama film "Risen."
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D.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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E.
Cocceius
Cocceius is the family name of the Roman imperial dynasty to which the emperor Nerva belonged.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman nomenclature element
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ancient Roman cognomen ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cornelii Lentuli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice |
Roman consulship
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governorship of Roman provinces ⓘ praetorship ⓘ |
| bearersBelongedTo | Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borneBy |
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
NERFINISHED
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Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 146 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 56 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 72 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 97 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Augur NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 199 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 162 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Ancient Roman cognomina ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| familyAssociation |
Cornelian family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
gens Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Roman Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | cognomen ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul in 49 BC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, conspirator with Catiline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearerRole |
participant in Catilinarian conspiracy
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supporter of Pompey ⓘ |
| onomaType | cognomen of the Cornelii ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman naming system ⓘ |
| socialClassAssociation | patrician ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Republic
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early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| typicalStatusOfBearers |
magistrate
GENERATED
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senatorial GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedBy | gens Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Lentulus Description of subject: Lentulus is a cognomen borne by several prominent members of the ancient Roman patrician Cornelian family (gens Cornelia), often associated with high political office and senatorial status.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.