Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC)
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Roman general
ancient Roman politician
consul of the Roman Republic
member of the Cornelii Scipiones
Publius Cornelius Scipio was a Roman statesman and general of the prominent Cornelii Scipiones family who served as consul in 205 BC during the Second Punic War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8915329 — 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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC) Context triple: [gens Cornelia, hasMember, Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC)]
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Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 218 BC) was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for his role in the early campaigns of the Second Punic War against Hannibal.
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Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 16 BC) was a Roman statesman of the prominent patrician Cornelii Scipiones family who held the consulship during the early reign of Emperor Augustus.
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Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) was a Roman statesman and general from a distinguished military family who played a leading role in Rome’s struggle against King Pyrrhus of Epirus during the early 3rd century BCE.
- 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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC) Target entity description: Publius Cornelius Scipio was a Roman statesman and general of the prominent Cornelii Scipiones family who served as consul in 205 BC during the Second Punic War.
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A.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 218 BC) was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for his role in the early campaigns of the Second Punic War against Hannibal.
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B.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul of 16 BC) was a Roman statesman of the prominent patrician Cornelii Scipiones family who held the consulship during the early reign of Emperor Augustus.
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C.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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D.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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E.
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) was a Roman statesman and general from a distinguished military family who played a leading role in Rome’s struggle against King Pyrrhus of Epirus during the early 3rd century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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ancient Roman politician ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ member of the Cornelii Scipiones ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| cognomen | Scipio ⓘ |
| consulshipYear | 205 BC ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornelius ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cornelii Scipiones
ⓘ
gens Cornelia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| nomen | Cornelius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in Roman politics during the Second Punic War
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service as consul during the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| positionHeld | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| praenomen | Publius ⓘ |
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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 205 BC) Description of subject: Publius Cornelius Scipio was a Roman statesman and general of the prominent Cornelii Scipiones family who served as consul in 205 BC during the Second Punic War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.