Oezalces
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Oezalces was an ancient North African king of the Massylii, a Numidian people in what is now Algeria and Tunisia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oezalces canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9421957 — 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: Oezalces Context triple: [Massylii, ruler, Oezalces]
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A.
Mastanabal
Mastanabal was a Numidian prince of the 2nd century BCE, known as one of the sons of King Masinissa and a member of the royal family involved in North African politics during the Punic Wars era.
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B.
Rasalhague
Rasalhague is the brightest star in the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the head of the serpent-bearer in the night sky.
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C.
Kurigalzu II
Kurigalzu II was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his military campaigns against Assyria and Elam and for helping to restore Babylonian power in Mesopotamia.
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D.
Kurigalzu I
Kurigalzu I was a prominent Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for extensive building projects and consolidating Kassite rule in Mesopotamia.
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E.
Bubaque
Bubaque is the main town and administrative center of the Bijagós Archipelago in Guinea-Bissau, known for its role as a gateway to the surrounding islands.
- 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: Oezalces Target entity description: Oezalces was an ancient North African king of the Massylii, a Numidian people in what is now Algeria and Tunisia.
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A.
Mastanabal
Mastanabal was a Numidian prince of the 2nd century BCE, known as one of the sons of King Masinissa and a member of the royal family involved in North African politics during the Punic Wars era.
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B.
Rasalhague
Rasalhague is the brightest star in the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the head of the serpent-bearer in the night sky.
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C.
Kurigalzu II
Kurigalzu II was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his military campaigns against Assyria and Elam and for helping to restore Babylonian power in Mesopotamia.
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D.
Kurigalzu I
Kurigalzu I was a prominent Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for extensive building projects and consolidating Kassite rule in Mesopotamia.
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E.
Bubaque
Bubaque is the main town and administrative center of the Bijagós Archipelago in Guinea-Bissau, known for its role as a gateway to the surrounding islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Numidian ruler
ⓘ
ancient king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Numidia ⓘ |
| describedAs | ancient North African king of the Massylii ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Massylii ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek transcription ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
North Africa
ⓘ
present-day Algeria ⓘ present-day Tunisia ⓘ
linked to:
modern-day Tunisia
|
| memberOf | Massylii ⓘ |
| notableFor | ruling the Massylii in pre-Roman Numidia ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| partOf |
Numidian kingdoms
ⓘ
linked to:
Numidia
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| positionHeld | King of the Massylii ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs |
Oezalkes
ⓘ
Ozalces ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd 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: Oezalces Description of subject: Oezalces was an ancient North African king of the Massylii, a Numidian people in what is now Algeria and Tunisia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.