Adherbal
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Adherbal was a Numidian prince and co-ruler whose conflict with his cousin Jugurtha helped trigger the Jugurthine War against Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adherbal canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9422035 — 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: Adherbal Context triple: [Jugurtha, relative, Adherbal]
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A.
Adherbal
Adherbal was a Carthaginian admiral and military commander best known for leading Carthaginian naval forces during the First Punic War.
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B.
Syphax
Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
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C.
Juba I of Numidia
Juba I of Numidia was a 1st-century BC king of Numidia in North Africa, known for his alliance with Pompey against Julius Caesar and his eventual defeat and suicide after the Battle of Thapsus.
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D.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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E.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
- 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: Adherbal Target entity description: Adherbal was a Numidian prince and co-ruler whose conflict with his cousin Jugurtha helped trigger the Jugurthine War against Rome.
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A.
Adherbal
Adherbal was a Carthaginian admiral and military commander best known for leading Carthaginian naval forces during the First Punic War.
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B.
Syphax
Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
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C.
Juba I of Numidia
Juba I of Numidia was a 1st-century BC king of Numidia in North Africa, known for his alliance with Pompey against Julius Caesar and his eventual defeat and suicide after the Battle of Thapsus.
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D.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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E.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Numidian prince
ⓘ
co-ruler of Numidia ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| appealReason | seeking protection from Jugurtha ⓘ |
| appealTo | Roman Senate ⓘ |
| besiegedAt | Cirta ⓘ |
| conflict | Jugurthine War ⓘ |
| conflictDescription | His dispute with Jugurtha helped trigger the Jugurthine War against Rome ⓘ |
| conflictRole | cause of war ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Jugurtha ⓘ |
| coRulerWith | Jugurtha ⓘ |
| country | Numidia ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution by Jugurtha ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cirta ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Sallust ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Bellum Iugurthinum
ⓘ
linked to:
Jugurthine War
|
| enemy | Jugurtha ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Numidian
ⓘ
linked to:
Numidia
|
| father | Micipsa ⓘ |
| killedBy | Jugurtha ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in events leading to the Jugurthine War ⓘ |
| opponent | Jugurtha ⓘ |
| partitionOf | Numidia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Numidia ⓘ |
| predecessor | Micipsa ⓘ |
| relative |
Hiempsal
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiempsal I
Jugurtha ⓘ Micipsa ⓘ |
| relativeType | cousin ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory | eastern Numidia ⓘ |
| sibling | Hiempsal ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd 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: Adherbal Description of subject: Adherbal was a Numidian prince and co-ruler whose conflict with his cousin Jugurtha helped trigger the Jugurthine War against Rome.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.