Suomar
E807418
Suomar was an Alemannic war leader known for commanding tribal forces against the Roman Empire during the 4th century, notably in the campaign surrounding the Battle of Strasbourg in 357.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suomar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9554962 — 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: Suomar Context triple: [Battle of Strasbourg (357), commander, Suomar]
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A.
Soukainen
Soukainen is a small village in the municipality of Laitila in southwestern Finland.
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B.
Selke
The Selke is a river in central Germany that flows through the Harz Mountains and Saxony-Anhalt, known for its scenic valleys and historic towns along its course.
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C.
Sauvo
Sauvo is a small rural municipality in southwestern Finland known for its scenic countryside, agriculture, and historic churches.
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D.
Väinö
Väinö is a Finnish masculine given name historically borne by several notable figures in politics, arts, and sports in Finland.
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E.
Salme
Salme is a small village and former rural municipality located on Saaremaa Island in western Estonia.
- 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: Suomar Target entity description: Suomar was an Alemannic war leader known for commanding tribal forces against the Roman Empire during the 4th century, notably in the campaign surrounding the Battle of Strasbourg in 357.
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A.
Soukainen
Soukainen is a small village in the municipality of Laitila in southwestern Finland.
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B.
Selke
The Selke is a river in central Germany that flows through the Harz Mountains and Saxony-Anhalt, known for its scenic valleys and historic towns along its course.
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C.
Sauvo
Sauvo is a small rural municipality in southwestern Finland known for its scenic countryside, agriculture, and historic churches.
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D.
Väinö
Väinö is a Finnish masculine given name historically borne by several notable figures in politics, arts, and sports in Finland.
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E.
Salme
Salme is a small village and former rural municipality located on Saaremaa Island in western Estonia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alemannic war leader
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historical figure ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
350s
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4th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithDate | 357 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | campaign surrounding the Battle of Strasbourg ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Alemannic ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Upper Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource | Ammianus Marcellinus (as a primary narrative source for the campaign) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of Alemannic warriors
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resistance to Roman military campaigns on the Rhine frontier ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
tribal commander
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war leader ⓘ |
| notableFor | commanding Alemannic tribal forces against the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| opponent |
Julian (future emperor Julian the Apostate)
NERFINISHED
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Roman imperial army ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Alemannic–Roman conflicts of the 4th century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Alemannic side ⓘ |
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: Suomar Description of subject: Suomar was an Alemannic war leader known for commanding tribal forces against the Roman Empire during the 4th century, notably in the campaign surrounding the Battle of Strasbourg in 357.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.