Proculus
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Proculus was a member of the ancient Roman Scribonia family, bearing a traditional cognomen commonly used in Roman naming conventions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proculus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9707341 — 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: Proculus Context triple: [gens Scribonia, hadCognomen, Proculus]
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A.
Geronticus
Geronticus is a genus of bald ibises, medium-sized wading birds known for their bare heads and long down-curved bills, found in parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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B.
Coreius
Coreius is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in large rivers such as the Yangtze.
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C.
Aretus
Aretus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of the wise Pylian king Nestor.
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D.
Ildephonsus
Ildephonsus is a 7th-century Archbishop of Toledo venerated as a Catholic saint, renowned for his theological writings and strong devotion to the Virgin Mary.
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E.
Papius
Papius was an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with members of the Papii gens, including the politician Gaius Papius Mutilus.
- 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: Proculus Target entity description: Proculus was a member of the ancient Roman Scribonia family, bearing a traditional cognomen commonly used in Roman naming conventions.
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A.
Geronticus
Geronticus is a genus of bald ibises, medium-sized wading birds known for their bare heads and long down-curved bills, found in parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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B.
Coreius
Coreius is a genus of freshwater cypriniform fishes native to East Asia, commonly found in large rivers such as the Yangtze.
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C.
Aretus
Aretus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of the wise Pylian king Nestor.
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D.
Ildephonsus
Ildephonsus is a 7th-century Archbishop of Toledo venerated as a Catholic saint, renowned for his theological writings and strong devotion to the Virgin Mary.
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E.
Papius
Papius was an ancient Roman family name (nomen gentilicium) associated with members of the Papii gens, including the politician Gaius Papius Mutilus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Roman person ⓘ |
| cognomen | Proculus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Scribonius ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Republic or early Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Roman Empire
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| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | gens Scribonia ⓘ |
| namingConvention | Roman tria nomina ⓘ |
| socialContext | Roman aristocratic family naming practices ⓘ |
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: Proculus Description of subject: Proculus was a member of the ancient Roman Scribonia family, bearing a traditional cognomen commonly used in Roman naming conventions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
gens Tullia