Illus
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Illus was a powerful Isaurian general and political figure of the late Eastern Roman Empire, known for his pivotal role in the Isaurian War and his shifting alliances in imperial succession struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illus canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9978175 — 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: Illus Context triple: [Isaurian War, hasParticipant, Illus]
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A.
Figment
Figment is a small purple dragon from Disney's Epcot theme park, known as the playful embodiment of imagination in the Journey Into Imagination attraction.
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B.
Forest of Illusion
Forest of Illusion is a secret-filled, maze-like forest world in Super Mario World known for its tricky level exits and hidden paths.
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C.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a jazz album by Franco-Lebanese trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf, known for its blend of Middle Eastern influences, improvisation, and cinematic arrangements.
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D.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a smooth R&B track by Babyface featured on his 1993 album "For the Cool in You."
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E.
Taliedo
Taliedo is a district in Milan, Italy, historically known for its aviation industry and the Caproni aircraft manufacturing facilities.
- 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: Illus Target entity description: Illus was a powerful Isaurian general and political figure of the late Eastern Roman Empire, known for his pivotal role in the Isaurian War and his shifting alliances in imperial succession struggles.
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A.
Figment
Figment is a small purple dragon from Disney's Epcot theme park, known as the playful embodiment of imagination in the Journey Into Imagination attraction.
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B.
Forest of Illusion
Forest of Illusion is a secret-filled, maze-like forest world in Super Mario World known for its tricky level exits and hidden paths.
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C.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a jazz album by Franco-Lebanese trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf, known for its blend of Middle Eastern influences, improvisation, and cinematic arrangements.
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D.
Illusions
"Illusions" is a smooth R&B track by Babyface featured on his 1993 album "For the Cool in You."
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E.
Taliedo
Taliedo is a district in Milan, Italy, historically known for its aviation industry and the Caproni aircraft manufacturing facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Roman politician
ⓘ
Isaurian general ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 5th century ⓘ |
| country |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
|
| diedIn | Papirius fortress ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Isaurian
ⓘ
linked to:
Isaurians
|
| historicalRegion | Late Antiquity Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
civil conflicts of Zeno’s reign
ⓘ
overthrow of Basiliscus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
involvement in imperial succession struggles
ⓘ
role in the Isaurian War ⓘ shifting political alliances ⓘ |
| languageContext | Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ |
| laterRebelledAgainst |
Emperor Zeno
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
|
| mannerOfDeath | executed after rebellion ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
magister militum per Orientem
ⓘ
linked to:
magister militum
|
| notableAlly | Verina ⓘ |
| notableEnemy |
Ariadne
ⓘ
Emperor Zeno ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
|
| opposed | Basiliscus ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Isaurian War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
Eastern Roman provinces ⓘ Isauria ⓘ |
| politicalRole | kingmaker in imperial politics ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | helped restore Zeno to the throne ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Emperor Leo I
ⓘ
linked to:
Leo I
Emperor Zeno ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
|
| supported |
Emperor Zeno
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
|
| supportedUsurper | Leontius ⓘ |
| title | patricius ⓘ |
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: Illus Description of subject: Illus was a powerful Isaurian general and political figure of the late Eastern Roman Empire, known for his pivotal role in the Isaurian War and his shifting alliances in imperial succession struggles.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.