Trinummus
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Trinummus is an ancient Roman comedy by the playwright Plautus, known for its themes of honesty, friendship, and financial intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trinummus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138897 — 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: Trinummus Context triple: [Plautus, notableWork, Trinummus]
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A.
Ligarius
Ligarius was a Roman senator and one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Numida
Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
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C.
Brigetio
Brigetio was an important Roman military and civilian settlement along the Danube frontier in the province of Pannonia (in present-day Hungary).
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D.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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E.
Mucia
Mucia was an ancient Roman noble family (gens) to which the patrician Mucia Tertia belonged.
- 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: Trinummus Target entity description: Trinummus is an ancient Roman comedy by the playwright Plautus, known for its themes of honesty, friendship, and financial intrigue.
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A.
Ligarius
Ligarius was a Roman senator and one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Numida
Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
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C.
Brigetio
Brigetio was an important Roman military and civilian settlement along the Danube frontier in the province of Pannonia (in present-day Hungary).
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D.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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E.
Mucia
Mucia was an ancient Roman noble family (gens) to which the patrician Mucia Tertia belonged.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ work by Plautus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Three Coins
ⓘ
The Three Pieces of Money ⓘ
linked to:
The Three Coins
|
| author | Plautus ⓘ |
| basedOn | lost Greek New Comedy play ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
arranging an honest marriage without dowry
ⓘ
management of a young man’s squandered estate ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
loyal friend as moral adviser
ⓘ
prodigal son ⓘ return of an absent father ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| featuresCharacter |
Callicles
ⓘ
Charmides ⓘ Lesbonicus ⓘ Lysiteles ⓘ Megaronides ⓘ Philto ⓘ Stasimus ⓘ a hired impostor (the “three-coin” man) ⓘ |
| genre |
Roman New Comedy
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman comedy
fabula palliata ⓘ |
| hasSurvivingText | yes ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comic drama ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Roman comedy ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman adaptation of Greek New Comedy ⓘ |
| meter | varied Roman comic meters ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
praise of honesty over deceit
ⓘ
proper conduct of guardians ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plautine corpus
ⓘ
linked to:
Plautus
|
| period |
Republican Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Republic
|
| plotDevice | use of a paid impostor to deliver a false message ⓘ |
| setting |
a Greek city
ⓘ
urban domestic environment ⓘ |
| structure | five-act comedy ⓘ |
| studiedIn | classical philology ⓘ |
| survivesAs | manuscript tradition of Plautus ⓘ |
| theme |
financial intrigue
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ guardianship and trust ⓘ honesty ⓘ marriage arrangements ⓘ moral integrity ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | Trinummus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Trinummus Description of subject: Trinummus is an ancient Roman comedy by the playwright Plautus, known for its themes of honesty, friendship, and financial intrigue.
Referenced by (2)
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