gens Decia
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Gens Decia was an ancient Roman plebeian family noted for producing several consuls and military leaders, including the self-sacrificing hero Publius Decius Mus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| gens Decia canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11199872 — 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: gens Decia Context triple: [Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE), memberOf, gens Decia]
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A.
Diez
Diez is a small historic town in western Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate, known for its picturesque setting on the Lahn River and its prominent hilltop castle.
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B.
Dieze
The Dieze is a river in the southern Netherlands that flows through the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch and ultimately drains into the Dommel and Aa river system.
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C.
Delle
Delle is a small commune in northeastern France near the Swiss border, known as a local administrative and economic center in the Territoire de Belfort department.
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D.
Dek
Dek is a short or informal nickname commonly used for someone named Derek.
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E.
Gestuno
Gestuno is an early standardized form of international sign communication developed to facilitate understanding among deaf people from different language backgrounds at international events.
- 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: gens Decia Target entity description: Gens Decia was an ancient Roman plebeian family noted for producing several consuls and military leaders, including the self-sacrificing hero Publius Decius Mus.
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A.
Diez
Diez is a small historic town in western Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate, known for its picturesque setting on the Lahn River and its prominent hilltop castle.
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B.
Dieze
The Dieze is a river in the southern Netherlands that flows through the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch and ultimately drains into the Dommel and Aa river system.
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C.
Delle
Delle is a small commune in northeastern France near the Swiss border, known as a local administrative and economic center in the Territoire de Belfort department.
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D.
Dek
Dek is a short or informal nickname commonly used for someone named Derek.
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E.
Gestuno
Gestuno is an early standardized form of international sign communication developed to facilitate understanding among deaf people from different language backgrounds at international events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman consul
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Roman consul ⓘ Roman consul ⓘ ancient Roman family ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ plebeian gens ⓘ |
| consulYear |
279 BC
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295 BC ⓘ 297 BC ⓘ 308 BC ⓘ 312 BC ⓘ 340 BC ⓘ |
| country |
ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| floruit |
3rd century BC
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4th century BC ⓘ |
| hasCognomen | Mus ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Publius Decius Mus (father, consul 340 BC)
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linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 340 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (grandson, consul 279 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (son, consul 312, 308, 297, 295 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 340 BCE)
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| hasPraenomen |
Gaius
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Marcus ⓘ Publius ⓘ Quintus ⓘ Titus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acts of devotio (ritual self‑sacrifice in battle)
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campaigns against Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ devotio at the Battle of Sentinum ⓘ devotio at the Battle of Vesuvius ⓘ producing Roman consuls ⓘ producing military leaders ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
gens Decia
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gens Decia ⓘ gens Decia ⓘ |
| nomen | Decius ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Marcus Decius
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Publius Decius Mus (consul 279 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 340 BCE)
Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC) ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Decius Mus (consul of 340 BCE)
Quintus Decius ⓘ
linked to:
Decius
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| officeHeld |
consul of the Roman Republic
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consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| socialClass | plebeian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
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: gens Decia Description of subject: Gens Decia was an ancient Roman plebeian family noted for producing several consuls and military leaders, including the self-sacrificing hero Publius Decius Mus.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.