Dentatus
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Dentatus is the cognomen of the prominent early 3rd-century BC Roman general and statesman Manius Curius Dentatus, celebrated for his military victories and austere virtue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dentatus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11199929 — 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: Dentatus Context triple: [Manius Curius Dentatus, cognomen, Dentatus]
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A.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Thurinus
Thurinus was an early cognomen of the Roman statesman Gaius Octavius, who later became the first Roman emperor Augustus.
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C.
Torminalis
Torminalis is a small genus of deciduous trees in the rose family, best known for the wild service tree (Torminalis glaberrima) native to Europe and western Asia.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Tyrannus
Tyrannus is a genus of robust, often aggressive New World flycatchers known for their aerial insect hunting and territorial behavior.
- 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: Dentatus Target entity description: Dentatus is the cognomen of the prominent early 3rd-century BC Roman general and statesman Manius Curius Dentatus, celebrated for his military victories and austere virtue.
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A.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Thurinus
Thurinus was an early cognomen of the Roman statesman Gaius Octavius, who later became the first Roman emperor Augustus.
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C.
Torminalis
Torminalis is a small genus of deciduous trees in the rose family, best known for the wild service tree (Torminalis glaberrima) native to Europe and western Asia.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Tyrannus
Tyrannus is a genus of robust, often aggressive New World flycatchers known for their aerial insect hunting and territorial behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman censor
ⓘ
Roman consul ⓘ ancient Roman general ⓘ ancient Roman politician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman virtues of discipline
ⓘ
Roman virtues of frugality ⓘ Roman virtues of incorruptibility ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Beneventum ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen | Dentatus ⓘ |
| consulship |
274 BC
ⓘ
275 BC ⓘ 290 BC ⓘ |
| defeated |
Bruttians
ⓘ
King Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
linked to:
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Lucanians ⓘ Sabines ⓘ Samnites ⓘ |
| familyName | Curius ⓘ |
| floruit | early 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| gens | Curius ⓘ |
| givenName | Manius ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
censor of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| honoredFor |
integrity in public office
ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ |
| knownFor |
refusing Samnite bribes
ⓘ
simple rural lifestyle ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legacy | model of Roman republican virtue ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Pyrrhic War
ⓘ
Third Samnite War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
austere virtue
ⓘ
military victories ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Roman Senate and people (SPQR)
ⓘ
linked to:
SPQR
|
| praenomen | Manius ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | central Italy ⓘ |
| residence | farm near Rome ⓘ |
| roleInPyrrhicWar | secured Roman victory over Pyrrhus in Italy ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Cicero
ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ Valerius Maximus ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| yearOfBattleOfBeneventum | 275 BC ⓘ |
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: Dentatus Description of subject: Dentatus is the cognomen of the prominent early 3rd-century BC Roman general and statesman Manius Curius Dentatus, celebrated for his military victories and austere virtue.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.