Marcus Aquila
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Marcus Aquila is the young Roman centurion protagonist of Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel "The Eagle," who embarks on a perilous quest to recover his father’s lost legionary standard in Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcus Aquila canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11235931 — 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: Marcus Aquila Context triple: [The Eagle, mainCharacter, Marcus Aquila]
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A.
Lucius Afranius
Lucius Afranius was a Roman general and supporter of Pompey who commanded forces against Julius Caesar during the early stages of the civil war.
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B.
Marcus Livius Salinator
Marcus Livius Salinator was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in defeating Hasdrubal Barca at the Battle of the Metaurus during the Second Punic War.
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C.
Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
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D.
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Quintus Petillius Cerialis was a 1st-century Roman general and politician known for his campaigns in Britain and for suppressing the Batavian revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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E.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
- 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: Marcus Aquila Target entity description: Marcus Aquila is the young Roman centurion protagonist of Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel "The Eagle," who embarks on a perilous quest to recover his father’s lost legionary standard in Britain.
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A.
Lucius Afranius
Lucius Afranius was a Roman general and supporter of Pompey who commanded forces against Julius Caesar during the early stages of the civil war.
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B.
Marcus Livius Salinator
Marcus Livius Salinator was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in defeating Hasdrubal Barca at the Battle of the Metaurus during the Second Punic War.
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C.
Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
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D.
Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Quintus Petillius Cerialis was a 1st-century Roman general and politician known for his campaigns in Britain and for suppressing the Batavian revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
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E.
Quintianus
Quintianus is a Roman cognomen derived from the praenomen Quintus, typically indicating familial or ancestral association with someone bearing that name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman centurion
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Roman Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman army
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Eagle ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
The Eagle of the Ninth series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Eagle of the Ninth
|
| associatedWith |
Ninth Legion
ⓘ
Roman legions ⓘ
linked to:
Roman legion
|
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | Roman military history ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
ⓘ
determined ⓘ honorable ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Rosemary Sutcliff ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Aquila ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Eagle ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Eagle ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | Esca ⓘ |
| hasFather | Centurion of the Ninth Legion ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryRole | hero ⓘ |
| locationOfQuest | northern Britain ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| motivation |
to recover the lost legionary standard
ⓘ
to restore his father’s honor ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman ⓘ |
| notableItemSought | eagle standard of the Ninth Legion ⓘ |
| occupation | centurion ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | The Eagle ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| quest | to recover the lost eagle standard of the Ninth Legion ⓘ |
| rank | centurion ⓘ |
| relationshipWithEsca |
friend
ⓘ
master ⓘ |
| setting | Roman Britain ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork |
children’s literature
ⓘ
young adult readers ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
courage
ⓘ
honor ⓘ identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Marcus Aquila Description of subject: Marcus Aquila is the young Roman centurion protagonist of Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel "The Eagle," who embarks on a perilous quest to recover his father’s lost legionary standard in Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The destiny of a soldier. The honor of a slave. The fate of an empire.