Alatheus
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Alatheus was a Gothic leader and military commander who played a prominent role in the late 4th-century conflicts between the Goths and the Eastern Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alatheus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11844116 — 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: Alatheus Context triple: [Gothic War (376–382), commandedBy (Gothic side), Alatheus]
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A.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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B.
Zethus
Zethus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Antiope and twin brother of Amphion, known as a co-founder and ruler of the city of Thebes.
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C.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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D.
Pterelaus
Pterelaus is a mythological king in Greek legend, known for his golden, immortality-granting hair and his conflict with Amphitryon over the kingdom of the Taphians.
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E.
Aesimus
Aesimus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of the trickster Autolycus.
- 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: Alatheus Target entity description: Alatheus was a Gothic leader and military commander who played a prominent role in the late 4th-century conflicts between the Goths and the Eastern Roman Empire.
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A.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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B.
Zethus
Zethus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Antiope and twin brother of Amphion, known as a co-founder and ruler of the city of Thebes.
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C.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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D.
Pterelaus
Pterelaus is a mythological king in Greek legend, known for his golden, immortality-granting hair and his conflict with Amphitryon over the kingdom of the Taphians.
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E.
Aesimus
Aesimus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of the trickster Autolycus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic leader
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfActivity | c. 376–378 ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
Greuthungi Goths
ⓘ
linked to:
Goths
|
| coLeaderWith | Saphrax ⓘ |
| commanded | Gothic cavalry ⓘ |
| conflict | Gothic War (376–382) ⓘ |
| deathApproximateTime | late 4th century ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Roman army of the Eastern Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Goth
ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic
|
| historicalSource |
Ammianus Marcellinus
ⓘ
Jordanes ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Gothic migration across the Danube
ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic migration period
|
| knownFor | cavalry maneuvers at Adrianople ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Greek sources
ⓘ
Latin sources ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Gothic general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Gothic forces against the Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
role in the Gothic War of 376–382 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
Emperor Valens ⓘ |
| participatedInBattle | Battle of Adrianople ⓘ |
| politicalRole | Gothic regent ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Balkans
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ |
| role | regent for young Gothic king ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Goths ⓘ |
| tookRefugeBeyond | Danube region ⓘ |
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: Alatheus Description of subject: Alatheus was a Gothic leader and military commander who played a prominent role in the late 4th-century conflicts between the Goths and the Eastern Roman Empire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.