Nicanor
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Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicanor canonical | 3 |
| Nicanor (son of Antipater) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742376 — 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: Nicanor Context triple: [Maccabean Revolt, hasOpposingCommander, Nicanor]
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A.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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E.
Dioscorus
Dioscorus is traditionally depicted in Christian hagiography as the pagan father of Saint Barbara who opposed her conversion and ultimately martyred her.
- 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: Nicanor Target entity description: Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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A.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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E.
Dioscorus
Dioscorus is traditionally depicted in Christian hagiography as the pagan father of Saint Barbara who opposed her conversion and ultimately martyred her.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seleucid general
ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeYears | mid-2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| allegiance | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| conflict | Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathEvent | Battle of Adasa ⓘ |
| employer | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Judean rebels ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Judea ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees ⓘ Jewish historical tradition ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Seleucid royal army ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Adasa ⓘ |
| notableFor | campaigns against Jewish rebels ⓘ |
| opponent |
Maccabees
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surface form:
Hasmonean rebels
Maccabees ⓘ
surface form:
Judas Maccabeus
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| positionHeld |
general of the Seleucid army
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royal friend of the king ⓘ |
| religion | Hellenistic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Seleucid commander against the Maccabees ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Demetrius I Soter ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| title |
general
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royal officer ⓘ |
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: Nicanor Description of subject: Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.