Aretas II
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Aretas II was an early king of the Nabataean Arabs who ruled in the 3rd century BCE and helped establish the foundations of Nabataean power in the region of modern-day Jordan and northwestern Arabia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Aretas II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14192706 — 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: Aretas II Context triple: [House of Aretas, hasMember, Aretas II]
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A.
Aretas I
Aretas I was an early Nabataean king who ruled in the 2nd century BCE and is considered one of the first historically attested rulers of the Nabataean kingdom.
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B.
Aretas IV
Aretas IV was a powerful Nabatean king who ruled from Petra in the early 1st century BCE/CE and is known for overseeing a period of great prosperity and monumental building.
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C.
Anton Rupert
Anton Rupert was a prominent South African entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist known for building a global business empire and supporting the arts and conservation.
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D.
Aretas IV Philopatris
Aretas IV Philopatris was a powerful Nabatean king who ruled from Petra in the early 1st century BCE–CE, overseeing a prosperous trading kingdom that interacted closely with both the Roman Empire and neighboring Jewish states.
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E.
Edgar Prince
Edgar Prince was an American industrialist and conservative philanthropist, best known as the founder of Prince Corporation and as the father of political figure Betsy DeVos and Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
- 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: Aretas II Target entity description: Aretas II was an early king of the Nabataean Arabs who ruled in the 3rd century BCE and helped establish the foundations of Nabataean power in the region of modern-day Jordan and northwestern Arabia.
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A.
Aretas I
Aretas I was an early Nabataean king who ruled in the 2nd century BCE and is considered one of the first historically attested rulers of the Nabataean kingdom.
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B.
Aretas IV
Aretas IV was a powerful Nabatean king who ruled from Petra in the early 1st century BCE/CE and is known for overseeing a period of great prosperity and monumental building.
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C.
Anton Rupert
Anton Rupert was a prominent South African entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist known for building a global business empire and supporting the arts and conservation.
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D.
Aretas IV Philopatris
Aretas IV Philopatris was a powerful Nabatean king who ruled from Petra in the early 1st century BCE–CE, overseeing a prosperous trading kingdom that interacted closely with both the Roman Empire and neighboring Jewish states.
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E.
Edgar Prince
Edgar Prince was an American industrialist and conservative philanthropist, best known as the founder of Prince Corporation and as the father of political figure Betsy DeVos and Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.