Faustulus
E126054
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Faustulus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083874 — 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: Faustulus Context triple: [Romulus and Remus, raisedBy, Faustulus]
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A.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
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B.
Johannes Petreius
Johannes Petreius was a 16th-century Nuremberg printer and publisher best known for issuing Nicolaus Copernicus’s groundbreaking work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium."
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C.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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D.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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E.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- 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: Faustulus Target entity description: Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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A.
Ulpius
Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
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B.
Johannes Petreius
Johannes Petreius was a 16th-century Nuremberg printer and publisher best known for issuing Nicolaus Copernicus’s groundbreaking work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium."
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C.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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D.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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E.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Roman mythology
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mythological figure ⓘ |
| actedAgainst | orders of King Amulius ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
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Life of Romulus ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch’s Life of Romulus
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| associatedWith |
foundation myth of Rome
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legend of Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| connectedTo | she-wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| employer |
Amulius
ⓘ
surface form:
King Amulius
|
| found |
Remus
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Romulus ⓘ |
| foundIn | Tiber River bank ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovering the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus
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secretly raising Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Roman foundation myths ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | rescuer of the twins ⓘ |
| occupation | shepherd ⓘ |
| protected |
Remus
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Romulus ⓘ |
| raised |
Remus
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Romulus ⓘ |
| raisedWithHelpOf | Acca Larentia ⓘ |
| realm | mythical early Rome ⓘ |
| residence | hut on the Palatine Hill ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
foster father of Remus
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foster father of Romulus ⓘ |
| spouse | Acca Larentia ⓘ |
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: Faustulus Description of subject: Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.