Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)
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Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great, a Roman military commander and staunch opponent of Julius Caesar who continued his father's resistance during the civil war before being defeated and killed.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900351 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey) Context triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasCommander, Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey)]
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Lex Pompeia
Lex Pompeia was a Roman law enacted during the Social War that granted certain Italian allies expanded rights and helped pave the way toward broader Roman citizenship.
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Gaius Julius Caesar (the Elder)
Gaius Julius Caesar (the Elder) was a Roman senator and the father of the dictator Julius Caesar, belonging to the patrician Julian clan during the late Roman Republic.
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Lucius Julius Caesar
Lucius Julius Caesar was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his influential political reforms and military leadership.
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Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
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- 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: Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey) Target entity description: Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great, a Roman military commander and staunch opponent of Julius Caesar who continued his father's resistance during the civil war before being defeated and killed.
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Lex Pompeia
Lex Pompeia was a Roman law enacted during the Social War that granted certain Italian allies expanded rights and helped pave the way toward broader Roman citizenship.
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B.
Gaius Julius Caesar (the Elder)
Gaius Julius Caesar (the Elder) was a Roman senator and the father of the dictator Julius Caesar, belonging to the patrician Julian clan during the late Roman Republic.
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Lucius Julius Caesar
Lucius Julius Caesar was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his influential political reforms and military leadership.
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Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey) Description of subject: Gnaeus Pompeius was the elder son of Pompey the Great, a Roman military commander and staunch opponent of Julius Caesar who continued his father's resistance during the civil war before being defeated and killed.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey’s son)
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius (Gnaeus Pompey the Younger)
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius (Gnaeus Pompey the Younger)
this entity surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (the Triumvir’s father-in-law Julius Caesar, by alliance)