Romulus and Remus
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Romulus and Remus are the legendary twin brothers of Roman mythology who were raised by a she-wolf and are credited with the origins of Rome.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romulus and Remus canonical | 8 |
| Romulus | 5 |
| Romulus and Remus with the She-wolf group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189806 — 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: Romulus and Remus Context triple: [Rome, foundingMyth, Romulus and Remus]
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the legendary moment when Sabine women intervene to stop a battle between their Roman husbands and Sabine families.
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C.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
- 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: Romulus and Remus Target entity description: Romulus and Remus are the legendary twin brothers of Roman mythology who were raised by a she-wolf and are credited with the origins of Rome.
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the legendary moment when Sabine women intervene to stop a battle between their Roman husbands and Sabine families.
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C.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figures in Roman mythology
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legendary founders of Rome ⓘ mythological twins ⓘ |
| associatedRitual | Lupercalia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Palatine Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Lupercal cave
Palatine Hill ⓘ Tiber ⓘ
surface form:
Tiber River
Roman Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
founding of Rome
|
| commemoratedIn |
Roman coinage
ⓘ
Roman literature ⓘ Roman sculpture ⓘ |
| conflict |
dispute over augury
ⓘ
dispute over city location ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| depictedAs | infants suckled by a she-wolf ⓘ |
| depictedIn | Capitoline Wolf sculpture ⓘ |
| father |
Venus
ⓘ
surface form:
Mars
|
| genre | legend ⓘ |
| grandfather | Numitor ⓘ |
| hasMotive | restoration of Numitor ⓘ |
| inArtSince | Antiquity ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian foundation legends ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Latin ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of Rome’s origins ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Roman historiography ⓘ |
| mother | Rhea Silvia ⓘ |
| mythType | foundation myth ⓘ |
| narratedIn |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
ⓘ
surface form:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch’s Life of Romulus
|
| outcome | death of Remus ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman foundation myths ⓘ |
| raisedBy |
Acca Larentia
ⓘ
Faustulus ⓘ Lupa ⓘ she-wolf ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Roman religion ⓘ |
| siblingRelationship | twin brothers ⓘ |
| status | legendary rather than historical ⓘ |
| survivingBrother |
Romulus and Remus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Romulus
|
| symbolizes |
Roman divine favor
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Roman strength ⓘ |
| theme |
city founding
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divine ancestry ⓘ fratricide ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | early Roman Kingdom ⓘ |
| uncle | Amulius ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Romulus and Remus Description of subject: Romulus and Remus are the legendary twin brothers of Roman mythology who were raised by a she-wolf and are credited with the origins of Rome.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Romulus
this entity surface form:
Romulus
this entity surface form:
Romulus
this entity surface form:
Romulus
this entity surface form:
Romulus
subject surface form:
Capitoline Wolf
this entity surface form:
Romulus and Remus with the She-wolf group