Arbogast
E281728
Arbogast was a powerful late 4th-century Frankish Roman general who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as a military strongman before being defeated by Emperor Theodosius I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arbogast canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2594830 — 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: Arbogast Context triple: [Theodosius I, victoryOver, Arbogast]
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A.
Lucien
Lucien is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as Lucien Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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B.
Marshal Catinat
Marshal Catinat was a prominent 17th-century French general and Marshal of France, noted for his disciplined leadership and key victories under Louis XIV.
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C.
Rodrigue
Rodrigue is the French given name of Rod Gilbert, a famed Canadian professional ice hockey player and Hall of Famer.
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D.
Graf von Galen
Graf von Galen is a title borne by members of the German noble House of Galen, historically associated with Westphalian aristocracy and Catholic leadership.
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E.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
- 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: Arbogast Target entity description: Arbogast was a powerful late 4th-century Frankish Roman general who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as a military strongman before being defeated by Emperor Theodosius I.
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A.
Lucien
Lucien is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as Lucien Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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B.
Marshal Catinat
Marshal Catinat was a prominent 17th-century French general and Marshal of France, noted for his disciplined leadership and key victories under Louis XIV.
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C.
Rodrigue
Rodrigue is the French given name of Rod Gilbert, a famed Canadian professional ice hockey player and Hall of Famer.
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D.
Graf von Galen
Graf von Galen is a title borne by members of the German noble House of Galen, historically associated with Westphalian aristocracy and Catholic leadership.
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E.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Frankish person
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Roman general ⓘ late Roman Empire person ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 4th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| approximateFloruit | c. 380–394 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | usurper emperor Eugenius ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall | defeat by Theodosius I at the Battle of the Frigidus ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil war within the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 394 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Frank ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| languageContext | Latin-speaking Roman military elite ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Roman army ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of the Frigidus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conflict with Emperor Theodosius I
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de facto rule of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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military officer ⓘ |
| opponent |
Byzantine Empire
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surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
Theodosius I ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near the Frigidus River ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander-in-chief of the Western Roman army
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magister militum ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Gaul
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Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religion | paganism ⓘ |
| roleInGovernment | power behind the throne in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ruledDeFacto | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
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: Arbogast Description of subject: Arbogast was a powerful late 4th-century Frankish Roman general who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as a military strongman before being defeated by Emperor Theodosius I.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of the Frigidus
subject surface form:
Battle of the Frigidus
subject surface form:
Battle of the Frigidus