Sextilia
E366532
Sextilia was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the mother of the emperor Aulus Vitellius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sextilia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3556093 — 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: Sextilia Context triple: [Vitellius, mother, Sextilia]
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A.
Vinalia
Vinalia was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to wine and the protection of the grape harvest, associated especially with Jupiter and Venus.
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B.
Boedromion
Boedromion was a month in the ancient Athenian calendar, roughly corresponding to early autumn, notable for hosting major religious festivals and rites.
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C.
Vulcanalia
Vulcanalia was an ancient Roman religious festival held in honor of Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking, typically observed with rituals aimed at averting destructive fires.
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D.
Lupercalia
Lupercalia was an ancient Roman fertility and purification festival, held in mid-February and traditionally linked to the legendary founders Romulus and Remus.
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E.
Tammuz
Tammuz is a Mesopotamian god associated with shepherds, fertility, and seasonal cycles, whose death and rebirth are central themes in ancient Near Eastern religion and myth.
- 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: Sextilia Target entity description: Sextilia was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the mother of the emperor Aulus Vitellius.
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A.
Vinalia
Vinalia was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to wine and the protection of the grape harvest, associated especially with Jupiter and Venus.
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B.
Boedromion
Boedromion was a month in the ancient Athenian calendar, roughly corresponding to early autumn, notable for hosting major religious festivals and rites.
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C.
Vulcanalia
Vulcanalia was an ancient Roman religious festival held in honor of Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking, typically observed with rituals aimed at averting destructive fires.
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D.
Lupercalia
Lupercalia was an ancient Roman fertility and purification festival, held in mid-February and traditionally linked to the legendary founders Romulus and Remus.
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E.
Tammuz
Tammuz is a Mesopotamian god associated with shepherds, fertility, and seasonal cycles, whose death and rebirth are central themes in ancient Near Eastern religion and myth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman noblewoman
ⓘ
ancient Roman woman ⓘ |
| child |
Lucius Vitellius the Elder
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Vitellius the Younger
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathBefore | end of 69 AD ⓘ |
| era | Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Romans ⓘ |
| floruit |
reign of Caligula
ⓘ
reign of Claudius ⓘ reign of Nero ⓘ reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| hasRole | matron ⓘ |
| livedIn | Rome ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
De vita Caesarum
ⓘ
surface form:
Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars
Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
surface form:
Tacitus' Histories
|
| motherOf |
Vitellius
ⓘ
surface form:
Aulus Vitellius
|
| nativeLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Vitellii ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Emperor Vitellius ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | austere Roman matron ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | mother of a Roman emperor ⓘ |
| relative |
Vitellius
ⓘ
surface form:
Aulus Vitellius
Vitellius ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Vitellius
Lucius Vitellius the Elder ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Vitellius the Younger
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman senatorial aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse |
Vitellius
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Vitellius
|
| timePeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
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: Sextilia Description of subject: Sextilia was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD, best known as the mother of the emperor Aulus Vitellius.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.