Crispus
E37305
Crispus was the eldest son of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, a prominent Caesar and military commander who was later executed under mysterious circumstances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crispus canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T285752 — 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: Crispus Context triple: [Constantine the Great, child, Crispus]
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A.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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B.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Martin
Martin is the given name of Martin Luther King Jr., the prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation.
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D.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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E.
Julian
Julian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
- 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: Crispus Target entity description: Crispus was the eldest son of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, a prominent Caesar and military commander who was later executed under mysterious circumstances.
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A.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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B.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Martin
Martin is the given name of Martin Luther King Jr., the prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation.
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D.
Constantine
Constantine is a historic northeastern Algerian city famed for its dramatic bridges spanning deep gorges and its role as a major cultural and economic center.
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E.
Julian
Julian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many English-speaking and European countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caesar
ⓘ
Roman prince ⓘ ancient Roman person ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| allegedAccusation | adultery with Fausta (according to later sources) ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| child | unknown ⓘ |
| coinDepiction | appears on Roman imperial coinage as Caesar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 300 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 326 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Lactantius ⓘ |
| education | educated at Trier ⓘ |
| endTime | 326 (as Caesar) ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| father |
Constantinus Magnus
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
| givenName | Flavius Julius Crispus ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | victim of damnatio memoriae ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | judicial killing ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| mother | Minervina ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Constantinian dynasty ⓘ |
| notableWork |
victory at the Battle of Chrysopolis
ⓘ
victory at the Battle of the Hellespont ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Hellespont
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Chrysopolis
Battle of the Hellespont ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | unknown ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pola ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Caesar ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability |
eldest son of Constantine the Great
ⓘ
execution under mysterious circumstances ⓘ prominent Caesar under Constantine the Great ⓘ successful military commander in Constantine’s civil wars ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| removedFrom | some imperial inscriptions ⓘ |
| residence | Trier ⓘ |
| sibling |
Constans
ⓘ
surface form:
Constans I
Constantina ⓘ Constantine II ⓘ Constantius II ⓘ Constantina ⓘ
surface form:
Helena (daughter of Constantine the Great)
|
| spouse |
Saint Helena of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Helena (wife of Crispus)
|
| startTime | 317 (as Caesar) ⓘ |
| stepMother | Fausta ⓘ |
| title | Caesar ⓘ |
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: Crispus Description of subject: Crispus was the eldest son of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, a prominent Caesar and military commander who was later executed under mysterious circumstances.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Constantine the Great