Caius Marcius Coriolanus
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Caius Marcius Coriolanus is the proud and warlike Roman general who serves as the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s play "Coriolanus."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caius Marcius Coriolanus canonical | 1 |
| Gaius Marcius Coriolanus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110180 — 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: Caius Marcius Coriolanus Context triple: [Coriolanus, mainCharacter, Caius Marcius Coriolanus]
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A.
Roman general Marcius Turbo
Roman general Marcius Turbo was a prominent early 2nd-century Roman military commander and close supporter of Emperor Hadrian, noted for suppressing major revolts and serving in high administrative offices.
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B.
Appius Claudius Pulcher
Appius Claudius Pulcher was a prominent Roman statesman and general from the patrician Claudian family who held high offices during the late Republic.
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C.
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
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D.
Marcius Turbo
Marcius Turbo was a prominent Roman general and governor under Emperor Trajan and Hadrian, noted for his successful military campaigns in the early 2nd century CE.
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E.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
- 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: Caius Marcius Coriolanus Target entity description: Caius Marcius Coriolanus is the proud and warlike Roman general who serves as the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s play "Coriolanus."
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A.
Roman general Marcius Turbo
Roman general Marcius Turbo was a prominent early 2nd-century Roman military commander and close supporter of Emperor Hadrian, noted for suppressing major revolts and serving in high administrative offices.
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B.
Appius Claudius Pulcher
Appius Claudius Pulcher was a prominent Roman statesman and general from the patrician Claudian family who held high offices during the late Republic.
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C.
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
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D.
Marcius Turbo
Marcius Turbo was a prominent Roman general and governor under Emperor Trajan and Hadrian, noted for his successful military campaigns in the early 2nd century CE.
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E.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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Shakespearean tragic hero ⓘ dramatic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Coriolanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| banishedFrom | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| changesDecisionAbout | sacking Rome ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathType | assassination ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
class conflict
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individual versus state ⓘ pride and downfall ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst | Volscians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkWhereAppears | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasChild | young Marcius ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Roman ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
general
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot |
protagonist
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tragic hero ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
aristocratic
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contemptuous of the common people ⓘ honor-bound ⓘ politically naive ⓘ proud ⓘ warlike ⓘ |
| joinsForcesWith |
Aufidius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volscians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Aufidius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volscian conspirators ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkWhereAppears | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySourceOfWork | Plutarch’s Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Volumnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle | siege of Corioli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Roman plebeians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tribunes of the people ⓘ |
| persuadedBy |
Virgilia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volumnia NERFINISHED ⓘ his son ⓘ |
| plansToAttack | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOfficeSought | consul of Rome ⓘ |
| receivesNameFrom | victory at Corioli ⓘ |
| servesIn | Roman army ⓘ |
| setIn | ancient Rome ⓘ |
| spouse | Virgilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCharacterOf | Coriolanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Caius Marcius Coriolanus Description of subject: Caius Marcius Coriolanus is the proud and warlike Roman general who serves as the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s play "Coriolanus."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus