Ventidius
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Ventidius is a Roman general and loyal supporter of Mark Antony who appears as a minor but significant character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ventidius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5128064 — 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: Ventidius Context triple: [Antony and Cleopatra, containsCharacter, Ventidius]
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Titus Labienus
Titus Labienus was a Roman general and former chief lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later became one of Pompey’s leading commanders during Caesar’s civil war.
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C.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
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D.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ventidius Target entity description: Ventidius is a Roman general and loyal supporter of Mark Antony who appears as a minor but significant character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Titus Labienus
Titus Labienus was a Roman general and former chief lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later became one of Pompey’s leading commanders during Caesar’s civil war.
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C.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
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D.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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Shakespearean character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Antony and Cleopatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Antony and Cleopatra, Act III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Publius Ventidius Bassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
loyal
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militarily competent ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Roman civil wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
highlights Antony’s reliance on subordinates
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illustrates Antony’s military power ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Shakespearean Roman plays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAllegiance | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | general ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman ⓘ |
| opposesCharacter | Parthians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespearean canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
minor character
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supporting character ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Eastern Roman provinces ⓘ |
| supportsCharacter | Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workDateWritten | circa 1606 ⓘ |
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: Ventidius Description of subject: Ventidius is a Roman general and loyal supporter of Mark Antony who appears as a minor but significant character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.