Hostus Hostilius
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Hostus Hostilius is a legendary early Roman warrior remembered for his valor in Rome’s wars with neighboring peoples and as an ancestor of King Tullus Hostilius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hostus Hostilius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6076813 — 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: Hostus Hostilius Context triple: [Tullus Hostilius, relative, Hostus Hostilius]
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A.
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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B.
Manius Curius Dentatus
Manius Curius Dentatus was a prominent early Roman general and statesman best known for his victories over the Samnites and Pyrrhus of Epirus and for exemplifying traditional Roman frugality and virtue.
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C.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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D.
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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E.
Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius was the legendary third king of Rome, traditionally remembered for his warlike reign and the destruction of Alba Longa.
- 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: Hostus Hostilius Target entity description: Hostus Hostilius is a legendary early Roman warrior remembered for his valor in Rome’s wars with neighboring peoples and as an ancestor of King Tullus Hostilius.
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A.
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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B.
Manius Curius Dentatus
Manius Curius Dentatus was a prominent early Roman general and statesman best known for his victories over the Samnites and Pyrrhus of Epirus and for exemplifying traditional Roman frugality and virtue.
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C.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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D.
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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E.
Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius was the legendary third king of Rome, traditionally remembered for his warlike reign and the destruction of Alba Longa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman person
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legendary Roman warrior ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rome’s wars with neighboring peoples ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | valiant warrior ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDescendant | Tullus Hostilius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Hostilius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | warrior ⓘ |
| historicity | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| legendaryStatus | legendary ⓘ |
| nameInLatin | Hostus Hostilius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | ancestor of a Roman king ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being ancestor of King Tullus Hostilius
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role in Rome’s wars with neighboring peoples ⓘ valor in early Roman wars ⓘ |
| partOf | early Roman history ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Latium
NERFINISHED
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Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Roman kingship
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Tullus Hostilius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Roman Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Hostus Hostilius Description of subject: Hostus Hostilius is a legendary early Roman warrior remembered for his valor in Rome’s wars with neighboring peoples and as an ancestor of King Tullus Hostilius.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.