Casca
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Casca was one of the leading conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar, remembered for being among the first to strike during the attack in the Roman Senate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Casca canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8313664 — 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: Casca Context triple: [Ides of March 44 BC, hasConspirator, Casca]
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A.
Cesar
Cesar is a given name and surname used in various languages, commonly associated with the historical legacy of "Caesar" and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sports.
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B.
Viriathus
Viriathus was a famed 2nd-century BCE Lusitanian chieftain and guerrilla leader who led a major resistance against Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula.
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C.
Arcesius
Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
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D.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Herculano
Herculano is a Portuguese surname most notably borne by the 19th-century historian, novelist, and politician Alexandre Herculano.
- 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: Casca Target entity description: Casca was one of the leading conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar, remembered for being among the first to strike during the attack in the Roman Senate.
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A.
Cesar
Cesar is a given name and surname used in various languages, commonly associated with the historical legacy of "Caesar" and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and sports.
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B.
Viriathus
Viriathus was a famed 2nd-century BCE Lusitanian chieftain and guerrilla leader who led a major resistance against Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula.
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C.
Arcesius
Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
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D.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Herculano
Herculano is a Portuguese surname most notably borne by the 19th-century historian, novelist, and politician Alexandre Herculano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman politician
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assassin ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| approximateFloruit | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| characterTypeInShakespeare | conspirator against Caesar ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| conspiratorAlongside |
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
NERFINISHED
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Gaius Cassius Longinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Junius Brutus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conspiredAgainst | Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eventDateParticipatedIn |
44 BC
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Ides of March NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eventParticipatedIn | assassination of Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Publius Servilius Casca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | attested in ancient Roman sources ⓘ |
| knownFor | being among the first to stab Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locationOfEventParticipatedIn |
Roman Senate
NERFINISHED
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Theatre of Pompey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Plutarch's Parallel Lives
NERFINISHED
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Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| occupation |
conspirator
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tribune of the plebs ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | leading conspirator in the plot against Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Roman Republic 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: Casca Description of subject: Casca was one of the leading conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar, remembered for being among the first to strike during the attack in the Roman Senate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.