Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
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Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8393900 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus) Context triple: [Scipio Aemilianus, adoptiveFather, Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)]
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Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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Scipio Nasica Serapio
Scipio Nasica Serapio was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the 2nd century BC, known for his conservative politics and role in the opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus.
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Metellus Scipio
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
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Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a Roman general and statesman best known for his victory over the Seleucid king Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia, which earned him his cognomen "Asiaticus."
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
- 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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus) Target entity description: Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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A.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
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B.
Scipio Nasica Serapio
Scipio Nasica Serapio was a prominent Roman statesman and jurist of the 2nd century BC, known for his conservative politics and role in the opposition to the reforms of Tiberius Gracchus.
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C.
Metellus Scipio
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
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D.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a Roman general and statesman best known for his victory over the Seleucid king Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia, which earned him his cognomen "Asiaticus."
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman politician
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member of the Cornelii Scipiones ⓘ patrician ⓘ |
| adoptiveFatherOf | Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToDynasty | Scipionic circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen | Scipio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman culture ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanCognomen | Scipio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanGens | Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanPraenomen | Publius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cornelii Scipiones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Aemilia Paulla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nomen | Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamily | gens Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Scipio Aemilianus
NERFINISHED
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Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Roman consul
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aedile ⓘ augur ⓘ pontifex ⓘ praetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ |
| politicalFaction | Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| praenomen | Publius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cornelia Africana
NERFINISHED
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Lucius Cornelius Scipio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | patrician ⓘ |
| spouse | Aemilia Tertia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
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: Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus) Description of subject: Publius Cornelius Scipio was the biological son of the famed Roman general Scipio Africanus and a member of the powerful patrician Cornelii Scipiones family in the Roman Republic.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.