Syphax
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Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syphax canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8424255 — 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: Syphax Context triple: [Battle of the Great Plains, commander, Syphax]
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A.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
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B.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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C.
Kutama Berbers
The Kutama Berbers were a powerful Berber tribal confederation from the Kabylie region of North Africa that played a decisive role in the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate.
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D.
Orgetorix
Orgetorix was a powerful Helvetian noble and conspirator in the 1st century BCE who led an ambitious but ultimately thwarted attempt to organize his tribe’s mass migration and seize greater power in Gaul.
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E.
Numida
Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
- 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: Syphax Target entity description: Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
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A.
Teuta
Teuta was a powerful Illyrian queen of the 3rd century BCE known for her naval power and conflicts with the Roman Republic.
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B.
Jugurtha
Jugurtha was a king of Numidia best known for his protracted war against Rome in the late 2nd century BCE, which exposed widespread corruption in the Roman Republic.
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C.
Kutama Berbers
The Kutama Berbers were a powerful Berber tribal confederation from the Kabylie region of North Africa that played a decisive role in the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate.
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D.
Orgetorix
Orgetorix was a powerful Helvetian noble and conspirator in the 1st century BCE who led an ambitious but ultimately thwarted attempt to organize his tribe’s mass migration and seize greater power in Gaul.
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E.
Numida
Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Numidian king
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliance |
Carthage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | western Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanded | Numidian cavalry ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Masaesylian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | likely illness in captivity (traditional account) ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Masinissa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diedIn | Roman captivity ⓘ |
| diedInPlace | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredAllianceWith | Hasdrubal Gisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Numidian ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| foughtAgainst | Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Battle of Cirta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialForeignPolicy | pro-Roman ⓘ |
| languageContext | Punic and Numidian cultural sphere ⓘ |
| laterForeignPolicy | pro-Carthaginian ⓘ |
| marriageAllianceWith | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in North African theater of the Second Punic War
ⓘ
shifting alliances between Rome and Carthage ⓘ |
| opposed |
Masinissa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalMotivation | control of Numidia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of the Masaesyli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hasdrubal Gisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival | Masinissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | major participant in the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Livy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sophonisba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| takenAs | prisoner of war ⓘ |
| takenTo | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Carthage as ally against Rome
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Rome as counterweight to Carthage (earlier in war) ⓘ |
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: Syphax Description of subject: Syphax was a Numidian king who played a major role in the Second Punic War, notably opposing Rome alongside Carthage before ultimately being defeated and captured.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cato (play)