Carolus Crassus
E826907
Carolingian ruler
King of Alemannia
King of Bavaria
King of Italy
King of the East Franks
King of the West Franks
emperor of the Romans
human
Carolus Crassus, better known as Charles the Fat, was a late 9th-century Carolingian emperor who briefly reunited much of the Frankish Empire before his deposition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carolus Crassus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9871497 — 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: Carolus Crassus Context triple: [Charles the Fat, alsoKnownAs, Carolus Crassus]
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A.
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus was a wealthy Roman general and politician, famed as one of the richest men in Rome and a key member of the First Triumvirate alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey.
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B.
Lucius Licinius Crassus
Lucius Licinius Crassus was a renowned Roman orator and statesman of the late Republic, celebrated for his eloquence and legal expertise.
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C.
Appius Claudius Crassus
Appius Claudius Crassus was a prominent Roman patrician and statesman of the early Republic, best known as a leading member of the decemvirate that compiled the Twelve Tables of Roman law.
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D.
Furius Crassipes
Furius Crassipes was a Roman man of the late Republic known primarily as the first husband of Tullia, the beloved daughter of the orator and statesman Cicero.
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E.
Caeso
Caeso is an ancient Roman masculine given name, likely related to the family name Caesonius and associated with early Roman historical and legendary figures.
- 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: Carolus Crassus Target entity description: Carolus Crassus, better known as Charles the Fat, was a late 9th-century Carolingian emperor who briefly reunited much of the Frankish Empire before his deposition.
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A.
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus was a wealthy Roman general and politician, famed as one of the richest men in Rome and a key member of the First Triumvirate alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey.
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B.
Lucius Licinius Crassus
Lucius Licinius Crassus was a renowned Roman orator and statesman of the late Republic, celebrated for his eloquence and legal expertise.
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C.
Appius Claudius Crassus
Appius Claudius Crassus was a prominent Roman patrician and statesman of the early Republic, best known as a leading member of the decemvirate that compiled the Twelve Tables of Roman law.
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D.
Furius Crassipes
Furius Crassipes was a Roman man of the late Republic known primarily as the first husband of Tullia, the beloved daughter of the orator and statesman Cicero.
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E.
Caeso
Caeso is an ancient Roman masculine given name, likely related to the family name Caesonius and associated with early Roman historical and legendary figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carolingian ruler
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King of Alemannia ⓘ King of Bavaria ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ King of the East Franks ⓘ King of the West Franks ⓘ emperor of the Romans ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Carolus Pinguis
NERFINISHED
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Charles the Fat NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl der Dicke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 839 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Reichenau Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationBy | Pope John VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Alemannia
NERFINISHED
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East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 888-01-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Neidingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Arnulf of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depositionYear | 887 ⓘ |
| era | Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Louis the German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Louis the Pious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Charlemagne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imperialCoronationDate | 881-02-12 ⓘ |
| imperialCoronationPlace | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Carolingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Hemma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being deposed by East Frankish nobles
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briefly reuniting much of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ |
| predecessorAsEmperor | Charles the Bald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfEastFrancia | Louis the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfItaly | Carloman of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfWestFrancia | Carloman II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignAs |
King of Alemannia
NERFINISHED
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King of East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ King of West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ emperor of the Romans ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 887 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 876 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| sibling |
Carloman of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Louis the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsEmperor | Arnulf of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfEastFrancia | Arnulf of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfItaly | Berengar I of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfWestFrancia | Odo of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Carolus Crassus Description of subject: Carolus Crassus, better known as Charles the Fat, was a late 9th-century Carolingian emperor who briefly reunited much of the Frankish Empire before his deposition.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.