Scribonius
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Scribonius is a Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the plebeian gens Scribonia in ancient Rome.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scribonius canonical | 4 |
| Scribonius Largus | 1 |
| Scribonius Proculus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9707336 — 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: Scribonius Context triple: [gens Scribonia, hasFamilyName, Scribonius]
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A.
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman politician and orator of the late Republic, known for his shift from the senatorial faction to support Julius Caesar during the civil war.
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B.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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C.
Servius Cornelius Cethegus
Servius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman statesman from the prominent patrician Cornelii family who held high magistracies during the Roman Republic.
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D.
Glaucus Pontius
Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
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E.
Cassius Apronianus
Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator and provincial governor of the 2nd century, best known as the father of the historian Cassius Dio.
- 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: Scribonius Target entity description: Scribonius is a Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the plebeian gens Scribonia in ancient Rome.
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A.
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Gaius Scribonius Curio was a Roman politician and orator of the late Republic, known for his shift from the senatorial faction to support Julius Caesar during the civil war.
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B.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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C.
Servius Cornelius Cethegus
Servius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman statesman from the prominent patrician Cornelii family who held high magistracies during the Roman Republic.
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D.
Glaucus Pontius
Glaucus Pontius is a figure from ancient tradition distinguished by the epithet “Pontius,” which associates him with the sea or maritime realms.
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E.
Cassius Apronianus
Cassius Apronianus was a Roman senator and provincial governor of the 2nd century, best known as the father of the historian Cassius Dio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-language surname
ⓘ
Roman nomen ⓘ gentilicium ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| associatedWithSocialStructure | Roman plebeian gentes ⓘ |
| belongsToCulture | Roman culture ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman nomina
ⓘ
Roman family names ⓘ |
| etymologicalRelation | Scribonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine form ⓘ |
| hasComponentInTriaNomina | nomen GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm | Scribonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus | plebeian ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
cognomen
ⓘ
praenomen ⓘ |
| nameType |
family name
ⓘ
nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| partOf | gens Scribonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Roman tria nomina ⓘ |
| usedBy | members of gens Scribonia ⓘ |
| usedFor | identifying membership in gens Scribonia ⓘ |
| usedIn | ancient Rome 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: Scribonius Description of subject: Scribonius is a Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the plebeian gens Scribonia in ancient Rome.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scribonius Proculus
this entity surface form:
Scribonius Largus