Opellius
E868083
Opellius is the family name of the Roman emperor Macrinus, who briefly ruled the Roman Empire in the early 3rd century AD.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opellius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10510312 — 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: Opellius Context triple: [Macrinus, familyName, Opellius]
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A.
Capurrius
Capurrius is a Latinized variant of the Italian surname Capurro, likely used in historical or scholarly contexts.
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B.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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C.
Barilius
Barilius is a genus of small, fast-swimming freshwater fishes native mainly to South and Southeast Asia, known for their streamlined bodies and often striking coloration.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
- 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: Opellius Target entity description: Opellius is the family name of the Roman emperor Macrinus, who briefly ruled the Roman Empire in the early 3rd century AD.
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A.
Capurrius
Capurrius is a Latinized variant of the Italian surname Capurro, likely used in historical or scholarly contexts.
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B.
Incilius
Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
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C.
Barilius
Barilius is a genus of small, fast-swimming freshwater fishes native mainly to South and Southeast Asia, known for their streamlined bodies and often striking coloration.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman family name
ⓘ
nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| additionalCognomen | Severus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithHistoricalPeriod | early 3rd century AD ⓘ |
| associatedWithPoliticalEntity | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Roman North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Roman imperial prosopography ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Caesarea in Mauretania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthProvince | Mauretania Caesariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cognomen | Macrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathYear | 218 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Severan period (de facto, not dynastic member) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Mauretanian ⓘ |
| familyName | Opellius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine nomen ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm | Opellia (feminine form) ⓘ |
| historicalUsageContext | Roman imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nomen | Opellius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Macrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Roman emperor
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equestrian official ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Roman emperor
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praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| onomaType | gentilicium ⓘ |
| partOfRomanNameSystem | nomen ⓘ |
| praenomen | Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Caracalla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | equestrian order ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 218 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 217 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| socialStatusAssociation | equestrian background ⓘ |
| successor | Elagabalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Macrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | tria nomina structure ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Opellius Description of subject: Opellius is the family name of the Roman emperor Macrinus, who briefly ruled the Roman Empire in the early 3rd century AD.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.