Tiberius
E9795
Tiberius was the second Roman emperor, ruling from AD 14 to 37, known for his capable early administration and later reclusive, often harsh governance.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62416 — 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: Tiberius Context triple: [Roman Empire, notableEmperor, Tiberius]
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A.
Claudius
Claudius is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin, famously borne by several Roman emperors and historical figures.
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B.
Augustus
Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
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C.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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D.
Claudio
Claudio is a masculine given name of Italian and Spanish origin, commonly used as a variant of the name Claude.
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E.
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
- 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: Tiberius Target entity description: Tiberius was the second Roman emperor, ruling from AD 14 to 37, known for his capable early administration and later reclusive, often harsh governance.
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A.
Claudius
Claudius is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin, famously borne by several Roman emperors and historical figures.
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B.
Augustus
Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
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C.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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D.
Claudio
Claudio is a masculine given name of Italian and Spanish origin, commonly used as a variant of the name Claude.
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E.
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| adoptiveCognomen | Caesar ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Augustus ⓘ |
| adoptiveNomen | Julius ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tiberius
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberius Caesar Augustus
|
| associatedWith | Sejanus ⓘ |
| birthDate | 42 BC ⓘ |
| birthName |
Tiberius
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberius Claudius Nero
|
| birthPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes (disputed in ancient sources) ⓘ |
| child | Drusus Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman ⓘ |
| cognomen | Nero ⓘ |
| deathDate | AD 37 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Misenum ⓘ |
| dynasty | Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Principate ⓘ |
| father |
Tiberius
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberius Claudius Nero (the elder)
|
| fullName |
Tiberius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tiberius Julius Caesar
|
| heldOffice | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns in Dalmatia
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campaigns in Germania ⓘ campaigns in Pannonia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother | Livia Drusilla ⓘ |
| nomen | Claudius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the second Roman emperor
ⓘ
early capable administration of the Roman Empire ⓘ harsh governance and treason trials ⓘ later reclusive rule ⓘ |
| numberOfConsulships | 6 ⓘ |
| policy |
maintenance of Augustan administrative system
ⓘ
strengthening of imperial treasury ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| praenomen | Tiberius self-link ⓘ |
| predecessor | Augustus ⓘ |
| reignEnd | AD 37 ⓘ |
| reignStart | AD 14 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| residence |
Capri
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| spouse |
Scribonia
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surface form:
Julia the Elder
Vipsania Agrippina ⓘ |
| successor | Caligula ⓘ |
| title |
Augustus
ⓘ
Imperator ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ
surface form:
Pontifex Maximus
|
| tribeOrGens | Claudian gens ⓘ |
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: Tiberius Description of subject: Tiberius was the second Roman emperor, ruling from AD 14 to 37, known for his capable early administration and later reclusive, often harsh governance.
Referenced by (152)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
this entity surface form:
Tiberius Caesar
subject surface form:
George Baker (actor)
this entity surface form:
Tiberius in I, Claudius
this entity surface form:
emperor Tiberius
this entity surface form:
emperor Tiberius
this entity surface form:
Roman Emperor Tiberius
subject surface form:
Claudius (nomen)
this entity surface form:
Tiberius Julius Caesar
subject surface form:
Claudius (nomen)
this entity surface form:
Emperor Tiberius
this entity surface form:
Emperor Tiberius