Saturninus
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Saturninus is a cognomen borne by members of the ancient Roman Volusii family, identifying a particular branch or individual within that gens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saturninus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13770136 — 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: Saturninus Context triple: [Volusii family, hasCognomen, Saturninus]
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A.
Saturninus
Saturninus is a character in Shakespeare's tragedy "Titus Andronicus," depicted as the scheming and vengeful Roman emperor whose actions drive much of the play's brutal conflict.
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B.
Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
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C.
Vetranio
Vetranio was a 4th-century Roman general who briefly ruled as a usurper emperor in the Balkans before abdicating in favor of Constantius II.
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D.
Cassianus
Cassianus is the Latin name of Saint Cassian of Imola, an early Christian martyr and teacher venerated in the Catholic Church.
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E.
Jovinus
Jovinus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial title in Gaul during the early 5th century Western Roman Empire.
- 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: Saturninus Target entity description: Saturninus is a cognomen borne by members of the ancient Roman Volusii family, identifying a particular branch or individual within that gens.
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A.
Saturninus
Saturninus is a character in Shakespeare's tragedy "Titus Andronicus," depicted as the scheming and vengeful Roman emperor whose actions drive much of the play's brutal conflict.
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B.
Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
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C.
Vetranio
Vetranio was a 4th-century Roman general who briefly ruled as a usurper emperor in the Balkans before abdicating in favor of Constantius II.
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D.
Cassianus
Cassianus is the Latin name of Saint Cassian of Imola, an early Christian martyr and teacher venerated in the Catholic Church.
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E.
Jovinus
Jovinus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial title in Gaul during the early 5th century Western Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.