Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis

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Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity, staunch republicanism, and opposition to Julius Caesar during the late Roman Republic.

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Label	Occurrences
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis canonical	8
Cato the Younger	2
Marcus Porcius Cato	1
Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius	1
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (Cato the Younger)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16511423 — 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: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
Context triple: [Catiline His Conspiracy, historicalFigureDepicted, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis]

A. Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus was a Roman jurist and politician of the 2nd century BC, known for his legal expertise and as the son of the famous statesman Cato the Elder.
B. Lucius Porcius Cato
Lucius Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, known for his consulship in 89 BC and his role in the Social War.
C. Gaius Porcius Cato
Gaius Porcius Cato was a Roman politician and member of the prominent Porcia gens, known for his role in the late Roman Republic.
D. Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.
E. Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis
Target entity description: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity, staunch republicanism, and opposition to Julius Caesar during the late Roman Republic.

A. Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus
Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus was a Roman jurist and politician of the 2nd century BC, known for his legal expertise and as the son of the famous statesman Cato the Elder.
B. Lucius Porcius Cato
Lucius Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, known for his consulship in 89 BC and his role in the Social War.
C. Gaius Porcius Cato
Gaius Porcius Cato was a Roman politician and member of the prominent Porcia gens, known for his role in the late Roman Republic.
D. Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.
E. Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
F. None of above. chosen