Acca Larentia
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Acca Larentia is a figure in Roman mythology often depicted as the foster mother of Rome’s legendary founders, Romulus and Remus, and associated with early Roman religious traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acca Larentia canonical | 7 |
| Acca Laurentia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083875 — 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: Acca Larentia Context triple: [Romulus and Remus, raisedBy, Acca Larentia]
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A.
Ascella
Ascella is a prominent multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, known for being one of its brightest and most easily visible stars.
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B.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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C.
Lozanella
Lozanella is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Central and South America.
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D.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
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E.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
- 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: Acca Larentia Target entity description: Acca Larentia is a figure in Roman mythology often depicted as the foster mother of Rome’s legendary founders, Romulus and Remus, and associated with early Roman religious traditions.
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A.
Ascella
Ascella is a prominent multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, known for being one of its brightest and most easily visible stars.
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B.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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C.
Lozanella
Lozanella is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Central and South America.
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D.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
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E.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Roman mythology
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mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedDeityType | chthonic deity (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Remus
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Romulus ⓘ founding of Rome ⓘ |
| connectedWith |
Larentalia
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Lupercalia ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| familyRole | foster parent of Rome’s founders ⓘ |
| festivalDate | 23 December ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
connected with earth or fertility in some interpretations
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identified as a deity of the Lares in some accounts ⓘ identified with a courtesan in some traditions ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
found the twins after they were suckled by a she-wolf
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nursed and raised Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Acca Laurentia
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linked to:
Acca Larentia
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| honoredBy | festival of Larentalia ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| linkedRitual | sacrifices at her tomb or shrine ⓘ |
| linkedToConcept |
Lares
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ancestors ⓘ household gods ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Livy
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Ovid ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | early regal period of Rome ⓘ |
| mythType | etiological myth figure ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explains origins of certain Roman cults ⓘ |
| occupation | shepherd’s wife ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman foundation myths ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Latium ⓘ |
| role |
foster mother of Remus
ⓘ
foster mother of Romulus ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Faustulus ⓘ |
| statusInCult | venerated matronal figure ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
nurturer of the city’s founders
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protector of the Roman people (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| worshipPlace | Rome ⓘ |
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: Acca Larentia Description of subject: Acca Larentia is a figure in Roman mythology often depicted as the foster mother of Rome’s legendary founders, Romulus and Remus, and associated with early Roman religious traditions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Acca Larentia