Amulius
E127914
Amulius is a legendary king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology, known for usurping his brother Numitor’s throne and ordering the exposure of his twin grandnephews Romulus and Remus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amulius canonical | 10 |
| King Amulius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083871 — 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: Amulius Context triple: [Romulus and Remus, uncle, Amulius]
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A.
Adamo Boari
Adamo Boari was an Italian-born architect best known for his influential early 20th-century work in Mexico, where he helped shape the country’s monumental public architecture.
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B.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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C.
Cadmus
Cadmus is a legendary Phoenician prince in Greek mythology, famed as the founder and first king of Thebes and the bringer of the alphabet to the Greeks.
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D.
Johanus
Johanus is a given name, likely a variant or diminutive of Johan, used as a personal first name in some cultures.
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E.
Bertramus
Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
- 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: Amulius Target entity description: Amulius is a legendary king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology, known for usurping his brother Numitor’s throne and ordering the exposure of his twin grandnephews Romulus and Remus.
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A.
Adamo Boari
Adamo Boari was an Italian-born architect best known for his influential early 20th-century work in Mexico, where he helped shape the country’s monumental public architecture.
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B.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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C.
Cadmus
Cadmus is a legendary Phoenician prince in Greek mythology, famed as the founder and first king of Thebes and the bringer of the alphabet to the Greeks.
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D.
Johanus
Johanus is a given name, likely a variant or diminutive of Johan, used as a personal first name in some cultures.
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E.
Bertramus
Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Roman mythology
ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
foundation myths of Rome
ⓘ
legend of Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tiber River
ⓘ
linked to:
Tiber
|
| causeOfDeath | killed in revolt led by Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| causeOfEvent | exposure of Romulus and Remus ⓘ |
| country | Alba Longa ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman culture ⓘ |
| dynasty | Alban kings ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | legendary ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| granduncleOf |
Remus
ⓘ
Romulus ⓘ |
| hasRole | usurper ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Remus
ⓘ
Romulus ⓘ |
| killedIn | Alba Longa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempting to eliminate Romulus and Remus
ⓘ
role in the origins of Rome ⓘ usurping the throne of Alba Longa ⓘ |
| languageOfNarrative | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | royal house of Alba Longa ⓘ |
| mythology | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| narratedIn |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities
ⓘ
linked to:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid's Fasti
|
| opponentOf |
Numitor
ⓘ
Remus ⓘ Romulus ⓘ |
| ordered |
Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhea Silvia
|
| orderedExposureOf |
Remus
ⓘ
Romulus ⓘ |
| orderedKillingOf |
Remus
ⓘ
Romulus ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
king of Alba Longa
ⓘ
linked to:
Numitor
|
| predecessor | Numitor ⓘ |
| relative |
Numitor
ⓘ
Rhea Silvia ⓘ |
| sibling | Numitor ⓘ |
| successor | Numitor ⓘ |
| timeInMythology | pre‑Roman regal period ⓘ |
| uncleOf | Rhea Silvia ⓘ |
| usurped | Numitor ⓘ |
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: Amulius Description of subject: Amulius is a legendary king of Alba Longa in Roman mythology, known for usurping his brother Numitor’s throne and ordering the exposure of his twin grandnephews Romulus and Remus.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.