Calpurnia
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Calpurnia was the third and last wife of Julius Caesar, remembered in history and literature for her ominous dream foretelling his assassination.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calpurnia canonical | 5 |
| Calpurnia (Shakespeare character) | 1 |
| Calpurnia (wife) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1704048 — 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: Calpurnia Context triple: [Julius Caesar, spouse, Calpurnia]
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A.
Dilsey Gibson
Dilsey Gibson is the resilient and compassionate Black matriarch of the Compson household in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying moral strength amid the family’s decline.
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B.
Martha Lumpkin
Martha Lumpkin was the namesake of Marthasville, the early 19th-century town that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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C.
Shug Avery
Shug Avery is a charismatic, independent blues singer and a central figure in Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple," known for her complex relationship with the protagonist Celie.
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D.
Miss Watson
Miss Watson is a strict, religious woman who serves as Huck Finn’s guardian and represents conventional society’s moral values in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Nannie
Nannie is a feminine given name, often used as a diminutive or variant of names like Nancy or Anne.
- 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: Calpurnia Target entity description: Calpurnia was the third and last wife of Julius Caesar, remembered in history and literature for her ominous dream foretelling his assassination.
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A.
Dilsey Gibson
Dilsey Gibson is the resilient and compassionate Black matriarch of the Compson household in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying moral strength amid the family’s decline.
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B.
Martha Lumpkin
Martha Lumpkin was the namesake of Marthasville, the early 19th-century town that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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C.
Shug Avery
Shug Avery is a charismatic, independent blues singer and a central figure in Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple," known for her complex relationship with the protagonist Celie.
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D.
Miss Watson
Miss Watson is a strict, religious woman who serves as Huck Finn’s guardian and represents conventional society’s moral values in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Nannie
Nannie is a feminine given name, often used as a diminutive or variant of names like Nancy or Anne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman woman
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historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Ides of March
ⓘ
linked to:
The Ides of March
assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| characterIn |
"Julius Caesar"
ⓘ
linked to:
Julius Caesar (play)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| familyName | Calpurnia ⓘ |
| father | Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus ⓘ |
| fictionalizedIn | various films about Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Roman literature
ⓘ
ancient Roman historical sources ⓘ later dramatic adaptations of Julius Caesar's life ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Latin ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow after the assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 59 BC ⓘ |
| memberOf | Calpurnii Pisones ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to dissuade Julius Caesar from going to the Senate on the Ides of March
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having a prophetic dream about Julius Caesar's assassination ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | superstitious and anxious about omens ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar"
ⓘ
linked to:
Julius Caesar (play)
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| position | Roman empress consort ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
Roman dictator
ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | third wife of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| stepmotherOf |
Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)
ⓘ
linked to:
Julia Caesaris
|
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
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: Calpurnia Description of subject: Calpurnia was the third and last wife of Julius Caesar, remembered in history and literature for her ominous dream foretelling his assassination.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Calpurnia
linked to: Calpurnia