Magnus
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Magnus is the honorific cognomen meaning "the Great," famously borne by the Roman general and statesman Pompey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magnus canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900408 — 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: Magnus Context triple: [Pompey the Great, cognomen, Magnus]
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A.
Magus
Magus is a mysterious spiritual master in Paulo Coelho’s novel "Brida," guiding the protagonist through her journey of self-discovery and magical initiation.
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B.
Rigmor
Rigmor is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, particularly used in Norway and Denmark.
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C.
Ragnar
Ragnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, historically associated with Viking-age Scandinavia and later borne by various notable figures.
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D.
Jarl
Jarl is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
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E.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
- 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: Magnus Target entity description: Magnus is the honorific cognomen meaning "the Great," famously borne by the Roman general and statesman Pompey.
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A.
Magus
Magus is a mysterious spiritual master in Paulo Coelho’s novel "Brida," guiding the protagonist through her journey of self-discovery and magical initiation.
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B.
Rigmor
Rigmor is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, particularly used in Norway and Denmark.
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C.
Ragnar
Ragnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, historically associated with Viking-age Scandinavia and later borne by various notable figures.
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D.
Jarl
Jarl is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
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E.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin cognomen
ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
|
| associatedWith |
Roman general Pompey
ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman Pompey ⓘ
linked to:
Pompey the Great
|
| contrastsWith | ordinary non-honorific cognomina ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Roman aristocracy ⓘ |
| denotes |
distinction
ⓘ
eminence ⓘ greatness ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | Latin adjective magnus ⓘ |
| famouslyBorneBy | Pompey the Great ⓘ |
| grammaticalCategory | adjective used substantively as a name ⓘ |
| historicalUsagePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| honorificFunction | to exalt the bearer above others ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning | the Great ⓘ |
| nameType |
agnomen
ⓘ
cognomen ex virtute ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Pompey the Great ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| semanticField |
military glory
ⓘ
power ⓘ prestige ⓘ |
| usedAs |
cognomen in ancient Rome
ⓘ
honorific epithet ⓘ |
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: Magnus Description of subject: Magnus is the honorific cognomen meaning "the Great," famously borne by the Roman general and statesman Pompey.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.