Pomponia
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Pomponia was a Roman noblewoman of the 3rd–2nd century BC, best known as the mother of the famed general Scipio Africanus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pomponia canonical | 5 |
| Pomponia (feminine) | 1 |
| Pomponia (first wife) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1906526 — 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: Pomponia Context triple: [Scipio Africanus, mother, Pomponia]
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A.
Pompeia
Pompeia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Julius Caesar and for the scandal surrounding the Bona Dea festival that led to their divorce.
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B.
Milonia Caesonia
Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
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C.
Pompeia Magna
Pompeia Magna was the daughter of the Roman general and statesman Pompey the Great, belonging to a prominent aristocratic family in the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Scribonia
Scribonia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only biological child, Julia the Elder.
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E.
Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina was a Roman empress, renowned for her virtue and influence, who was married to Emperor Trajan and played a key role in the adoption of his successor Hadrian.
- 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: Pomponia Target entity description: Pomponia was a Roman noblewoman of the 3rd–2nd century BC, best known as the mother of the famed general Scipio Africanus.
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A.
Pompeia
Pompeia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Julius Caesar and for the scandal surrounding the Bona Dea festival that led to their divorce.
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B.
Milonia Caesonia
Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula, noted by ancient sources for her beauty, influence at court, and violent death alongside her husband in 41 CE.
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C.
Pompeia Magna
Pompeia Magna was the daughter of the Roman general and statesman Pompey the Great, belonging to a prominent aristocratic family in the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Scribonia
Scribonia was a Roman noblewoman best known as the second wife of Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only biological child, Julia the Elder.
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E.
Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina was a Roman empress, renowned for her virtue and influence, who was married to Emperor Trajan and played a key role in the adoption of his successor Hadrian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman noblewoman
ⓘ
historical person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Second Punic War (through her son)
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linked to:
Second Punic War
|
| child |
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Scipio Africanus
|
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| family |
gens Pomponia
ⓘ
linked to:
Pomponius family
|
| floruit |
2nd century BC
ⓘ
3rd century BC ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| governmentalContext | Roman Republic aristocracy ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
Women of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)
|
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motherTongue | Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Scipio Africanus ⓘ |
| occupation | noblewoman ⓘ |
| region | Italy ⓘ |
| religion | Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| socialClass | Roman nobility ⓘ |
| son |
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Scipio Africanus
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| spouse | Publius Cornelius Scipio ⓘ |
| spouseFamily |
gens Cornelia
ⓘ
linked to:
Gens Cornelia
|
| timePeriod | Roman Republic ⓘ |
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: Pomponia Description of subject: Pomponia was a Roman noblewoman of the 3rd–2nd century BC, best known as the mother of the famed general Scipio Africanus.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pomponia
subject linked to:
Cicero’s niece Pomponia’s sister-in-law Pilia
subject linked to:
Agrippa
linked to: Pomponia