Arcadius
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Arcadius was a late 4th- and early 5th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was the elder son of Theodosius I.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arcadius canonical | 39 |
| Flavius Arcadius | 3 |
| Emperor Arcadius | 2 |
| Dominus Noster Arcadius Augustus | 1 |
| Flavius Arcadius Augustus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1851707 — 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: Arcadius Context triple: [Honorius, sibling, Arcadius]
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A.
Constantius III
Constantius III was a short-reigning Western Roman emperor and powerful general in the early 5th century, known for his role in stabilizing the empire during a period of crisis.
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B.
Constantius II
Constantius II was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled much of the Eastern Roman Empire and played a key role in the religious and political struggles following Constantine the Great’s reign.
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C.
Valentinian I
Valentinian I was a 4th-century Roman emperor (reigned 364–375 AD) known for strengthening the empire’s frontiers and defending the Western Roman Empire against Germanic invasions.
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D.
Emperor Marcian
Emperor Marcian was a 5th-century Byzantine ruler known for stabilizing the Eastern Roman Empire and shaping Christian doctrine through his support of the Council of Chalcedon.
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E.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
- 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: Arcadius Target entity description: Arcadius was a late 4th- and early 5th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was the elder son of Theodosius I.
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A.
Constantius III
Constantius III was a short-reigning Western Roman emperor and powerful general in the early 5th century, known for his role in stabilizing the empire during a period of crisis.
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B.
Constantius II
Constantius II was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled much of the Eastern Roman Empire and played a key role in the religious and political struggles following Constantine the Great’s reign.
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C.
Valentinian I
Valentinian I was a 4th-century Roman emperor (reigned 364–375 AD) known for strengthening the empire’s frontiers and defending the Western Roman Empire against Germanic invasions.
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D.
Emperor Marcian
Emperor Marcian was a 5th-century Byzantine ruler known for stabilizing the Eastern Roman Empire and shaping Christian doctrine through his support of the Council of Chalcedon.
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E.
Constans
Constans was a 4th-century Roman emperor, son of Constantine the Great, who ruled over parts of the Western Roman Empire until his overthrow and death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Arcadius Description of subject: Arcadius was a late 4th- and early 5th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was the elder son of Theodosius I.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arcadius
subject linked to:
Empress Pulcheria
subject linked to:
Empress Pulcheria
linked to: Arcadius
linked to: Arcadius
subject linked to:
Valentinian
subject linked to:
Thermantia (daughter of Constantius III and Galla Placidia)
linked to: Arcadius