Radagaisus
E358636
Radagaisus was a Gothic king and military leader who led a major invasion of Italy in the early 5th century, ultimately being defeated and executed by the Western Roman general Stilicho.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Radagaisus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3462418 — 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: Radagaisus Context triple: [Stilicho, opponent, Radagaisus]
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A.
Desiderius
Desiderius was the final king of the Lombards, whose defeat by Charlemagne in the 8th century marked the end of the Lombard Kingdom in Italy.
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B.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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C.
Remulak
Remulak is the fictional alien homeworld of the Coneheads in the "Saturday Night Live" sketches and related adaptations.
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D.
Radulf
Radulf is a medieval given name of Germanic origin, related to names like Raúl and Ralph, that was borne by various European nobles and clerics.
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E.
Rex Langobardorum
Rex Langobardorum is the Latin title historically used for the kings of the Lombards, a Germanic people who ruled parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
- 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: Radagaisus Target entity description: Radagaisus was a Gothic king and military leader who led a major invasion of Italy in the early 5th century, ultimately being defeated and executed by the Western Roman general Stilicho.
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A.
Desiderius
Desiderius was the final king of the Lombards, whose defeat by Charlemagne in the 8th century marked the end of the Lombard Kingdom in Italy.
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B.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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C.
Remulak
Remulak is the fictional alien homeworld of the Coneheads in the "Saturday Night Live" sketches and related adaptations.
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D.
Radulf
Radulf is a medieval given name of Germanic origin, related to names like Raúl and Ralph, that was borne by various European nobles and clerics.
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E.
Rex Langobardorum
Rex Langobardorum is the Latin title historically used for the kings of the Lombards, a Germanic people who ruled parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic king
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| activeIn | Italy ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfInvasion | 405–406 CE ⓘ |
| conflict |
Gothic invasion of Italy (405–406)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic invasion of Italy (5th century)
|
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Stilicho
ⓘ
Western Roman general Stilicho ⓘ
linked to:
Stilicho
|
| ethnicity |
Goth
ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic
|
| fate | executed after defeat ⓘ |
| knownFrom | late Roman historical sources ⓘ |
| led | invasion of Italy ⓘ |
| militaryAction | siege and ravaging of parts of Italy ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading a major Gothic invasion of Italy ⓘ |
| opponent |
Stilicho
ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| role | leader of a large Gothic force ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 5th century ⓘ |
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: Radagaisus Description of subject: Radagaisus was a Gothic king and military leader who led a major invasion of Italy in the early 5th century, ultimately being defeated and executed by the Western Roman general Stilicho.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.