Aulus
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Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aulus canonical | 13 |
| Publius (praenomen) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3556071 — 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: Aulus Context triple: [Vitellius, praenomen, Aulus]
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A.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
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B.
Gaius Papius Mutilus
Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
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C.
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo was a Roman statesman and consul who led the Marian faction during the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
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D.
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the 2nd century BC, noted for his military campaigns and for sponsoring significant public building projects in Rome.
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E.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
- 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: Aulus Target entity description: Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
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A.
Lucius Cornelius
Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
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B.
Gaius Papius Mutilus
Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
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C.
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo was a Roman statesman and consul who led the Marian faction during the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
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D.
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the 2nd century BC, noted for his military campaigns and for sponsoring significant public building projects in Rome.
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E.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman praenomen
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman given names
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Latin masculine given names ⓘ |
| commonness |
common in the Roman Republic
ⓘ
common in the early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain origin ⓘ |
| feminineForm | Aula (rare) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | A. ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | praenomen ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
ⓘ
Aulus Gellius ⓘ Aulus Hirtius ⓘ Aulus Plautius ⓘ Aulus Vitellius ⓘ
linked to:
Vitellius
|
| positionInRomanName | first name ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | Aulius (hypothesized etymology) ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| usedBy | Roman men ⓘ |
| usedBySocialClass |
patrician families
ⓘ
plebeian families ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| usedInSystem | tria nomina ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Aulus Description of subject: Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aulus
subject linked to:
Cornelia (through Publius Cornelius Tacitus)
subject linked to:
Cornelii family