Verus
E376880
Verus was the cognomen of Marcus Annius Verus, a Roman praetor and member of a prominent senatorial family in the 2nd century AD.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Verus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3671081 — 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: Verus Context triple: [Marcus Annius Verus (praetor), cognomen, Verus]
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A.
Sever
"Sever" is a track by the progressive metal band Evolver, known for its intricate musicianship and heavy, atmospheric sound.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
Valens
Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor best known for his reign over the Eastern Roman Empire and his defeat and death at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
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D.
Tyro
Tyro is a figure from Greek mythology, known as the mother of the twins Pelias and Neleus by the god Poseidon.
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E.
Zelos
Zelos is a minor Greek deity personifying zeal, rivalry, and dedication, often associated with the retinue of the god Zeus.
- 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: Verus Target entity description: Verus was the cognomen of Marcus Annius Verus, a Roman praetor and member of a prominent senatorial family in the 2nd century AD.
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A.
Sever
"Sever" is a track by the progressive metal band Evolver, known for its intricate musicianship and heavy, atmospheric sound.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
Valens
Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor best known for his reign over the Eastern Roman Empire and his defeat and death at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
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D.
Tyro
Tyro is a figure from Greek mythology, known as the mother of the twins Pelias and Neleus by the god Poseidon.
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E.
Zelos
Zelos is a minor Greek deity personifying zeal, rivalry, and dedication, often associated with the retinue of the god Zeus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman cognomen
ⓘ
Roman senator ⓘ human ⓘ praetor ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| cognomen | Verus ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Roman
ⓘ
Ancient Roman naming convention ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| familyName |
Annius
ⓘ
Annius Verus ⓘ
linked to:
Annius
|
| floruit | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| isCognomenOf | Verus ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning | true ⓘ |
| memberOf | Roman Senate ⓘ |
| nameType | cognomen ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Roman senator ⓘ |
| nomen | Annius ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Annii Veri ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
praetor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | praetor of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| praenomen | Marcus ⓘ |
| residence | Rome ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | senatorial class ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Marcus Annius Verus
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucius Verus
|
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: Verus Description of subject: Verus was the cognomen of Marcus Annius Verus, a Roman praetor and member of a prominent senatorial family in the 2nd century AD.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.