Sostrata
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Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sostrata canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5651243 — 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: Sostrata Context triple: [The Mandrake, character, Sostrata]
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A.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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B.
Azul Systems
Azul Systems is a software company specializing in high-performance, scalable Java runtimes and JVM technologies for enterprise applications.
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C.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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D.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
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E.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
- 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: Sostrata Target entity description: Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
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A.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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B.
Azul Systems
Azul Systems is a software company specializing in high-performance, scalable Java runtimes and JVM technologies for enterprise applications.
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C.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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D.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
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E.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Mandragola
ⓘ
The Mandrake ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
deception
ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ fertility ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| createdBy | Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ |
| entangledIn |
deception
ⓘ
fertility schemes ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Mandrake universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Mandrake
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| hasCulturalContext | Italian Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | matron (in the play’s context) ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Lucrezia ⓘ |
| hasRole | mother of Lucrezia ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | stage ⓘ |
| partOfWorkGenre |
Renaissance theatre
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comedy ⓘ |
| workDateOfFirstAppearance | early 16th 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: Sostrata Description of subject: Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.