Mago Barca
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Mago Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played key military roles in the Second Punic War alongside his more famous brother Hannibal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mago Barca canonical | 17 |
| Mago Barca – general | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549745 — 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: Mago Barca Context triple: [Hannibal, sibling, Mago Barca]
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A.
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Carvajal
Carvajal is a Spanish surname of likely toponymic origin, borne by various notable figures in Spanish and Latin American history.
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C.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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D.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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E.
Eusebio Lillo
Eusebio Lillo was a 19th-century Chilean poet and politician best known as the author of the lyrics of Chile’s national anthem.
- 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: Mago Barca Target entity description: Mago Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played key military roles in the Second Punic War alongside his more famous brother Hannibal.
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A.
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played a key role in Carthage’s campaigns in Iberia during the Second Punic War.
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B.
Carvajal
Carvajal is a Spanish surname of likely toponymic origin, borne by various notable figures in Spanish and Latin American history.
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C.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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D.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca was a prominent Carthaginian general and statesman who led Carthage in the First Punic War and expanded its power in Iberia, laying the foundations for his son Hannibal’s later campaigns against Rome.
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E.
Eusebio Lillo
Eusebio Lillo was a 19th-century Chilean poet and politician best known as the author of the lyrics of Chile’s national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carthaginian general
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeYears | Second Punic War period ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Carthaginian Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Carthaginian Empire
|
| battle |
Battle of Baecula
ⓘ
Battle of Cannae ⓘ Battle of Ilipa ⓘ Battle of Insubria ⓘ Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ Battle of the Trebia ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Trebia
|
| conflict | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| country | Carthage ⓘ |
| deathCause | wounds received in battle ⓘ |
| deathPlace | en route to Carthage ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Carthaginian ⓘ |
| familyName | Barca ⓘ |
| father | Hamilcar Barca ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Livy
ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ |
| language | Punic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Barcid family ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Carthaginian army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigns in Iberia
ⓘ
invasion of northern Italy ⓘ operations in Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ role in the Battle of Cannae ⓘ service under Hannibal during the Second Punic War ⓘ |
| opponent |
Gaius Claudius Nero
ⓘ
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus ⓘ Marcus Livius Salinator ⓘ Publius Cornelius Scipio ⓘ
linked to:
Scipio Africanus
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second Punic War ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ Liguria ⓘ |
| reportedTo |
Carthaginian Senate
ⓘ
linked to:
government of Carthage
Hannibal Barca ⓘ
linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
|
| role |
cavalry commander at Cannae
ⓘ
commander in Iberia after Hasdrubal’s departure ⓘ commander of Carthaginian forces in northern Italy ⓘ |
| sentBy |
Carthaginian Senate
ⓘ
linked to:
government of Carthage
|
| sentTo |
Iberia
ⓘ
linked to:
Iberian Peninsula
Italy ⓘ Liguria ⓘ |
| sibling |
Hannibal Barca
ⓘ
linked to:
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mago Barca Description of subject: Mago Barca was a Carthaginian general of the Barcid family who played key military roles in the Second Punic War alongside his more famous brother Hannibal.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.