Philus
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Philus is a character in Cicero’s philosophical dialogue "De re publica," participating in the work’s discussions on Roman politics and constitutional theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8310253 — 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: Philus Context triple: [De re publica, dialogueParticipants, Philus]
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A.
Phoebus
Phoebus is a dashing and principled captain of the guard who becomes a key ally and love interest in the story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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B.
Hipparchicus
Hipparchicus is an ancient Greek treatise by Xenophon that provides practical guidance on the duties and conduct of a cavalry commander.
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C.
Alciphron
Alciphron is the titular character of George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogue "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher," representing a skeptical free-thinker whose views are examined and challenged throughout the work.
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D.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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E.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
- 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: Philus Target entity description: Philus is a character in Cicero’s philosophical dialogue "De re publica," participating in the work’s discussions on Roman politics and constitutional theory.
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A.
Phoebus
Phoebus is a dashing and principled captain of the guard who becomes a key ally and love interest in the story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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B.
Hipparchicus
Hipparchicus is an ancient Greek treatise by Xenophon that provides practical guidance on the duties and conduct of a cavalry commander.
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C.
Alciphron
Alciphron is the titular character of George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogue "Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher," representing a skeptical free-thinker whose views are examined and challenged throughout the work.
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D.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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E.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a philosophical dialogue
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | De re publica ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cicero ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
Roman politics
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constitutional theory ⓘ ideal constitution ⓘ justice ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| mediumOfWork | prose ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluenceOfWork | Platonic dialogue tradition ⓘ |
| philosophicalTraditionOfWork | Roman philosophy ⓘ |
| roleInWork | interlocutor in philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| setIn | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| timeOfWorkComposition | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| workLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
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: Philus Description of subject: Philus is a character in Cicero’s philosophical dialogue "De re publica," participating in the work’s discussions on Roman politics and constitutional theory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.