Valerius
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Valerius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, indicating his membership in the ancient gens Valeria.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valerius canonical | 23 |
| Valerio | 5 |
| Valerii Messallae | 1 |
| Valerius (Latin nomen) | 1 |
| Valerius (nomen) | 1 |
| Volusus Valerius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8896062 — 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: Valerius Context triple: [Catullus, familyName, Valerius]
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A.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Caecilius
Caecilius is the family name of a prominent ancient Roman gens that included influential politicians and military leaders such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
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D.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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E.
Lollius
Lollius was the Roman gens (family line) to which the aristocratic woman and briefly reigning empress Lollia Paulina belonged.
- 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: Valerius Target entity description: Valerius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, indicating his membership in the ancient gens Valeria.
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A.
Thascius
Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
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B.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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C.
Caecilius
Caecilius is the family name of a prominent ancient Roman gens that included influential politicians and military leaders such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
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D.
Faustulus
Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
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E.
Lollius
Lollius was the Roman gens (family line) to which the aristocratic woman and briefly reigning empress Lollia Paulina belonged.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-language surname
ⓘ
Roman nomen ⓘ family name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | gens Valeria ⓘ |
| borneBy |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
ⓘ
linked to:
Catullus
|
| category | Roman gentilicia ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
Valerius (Latin nomen)
ⓘ
linked to:
Valerius
|
| feminineForm | Valeria ⓘ |
| genderForm | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCognomenAssociations |
Valerius Flaccus
ⓘ
Valerius Maximus ⓘ Valerius Publicola ⓘ
linked to:
Publius Valerius Publicola
|
| hasDerivative | Valerianus ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| indicatesMembershipIn | gens Valeria ⓘ |
| isPartOfRomanNameSystem | tria nomina ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| nameType | nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| pluralForm | Valerii ⓘ |
| positionInRomanName | middle name ⓘ |
| relatedGens | Valeria ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedBySocialClass | Roman citizens ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
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: Valerius Description of subject: Valerius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, indicating his membership in the ancient gens Valeria.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ancient Roman nomina
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
linked to: Valerius
subject linked to:
Publicola (friend of the people)
linked to: Valerius