Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder
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Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder was a Roman senator and general of Spanish origin, best known as the father of the emperor Trajan.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder canonical | 3 |
| Marcus Ulpius Traianus | 1 |
| Marcus Ulpius Traianus (the elder) | 1 |
| Ulpius Traianus the Elder | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561578 — 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: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder Context triple: [Trajan, father, Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder]
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A.
Nerva
Nerva was a Roman emperor (reigning 96–98 AD) whose brief rule initiated the era of the "Five Good Emperors" and marked a transition to more stable, adoptive succession.
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B.
Trajan
Trajan was a highly esteemed Roman emperor known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and overseeing a period of military success and public building projects.
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C.
Hadrian
Hadrian was a 2nd-century Roman emperor best known for consolidating and fortifying the empire’s frontiers, including commissioning Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, and for his extensive building projects and patronage of Greek culture.
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D.
Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina was a Roman empress, renowned for her virtue and influence, who was married to Emperor Trajan and played a key role in the adoption of his successor Hadrian.
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E.
Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian)
Titus Flavius Sabinus was a Roman equestrian and tax collector from the Flavian family, best known as the father of the future emperor Vespasian.
- 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: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder Target entity description: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder was a Roman senator and general of Spanish origin, best known as the father of the emperor Trajan.
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A.
Nerva
Nerva was a Roman emperor (reigning 96–98 AD) whose brief rule initiated the era of the "Five Good Emperors" and marked a transition to more stable, adoptive succession.
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B.
Trajan
Trajan was a highly esteemed Roman emperor known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and overseeing a period of military success and public building projects.
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C.
Hadrian
Hadrian was a 2nd-century Roman emperor best known for consolidating and fortifying the empire’s frontiers, including commissioning Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, and for his extensive building projects and patronage of Greek culture.
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D.
Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina was a Roman empress, renowned for her virtue and influence, who was married to Emperor Trajan and played a key role in the adoption of his successor Hadrian.
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E.
Titus Flavius Sabinus (father of Vespasian)
Titus Flavius Sabinus was a Roman equestrian and tax collector from the Flavian family, best known as the father of the future emperor Vespasian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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Roman nobleman ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ member of the Roman Senate ⓘ person of Spanish origin ⓘ |
| child | Trajan ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Traianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Trajan
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era |
1st century
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early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hispano-Roman ⓘ |
| familyName | Ulpius ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Trajan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Emperor Trajan
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senatorial and military career in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ulpii family ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Roman army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Ulpii ⓘ |
| nomen | Ulpius ⓘ |
| notableWork | military service on the Roman frontiers ⓘ |
| origin |
Hispania
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linked to:
Iberian Peninsula
Roman Spain ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Roman general
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Roman senator ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ |
| praenomen | Marcus ⓘ |
| relative |
Marcia
ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ |
| spouse | Marcia ⓘ |
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: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder Description of subject: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder was a Roman senator and general of Spanish origin, best known as the father of the emperor Trajan.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder
linked to: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder
linked to: Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder