Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus
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Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial throne during the Crisis of the Third Century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9143609 — 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: Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus Context triple: [Laelianus, alsoKnownAs, Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus]
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A.
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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B.
Lucius Marcius Censorinus
Lucius Marcius Censorinus was a Roman consul and military commander of the 2nd century BC who played a leading role in the final war against Carthage.
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C.
Valerius of Saragossa
Valerius of Saragossa was a 4th-century bishop of Zaragoza in Roman Hispania, venerated as a Christian saint and known as the mentor and companion of the martyr Saint Vincent of Saragossa.
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D.
Vespasius Pollio
Vespasius Pollio was a member of the Vespasii family of the early Roman Empire, known primarily as a relative of Vespasia Polla and thus connected to the lineage of Emperor Vespasian.
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E.
Gaius Caecilius
Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
- 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: Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus Target entity description: Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial throne during the Crisis of the Third Century.
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A.
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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B.
Lucius Marcius Censorinus
Lucius Marcius Censorinus was a Roman consul and military commander of the 2nd century BC who played a leading role in the final war against Carthage.
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C.
Valerius of Saragossa
Valerius of Saragossa was a 4th-century bishop of Zaragoza in Roman Hispania, venerated as a Christian saint and known as the mentor and companion of the martyr Saint Vincent of Saragossa.
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D.
Vespasius Pollio
Vespasius Pollio was a member of the Vespasii family of the early Roman Empire, known primarily as a relative of Vespasia Polla and thus connected to the lineage of Emperor Vespasian.
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E.
Gaius Caecilius
Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Roman emperor of the Crisis of the Third Century
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Roman usurper ⓘ |
| claimedTitle | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| commanded | Legio XXII Primigenia ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed by his own soldiers ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mainz
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Mogontiacum ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Roman ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalContext | political instability of the Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ |
| knownFor | short-lived revolt against Postumus ⓘ |
| militaryRank | legionary commander ⓘ |
| notableEvent | proclaimed emperor by his troops at Mogontiacum ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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usurper ⓘ |
| partOf | Gallic Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Roman emperor (usurper) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Postumus ⓘ |
| rebelledAgainst | Postumus ⓘ |
| reignDuration | brief ⓘ |
| reignType | usurpation ⓘ |
| successor | Marius ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Crisis of the Third 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: Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus Description of subject: Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial throne during the Crisis of the Third Century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.