Placidus
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Placidus is a Latin given name and surname historically associated with early Christian figures and later used in various European cultures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Placidus canonical | 4 |
| Placidus a Spescha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10155690 — 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: Placidus Context triple: [Plácido, cognateInLatin, Placidus]
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A.
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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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Clavius
Clavius is the Roman military tribune who serves as the central character investigating the mystery of Jesus’ missing body in the biblical drama film "Risen."
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D.
Proculus
Proculus was a member of the ancient Roman Scribonia family, bearing a traditional cognomen commonly used in Roman naming conventions.
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E.
Alfonsine
Alfonsine is a municipality in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its agricultural landscape and location within the Province of Ravenna.
- 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: Placidus Target entity description: Placidus is a Latin given name and surname historically associated with early Christian figures and later used in various European cultures.
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A.
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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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Clavius
Clavius is the Roman military tribune who serves as the central character investigating the mystery of Jesus’ missing body in the biblical drama film "Risen."
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D.
Proculus
Proculus was a member of the ancient Roman Scribonia family, bearing a traditional cognomen commonly used in Roman naming conventions.
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E.
Alfonsine
Alfonsine is a municipality in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its agricultural landscape and location within the Province of Ravenna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin name
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given name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | Latin adjective placidus ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Placidus de Titis
ⓘ
Saint Placidus ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Placide
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Placido ⓘ Plácido ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | early Christian figures ⓘ |
| historicalUsagePeriod |
Early modern period
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Late Antiquity ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| meaning |
calm
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peaceful ⓘ placid ⓘ |
| nameCategory | theophoric and devotional names ⓘ |
| nameType | hagiographic name ⓘ |
| semanticField |
peace
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tranquility ⓘ |
| usageType |
family name
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first name ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
German-speaking regions
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Italian culture ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ early Christian communities ⓘ other European cultures ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Placidus Description of subject: Placidus is a Latin given name and surname historically associated with early Christian figures and later used in various European cultures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Placidus