Quirinius
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Quirinius was a Roman governor of Syria best known for overseeing the census mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, which sparked unrest in Judea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quirinius canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11147570 — 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: Quirinius Context triple: [Judas of Galilee, contemporaryOf, Quirinius]
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Aulus Gabinius
Aulus Gabinius was a 1st-century BC Roman politician and general, a supporter of Pompey known for his controversial interventions in Eastern politics, including restoring Ptolemy XII Auletes to the Egyptian throne.
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B.
Ager Setinus
Ager Setinus was an ancient Roman rural district in southern Latium, known for its agricultural land and association with the town of Setia (Setinum).
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C.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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D.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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E.
Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
- 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: Quirinius Target entity description: Quirinius was a Roman governor of Syria best known for overseeing the census mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, which sparked unrest in Judea.
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A.
Aulus Gabinius
Aulus Gabinius was a 1st-century BC Roman politician and general, a supporter of Pompey known for his controversial interventions in Eastern politics, including restoring Ptolemy XII Auletes to the Egyptian throne.
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B.
Ager Setinus
Ager Setinus was an ancient Roman rural district in southern Latium, known for its agricultural land and association with the town of Setia (Setinum).
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C.
Marcus Marius
Marcus Marius was a Roman political or military figure associated with the legacy or nomen of the prominent Marius family in ancient Rome.
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D.
Lucius Scribonius Libo
Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
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E.
Publius Ostorius Scapula
Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman general
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Roman governor ⓘ Roman politician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman census practices
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Roman provincial administration ⓘ Roman taxation system ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| conflict |
Judean unrest related to census
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resistance movements in Judea ⓘ |
| governedProvince | Syria ⓘ |
| governedRegion |
Judea (indirectly, under Roman authority)
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linked to:
Judea
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| historicalReputation |
controversial figure in Judean history
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important for chronology of New Testament events ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Christian biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administration of Roman province of Syria
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census in Syria and Judea ⓘ census mentioned in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ involvement in Judean unrest following census ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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politician ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
governor of Syria
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legate of Syria ⓘ |
| religiousTextMention | Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
Roman administrative reorganization in the region of Syria
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oversaw census that affected Judea ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
New Testament writings
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linked to:
New Testament
Roman historical records (fragmentary) ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Roman history
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ancient Near Eastern history ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Empire
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early 1st century CE ⓘ |
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: Quirinius Description of subject: Quirinius was a Roman governor of Syria best known for overseeing the census mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, which sparked unrest in Judea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.