Midas touch
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The Midas touch is a mythical power from Greek legend that causes everything a person touches to turn into gold, symbolizing both immense wealth and unintended consequences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Midas Touch | 2 |
| Midas touch canonical | 2 |
| Midas touch myth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12932799 — 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: Midas touch Context triple: [King Midas, knownFor, Midas touch]
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A.
House of gold
House of gold is a Marian title from the Litany of Loreto that poetically honors the Virgin Mary as a precious, holy dwelling place of God.
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B.
24K of Gold
"24K of Gold" is a reflective hip-hop track by Big Sean featuring J. Cole that explores ambition, fame, and the pursuit of success.
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C.
King Midas in Reverse
"King Midas in Reverse" is a 1967 baroque pop single by The Hollies, noted for its sophisticated orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics that marked a stylistic shift for the band.
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D.
Dame Fortune
"Dame Fortune" is a 2009 studio album by American producer and DJ RJD2, blending hip hop, soul, and electronic influences.
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E.
Midas Run
Midas Run is a 1969 caper film best known for featuring legendary dancer and actor Fred Astaire in one of his later screen roles.
- 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: Midas touch Target entity description: The Midas touch is a mythical power from Greek legend that causes everything a person touches to turn into gold, symbolizing both immense wealth and unintended consequences.
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A.
House of gold
House of gold is a Marian title from the Litany of Loreto that poetically honors the Virgin Mary as a precious, holy dwelling place of God.
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B.
24K of Gold
"24K of Gold" is a reflective hip-hop track by Big Sean featuring J. Cole that explores ambition, fame, and the pursuit of success.
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C.
King Midas in Reverse
"King Midas in Reverse" is a 1967 baroque pop single by The Hollies, noted for its sophisticated orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics that marked a stylistic shift for the band.
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D.
Dame Fortune
"Dame Fortune" is a 2009 studio album by American producer and DJ RJD2, blending hip hop, soul, and electronic influences.
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E.
Midas Run
Midas Run is a 1969 caper film best known for featuring legendary dancer and actor Fred Astaire in one of his later screen roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metaphor
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motif in Greek mythology ⓘ mythical power ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
legend of King Midas and the golden touch
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linked to:
King Midas
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| associatedPlace |
river Pactolus
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linked to:
Pactolus River
|
| associatedWith | King Midas ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| describedAs | power that turns everything touched into gold ⓘ |
| etymology | named after King Midas ⓘ |
| field |
cultural studies
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literature ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Dionysus ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
emotional suffering of King Midas
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inability to eat or drink because food turns to gold ⓘ regret over granted wish ⓘ |
| hasFigurativeUse |
describing a person who succeeds at every venture
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describing highly profitable investment skill ⓘ |
| hasOppositeConcept | bad luck in business ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | King Midas ⓘ |
| hasTemporalOrigin | antiquity ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
children’s books about King Midas
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films and television episodes referencing King Midas ⓘ stage adaptations of the Midas legend ⓘ various literary retellings of the King Midas story ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meaningInModernUsage |
an ability to generate wealth easily
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consistent success in business or finance ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
be careful what you wish for
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moderation is preferable to excess ⓘ wealth does not guarantee happiness ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral warning against unchecked desire ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
curse of wealth
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golden touch ⓘ hubris in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| revokedBy | washing in the river Pactolus ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
greed
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immense wealth ⓘ the dangers of excess ⓘ the double-edged nature of success ⓘ unintended consequences ⓘ |
| usedAs | idiom in the English language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
business journalism
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popular culture ⓘ self-help and finance writing ⓘ |
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: Midas touch Description of subject: The Midas touch is a mythical power from Greek legend that causes everything a person touches to turn into gold, symbolizing both immense wealth and unintended consequences.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Midas touch
linked to: Midas touch
linked to: Midas touch