Pasiphaë
E103065
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pasiphaë canonical | 13 |
| Pasiphae | 6 |
| Perse (for Circe, Aeëtes, Pasiphaë, Perses) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T868936 — 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: Pasiphaë Context triple: [Helios, offspring, Pasiphaë]
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A.
Medusa
Medusa is a famous painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio depicting the severed, snake-haired head of the Gorgon from Greek mythology at the moment of her death.
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B.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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C.
Ariadne
Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and later became associated with the god Dionysus.
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D.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- 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: Pasiphaë Target entity description: Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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A.
Medusa
Medusa is a famous painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio depicting the severed, snake-haired head of the Gorgon from Greek mythology at the moment of her death.
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B.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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C.
Ariadne
Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and later became associated with the god Dionysus.
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D.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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E.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cretan queen
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Hyginus Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Fabulae
works of Plutarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
magic
ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Cnossus
ⓘ
Crete ⓘ |
| category |
Children of Helios
ⓘ
Queens in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfEvent | birth of the Minotaur ⓘ |
| childOf |
Helios
ⓘ
Perse ⓘ
linked to:
Perses
|
| connectedTo |
Daedalus
ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Colchian
ⓘ
linked to:
Colchians
|
| father | Helios ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | “all-shining” ⓘ |
| hasOffspringWith |
Cretan bull
ⓘ
linked to:
Cretan Bull
Minos ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother |
Perse
ⓘ
linked to:
Perses
|
| motherOf |
Androgeus
ⓘ
Ariadne ⓘ Catreus ⓘ Glaucus ⓘ Minotaur ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Xenodice ⓘ |
| mythRole | queen punished through unnatural desire ⓘ |
| mythType |
Cretan cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Cretan cycle of myths
|
| notableFor |
being mother of the Minotaur
ⓘ
myth involving desire for a bull ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen of Crete ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
Labyrinth of Crete
ⓘ
linked to:
labyrinth of the Minotaur
Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ |
| religion | Greek polytheism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Aeëtes
ⓘ
Circe ⓘ Perses ⓘ |
| spouse | Minos ⓘ |
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: Pasiphaë Description of subject: Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pasiphaë
linked to: Pasiphaë
linked to: Pasiphaë