Hector
E103081
Hector is the noble Trojan prince and greatest warrior of Troy in Greek mythology, renowned for his bravery and tragic death in Homer's Iliad.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hector canonical | 94 |
| Ettore | 3 |
| Héctor | 3 |
| Hector (brother) | 1 |
| Hector (mentioned, deceased) | 1 |
| Hector – Eric Bana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869762 — 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: Hector Context triple: [Iliad, mainCharacter, Hector]
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A.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Troilus
Troilus is a young Trojan prince from Greek mythology, often associated with tragic love and prophecy in the legends surrounding the Trojan War.
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C.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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D.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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E.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
- 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: Hector Target entity description: Hector is the noble Trojan prince and greatest warrior of Troy in Greek mythology, renowned for his bravery and tragic death in Homer's Iliad.
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A.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Troilus
Troilus is a young Trojan prince from Greek mythology, often associated with tragic love and prophecy in the legends surrounding the Trojan War.
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C.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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D.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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E.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Homeric hero
ⓘ
Trojan prince ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| associatedWith |
Priam's house
ⓘ
Trojans ⓘ |
| bodyMistreatedBy | Achilles ⓘ |
| bodyTreatment | dragged behind Achilles' chariot ⓘ |
| burial | funeral rites in Troy ⓘ |
| child | Astyanax ⓘ |
| createdBy | Homer ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in single combat ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Plains of Troy
ⓘ
linked to:
Troy
|
| enemy | Achilles ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Trojan
ⓘ
linked to:
Trojans
|
| event | Trojan War ⓘ |
| father | Priam ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| home | Troy ⓘ |
| killedBy | Achilles ⓘ |
| kills | Patroclus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bravery
ⓘ
defending Troy ⓘ martial skill ⓘ sense of duty ⓘ tragic death ⓘ |
| literaryCharacterType | tragic hero ⓘ |
| mother | Hecuba ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
devoted father
ⓘ
loving husband ⓘ noble warrior ⓘ |
| position |
greatest warrior of Troy
ⓘ
leader of the Trojan army ⓘ |
| religion | worshipper of the Olympian gods ⓘ |
| roleInWar | chief defender of Troy ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cassandra
ⓘ
Deiphobus ⓘ Helenus ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| spouse | Andromache ⓘ |
| title |
Prince of Troy
ⓘ
linked to:
Troy
|
| transport | chariot ⓘ |
| virtue |
honor
ⓘ
loyalty to city ⓘ loyalty to family ⓘ |
| weapon |
spear
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
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: Hector Description of subject: Hector is the noble Trojan prince and greatest warrior of Troy in Greek mythology, renowned for his bravery and tragic death in Homer's Iliad.
Referenced by (103)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Homer's Iliad
subject linked to:
Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars
subject linked to:
Troy
subject linked to:
General Ettore Baldassarre
linked to: Hector
subject linked to:
Ajax (mythological Greek hero)
subject linked to:
Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas)
subject linked to:
Paris – Orlando Bloom
linked to: Hector
subject linked to:
Paris – Orlando Bloom
linked to: Hector