Cerberus
E105612
Cerberus is the multi-headed hound from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cerberus canonical | 38 |
| Cerberus (initially) | 1 |
| Cerberus from Greek mythology | 1 |
| Cerberus is later returned to the Underworld | 1 |
| Orthrus | 1 |
| cerberus | 1 |
| Κέρβερος (Cerberus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896481 — 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: Cerberus Context triple: [Hades, sacredCreature, Cerberus]
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A.
Cacus
Cacus is a fire-breathing giant and notorious cattle-stealing monster from Roman mythology, best known for being slain by the hero Hercules.
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B.
Lycus
Lycus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Pleiad Celaeno and the god Poseidon.
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C.
Argus
Argus is an early distributed programming language known for pioneering concepts in fault-tolerant, distributed systems and influencing modern object-oriented and concurrent programming.
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D.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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E.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
- 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: Cerberus Target entity description: Cerberus is the multi-headed hound from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving.
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A.
Cacus
Cacus is a fire-breathing giant and notorious cattle-stealing monster from Roman mythology, best known for being slain by the hero Hercules.
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B.
Lycus
Lycus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Pleiad Celaeno and the god Poseidon.
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C.
Argus
Argus is an early distributed programming language known for pioneering concepts in fault-tolerant, distributed systems and influencing modern object-oriented and concurrent programming.
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D.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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E.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chthonic being
ⓘ
dog in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dante's Inferno
ⓘ
linked to:
Inferno
modern fantasy literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
River Styx
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| depictedInArtForm |
Greek vase painting
ⓘ
Roman sculpture ⓘ |
| equivalentInRomanMythology | Cerberus ⓘ |
| guards |
entrance to the underworld
ⓘ
gates of Hades ⓘ realm of the dead ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | possibly from PIE root *ker- meaning "to growl" or "to eat" ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dragon-like elements in some accounts
ⓘ
ferocious bark ⓘ snakes protruding from body ⓘ |
| hasHeads | three ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Echidna
ⓘ
Typhon ⓘ
linked to:
Typhoeus
|
| hasSibling |
Chimera
ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ Nemean Lion ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | hound ⓘ |
| hasTail | serpent ⓘ |
| influenced | modern concept of multi-headed guard dogs ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Twelve Labours of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
|
| mentionedIn |
Aeneid by Virgil
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil's Aeneid
Library of Apollodorus ⓘ
linked to:
Bibliotheca
Metamorphoses by Ovid ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Phaedo by Plato ⓘ
linked to:
Phaedo
Theogony by Hesiod ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
Works and Days by Hesiod ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Works and Days
|
| prevents |
dead from leaving the underworld
ⓘ
living from entering the underworld without permission ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
twelfth labour of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
|
| servesDeity | Hades ⓘ |
| subduedBy |
Aeneas in Roman tradition
ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ Theseus in some traditions ⓘ |
| subduedByMethod |
drugged honey-cakes in some myths
ⓘ
music of Orpheus ⓘ strength of Heracles ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
boundary between life and death
ⓘ
ferocity ⓘ guardianship ⓘ |
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: Cerberus Description of subject: Cerberus is the multi-headed hound from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cerberus
subject linked to:
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld)
linked to: Cerberus
subject linked to:
twelfth labor of Heracles
subject linked to:
twelfth labor of Heracles
subject linked to:
Fluffy the three-headed dog
linked to: Cerberus
subject linked to:
Fluffy the three-headed dog
subject linked to:
Kerberos (moon)
linked to: Cerberus