Acis
E109460
Acis is a handsome Sicilian shepherd from Greek mythology who becomes the tragic lover of the sea nymph Galatea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acis canonical | 11 |
| shepherd Acis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934341 — 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: Acis Context triple: [Polyphemus, rivalOf, Acis]
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A.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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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.
Amphissus
Amphissus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the god Apollo.
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D.
Euterpe
Euterpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry in Greek mythology, often associated specifically with the flute.
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E.
Euphrátēs
Euphrátēs is the ancient Greek name for the Euphrates, one of the longest and most historically significant rivers of Western Asia that flows through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
- 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: Acis Target entity description: Acis is a handsome Sicilian shepherd from Greek mythology who becomes the tragic lover of the sea nymph Galatea.
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A.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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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.
Amphissus
Amphissus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the god Apollo.
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D.
Euterpe
Euterpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry in Greek mythology, often associated specifically with the flute.
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E.
Euphrátēs
Euphrátēs is the ancient Greek name for the Euphrates, one of the longest and most historically significant rivers of Western Asia that flows through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal shepherd ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
Metamorphoses, Book 13
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| appearsInWork |
Ovid's Metamorphoses
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| associatedWithPlace |
eastern Sicily
ⓘ
linked to:
Val di Noto
river Acis ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | crushed by a rock ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sicily ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | handsome ⓘ |
| enemy | Polyphemus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Sicilian ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMythType |
love myth
ⓘ
metamorphosis myth ⓘ |
| killedBy | Polyphemus ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| lover | Galatea ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | myths of Galatea and Polyphemus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
metamorphosis into a river
ⓘ
tragic love affair with Galatea ⓘ |
| occupation | shepherd ⓘ |
| partnerInMyth | Galatea ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Galatea
ⓘ
linked to:
The Triumph of Galatea
Polyphemus ⓘ Sicilian river gods ⓘ |
| residence | Sicily ⓘ |
| transformedInto |
river
ⓘ
river god ⓘ |
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: Acis Description of subject: Acis is a handsome Sicilian shepherd from Greek mythology who becomes the tragic lover of the sea nymph Galatea.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.