Jocasta
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Jocasta is a tragic figure in Greek mythology and Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," known as both the wife and unwitting mother of Oedipus, whose discovery of their incestuous relationship leads to catastrophe.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jocasta canonical | 39 |
| Iocasta | 1 |
| Jocasta (in some later traditions) | 1 |
| Jocasta's mother (unnamed in most sources) | 1 |
| Queen of Thebes | 1 |
| queen of Thebes | 1 |
| Ἰοκάστη | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924843 — 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: Jocasta Context triple: [Oedipus, mother, Jocasta]
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Laius
Laius is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for the prophecy that his son would kill him and marry his wife, setting the stage for the story of Oedipus.
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C.
Ismene
Ismene is a character in Greek mythology, best known as one of the daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta and the sister of Antigone.
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D.
Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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E.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
- 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: Jocasta Target entity description: Jocasta is a tragic figure in Greek mythology and Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," known as both the wife and unwitting mother of Oedipus, whose discovery of their incestuous relationship leads to catastrophe.
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Laius
Laius is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for the prophecy that his son would kill him and marry his wife, setting the stage for the story of Oedipus.
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C.
Ismene
Ismene is a character in Greek mythology, best known as one of the daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta and the sister of Antigone.
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D.
Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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E.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Theban royal
ⓘ
character in Greek tragedy ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ queen in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Iocasta
ⓘ
linked to:
Jocasta
|
| appearsIn |
Oedipus Rex
ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus
Oedipus Tyrannus ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus
Thebaid (lost epic) ⓘ
linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
various Theban cycle myths ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Sophocles ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
fate
ⓘ
incest ⓘ prophecy ⓘ tragic ignorance ⓘ |
| basedIn | Thebes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| diesBy | suicide ⓘ |
| disbelieves | oracles about Oedipus ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | mythological ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChildWith |
Laius
ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ |
| hasRole |
queen of Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Jocasta
|
| influenced | later literary depictions of maternal tragedy ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Antigone
ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ |
| notableFor |
incestuous relationship with Oedipus
ⓘ
role in the curse on Thebes ⓘ tragic suicide ⓘ unknowingly marrying her son ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Antigone
ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ |
| partOfNarrative | Theban myth cycle ⓘ |
| reactsTo | plague in Thebes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
House of Labdacus
ⓘ
House of Laius ⓘ
linked to:
Laius
|
| spouseOf |
King of Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus
Laius ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ |
| triesTo | prevent revelation of Oedipus’ origins ⓘ |
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: Jocasta Description of subject: Jocasta is a tragic figure in Greek mythology and Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," known as both the wife and unwitting mother of Oedipus, whose discovery of their incestuous relationship leads to catastrophe.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex"
linked to: Jocasta
linked to: Jocasta
subject linked to:
Euripides' Phoenician Women
subject linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
subject linked to:
La Machine infernale (Cocteau collaboration)