Alcyone
E11296
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcyone canonical | 44 |
| Alcyone (mythological figure) | 2 |
| Alcyone (Eta Tauri) | 1 |
| Pleiades | 1 |
| star Electra (17 Tauri) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34883 — 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: Alcyone Context triple: [Atlas, children, Alcyone]
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A.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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E.
Iapetus
Iapetus is a Titan from Greek mythology, often associated with mortality and craftsmanship and known as the father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.
- 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: Alcyone Target entity description: Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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A.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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E.
Iapetus
Iapetus is a Titan from Greek mythology, often associated with mortality and craftsmanship and known as the father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleiad
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological queen ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | origin of the Halcyon days ⓘ |
| associatedStar |
Alcyone (Eta Tauri)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcyone
|
| associatedWith |
Halcyon days
ⓘ
Pleiades star cluster ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
calm seas ⓘ constellation Taurus ⓘ sailing omens (through Halcyon days) ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Pleiades (Greek mythology) ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfTransformation | grief over Ceyx’s death ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| epithet |
Halcyone
ⓘ
linked to:
Leda
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pleiades ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Hyginus
ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ |
| mythType | etiological myth ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | kingfisher (from Greek halkyōn) ⓘ |
| notableFor | story of Alcyone and Ceyx ⓘ |
| offspring | unspecified children (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| parent |
Atlas
ⓘ
Pleione ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
devoted wife
ⓘ
mourning widow ⓘ |
| sibling |
Celaeno
ⓘ
Electra ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ |
| spouseOrLover | Ceyx ⓘ |
| transformedInto | kingfisher ⓘ |
| transformedWith | Ceyx ⓘ |
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: Alcyone Description of subject: Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atlas from Greek mythology
linked to: Alcyone
linked to: Alcyone
subject linked to:
Gabriele Rapagnetta
linked to: Alcyone
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione
linked to: Alcyone