Steropes
E116818
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steropes canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T943122 — 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: Steropes Context triple: [Cyclopes, notableMember, Steropes]
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A.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
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B.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
- 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: Steropes Target entity description: Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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A.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
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B.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cyclops
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological giant ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Theogony
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| associatedWith |
Zeus
ⓘ
lightning ⓘ thunderbolts of Zeus ⓘ
linked to:
thunderbolt of Zeus
|
| authorMentionedBy | Hesiod ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
classical mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Greco-Roman mythology
|
| collaboratesWith |
Arges
ⓘ
Brontes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| domain | forge ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | “lightning” or “flashing” ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| eyeCount | one ⓘ |
| genre | mythological character ⓘ |
| groupRole | forger of divine weapons ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalCharacteristic |
giant stature
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single eye in the middle of the forehead ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cyclopes ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor | forging Zeus's thunderbolts ⓘ |
| occupation | smith ⓘ |
| parent |
Gaia
ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ |
| residence | underworld forge ⓘ |
| sibling |
Arges
ⓘ
Brontes ⓘ |
| typeOfWeaponForged | thunderbolt ⓘ |
| weaponForgedFor | Zeus ⓘ |
| worksFor | Zeus ⓘ |
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: Steropes Description of subject: Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.