Phaenarete (mother)
E12013
Phaenarete was the Athenian midwife traditionally recognized as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phaenarete (mother) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117680 — 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: Phaenarete (mother) Context triple: [Socrates, parent, Phaenarete (mother)]
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
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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C.
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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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.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- 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: Phaenarete (mother) Target entity description: Phaenarete was the Athenian midwife traditionally recognized as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
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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C.
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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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.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek woman
ⓘ
midwife ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ |
| child | Socrates ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Plato’s dialogues
ⓘ
linked to:
Socratic dialogues of Plato
Xenophon’s writings ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| familyName | unknown ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfReference | ancient biographical tradition ⓘ |
| historicity | traditionally regarded as historical but poorly documented ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being an Athenian midwife
ⓘ
being the mother of the philosopher Socrates ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Phaenaretē
ⓘ
linked to:
Phaenarete
|
| notableRole | mother of Socrates ⓘ |
| occupation | midwife ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Athens ⓘ |
| spouse | Sophroniscus ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
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: Phaenarete (mother) Description of subject: Phaenarete was the Athenian midwife traditionally recognized as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.