Althaea
E120646
Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Althaea canonical | 28 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1044610 — 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: Althaea Context triple: [Leda, siblingOf, Althaea]
-
A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
-
B.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
-
C.
Artemisia
"Artemisia" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Ferdinand Bol, depicting the classical figure Artemisia in a dramatic, Baroque style.
-
D.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
-
E.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
- 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: Althaea Target entity description: Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.
-
A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
-
B.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
-
C.
Artemisia
"Artemisia" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Ferdinand Bol, depicting the classical figure Artemisia in a dramatic, Baroque style.
-
D.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
-
E.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as celandines, recognized for their yellow latex and traditional medicinal uses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological queen ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | curse on Meleager after he killed her brothers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calydonian Boar Hunt
ⓘ
fate motif of life tied to a brand or log ⓘ |
| brothersKilledBy | Meleager ⓘ |
| category |
Aetolian characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Queens in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeathOf | Meleager ⓘ |
| child |
Agelaus
ⓘ
Clymenus ⓘ Deianeira ⓘ
linked to:
Deianira
Eurymede ⓘ Gorge ⓘ Meleager ⓘ Periphas ⓘ Thyreus ⓘ Toxeus ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| ethnicity | Aetolian ⓘ |
| father | Thestius ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| husband | Oeneus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the mother of Meleager
ⓘ
causing the death of Meleager by burning the log tied to his life ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
Hyginus' Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Fabulae
works about the Calydonian Boar myth ⓘ |
| motherOf | Meleager ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | revenge for the death of her brothers ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | tragic mother ⓘ |
| parentOf | Argonaut-associated figures through her children ⓘ |
| queenOf |
Calydon
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalydon
|
| realm |
Calydon
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalydon
|
| relatedMyth | myth of Deianeira and Heracles ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eurypylus
ⓘ
Eurypylus of Aetolia ⓘ
linked to:
Eurypylus
Evippus ⓘ Hypermnestra ⓘ Iphiclus ⓘ Leda ⓘ Plexippus ⓘ |
| spouse | Oeneus ⓘ |
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: Althaea Description of subject: Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.