Polydorus
E121013
Polydorus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of Cadmus and Harmonia and thus a Theban prince.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polydorus canonical | 17 |
| Polydorus of Thebes | 2 |
| Polydorus of Thebes (ancestor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014723 — 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: Polydorus Context triple: [Semele, sibling, Polydorus]
-
A.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
-
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.
-
C.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
-
D.
Polynices
Polynices is a tragic figure in Greek mythology, the son of Oedipus who fought his brother Eteocles for the throne of Thebes and was denied burial after their mutual death.
-
E.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
- 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: Polydorus Target entity description: Polydorus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of Cadmus and Harmonia and thus a Theban prince.
-
A.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
-
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.
-
C.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
-
D.
Polynices
Polynices is a tragic figure in Greek mythology, the son of Oedipus who fought his brother Eteocles for the throne of Thebes and was denied burial after their mutual death.
-
E.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Polydorus Description of subject: Polydorus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of Cadmus and Harmonia and thus a Theban prince.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.