Sarpedon
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Sarpedon is a figure in Greek mythology, often known as a son of Zeus and a prominent warrior in the Trojan War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarpedon canonical | 14 |
| Sarpedon (in their duel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1092311 — 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: Sarpedon Context triple: [Minos, sibling, Sarpedon]
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A.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Palamedes
Palamedes is a 1625 Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that allegorically critiques political and religious injustice in the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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D.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
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E.
Telephus
Telephus is a hero in Greek mythology, a son of Heracles who became king of Mysia and played a crucial role in the events leading up to the Trojan War.
- 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: Sarpedon Target entity description: Sarpedon is a figure in Greek mythology, often known as a son of Zeus and a prominent warrior in the Trojan War.
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A.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Palamedes
Palamedes is a 1625 Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that allegorically critiques political and religious injustice in the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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D.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
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E.
Telephus
Telephus is a hero in Greek mythology, a son of Heracles who became king of Mysia and played a crucial role in the events leading up to the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan War participant
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological warrior ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Hector
ⓘ
Priam ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Homer's Iliad ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lycia ⓘ |
| battle | Trojan War ⓘ |
| bodyRetrievedBy | Apollo ⓘ |
| bodyTransportedTo | Lycia ⓘ |
| brother |
Minos
ⓘ
Rhadamanthus ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Lycia ⓘ |
| commands | Lycian forces ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| deathLocation | Trojan plain ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Lycian ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| foughtFor | Trojans ⓘ |
| genre | epic mythology ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
depicted as armored warrior
ⓘ
frequently shown dying in battle ⓘ |
| hasMythVariant |
son of Zeus and Europa
ⓘ
son of Zeus and Laodamia ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divine favoritism
ⓘ
heroic death ⓘ mortality of heroes ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| influenced | classical art ⓘ |
| killedBy | Patroclus ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Homer ⓘ Quintus of Smyrna ⓘ |
| mother |
Europa
ⓘ
Laodamia ⓘ |
| notableDepiction |
Euphronios Krater
ⓘ
linked to:
Attic vase paintings
|
| notableFor |
bravery in battle
ⓘ
leadership of Lycian allies ⓘ |
| opponent | Achaeans ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Minos
ⓘ
Rhadamanthus ⓘ |
| role |
Lycian prince
ⓘ
Trojan ally ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Trojan side
ⓘ
linked to:
Trojans
|
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| title |
King of Lycia
ⓘ
linked to:
King Iobates of Lycia
|
| weapon | spear ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sarpedon Description of subject: Sarpedon is a figure in Greek mythology, often known as a son of Zeus and a prominent warrior in the Trojan War.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sarpedon