Menexenus (son)
E12793
Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menexenus | 6 |
| Menexenus (son of Socrates) | 4 |
| Menexenus (son) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117678 — 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: Menexenus (son) Context triple: [Socrates, child, Menexenus (son)]
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A.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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B.
Sophroniscus (son)
Sophroniscus was one of the sons of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, known primarily through references in classical sources to Socrates’ family.
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C.
Christos
Christos is the Greek term for “anointed one,” commonly used as the title “Christ” for Jesus in Christian theology.
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D.
Anacreon
Anacreon was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his songs celebrating love, wine, and revelry.
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E.
Xenophon
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
- 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: Menexenus (son) Target entity description: Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
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A.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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B.
Sophroniscus (son)
Sophroniscus was one of the sons of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, known primarily through references in classical sources to Socrates’ family.
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C.
Christos
Christos is the Greek term for “anointed one,” commonly used as the title “Christ” for Jesus in Christian theology.
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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.
Anacreon
Anacreon was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his songs celebrating love, wine, and revelry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mythical or legendary figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Socratic tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Socratic dialogues of Plato
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| childOf | Socrates ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| describedAs | son of the philosopher Socrates in later tradition ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenian (traditional) ⓘ |
| father | Socrates ⓘ |
| hasFatherOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Menexenus
ⓘ
linked to:
Menexenus (son)
|
| hasNameInLanguage | Μενέξενoς ⓘ |
| historicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | later biographical traditions about Socrates ⓘ |
| notableFor | being mentioned in ancient Greek tradition as a son of Socrates ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Athens (traditional)
ⓘ
linked to:
Athens
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| relative | Socrates ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
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: Menexenus (son) Description of subject: Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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