Philyra
E136727
Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T992734 — 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: Philyra Context triple: [Cronus, consort, Philyra]
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A.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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B.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Timothea
Timothea is a feminine given name derived from the name Timothy, often interpreted to mean "honoring God."
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E.
Pallene
Pallene is a region in ancient Greek myth and geography, notably associated with battles between gods and giants.
- 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: Philyra Target entity description: Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
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A.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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B.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Timothea
Timothea is a feminine given name derived from the name Timothy, often interpreted to mean "honoring God."
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E.
Pallene
Pallene is a region in ancient Greek myth and geography, notably associated with battles between gods and giants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oceanid
ⓘ
mythologicalFigure ⓘ nymph ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of Chiron’s birth ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thessaly
ⓘ
centaurs through Chiron ⓘ linden tree ⓘ |
| childOf |
Oceanus
ⓘ
Tethys ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| emotionallyAssociatedWith | shame at giving birth to a hybrid child ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasMythType | origin myth of Chiron ⓘ |
| hasOffspringWith | Cronus ⓘ |
| isOneOf | Oceanids ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the mother of Chiron ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| motherOf | Chiron ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | linden tree ⓘ |
| parentOf | Chiron ⓘ |
| partnerDisguisedAs | horse ⓘ |
| requestedTransformationFrom | the gods ⓘ |
| spouseOrLover | Cronus ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Hyginus Fabulae
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linked to:
Fabulae
Pindaric scholia ⓘ ancient scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ |
| transformationReason | desire to escape shame ⓘ |
| transformedInto | linden tree ⓘ |
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: Philyra Description of subject: Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.