Clotho
E144621
Clotho is one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, responsible for spinning the thread of human life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clotho canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1270990 — 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: Clotho Context triple: [Themis, parentOf, Clotho]
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A.
Chronos
Chronos is a primordial Greek personification of time, distinct from the Titan Cronus, often depicted as an incorporeal, serpentine or ageless figure representing the eternal flow and destructive power of time.
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B.
Heraia
Heraia was an ancient Greek women’s athletic festival and footrace held at Olympia in honor of the goddess Hera.
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C.
Great Silence
The Great Silence refers to the puzzling absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations despite the vastness and apparent habitability of the universe.
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D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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E.
Meliora
Meliora is the Latin motto of the University of Rochester, commonly interpreted as meaning “ever better” or “always better.”
- 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: Clotho Target entity description: Clotho is one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, responsible for spinning the thread of human life.
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A.
Chronos
Chronos is a primordial Greek personification of time, distinct from the Titan Cronus, often depicted as an incorporeal, serpentine or ageless figure representing the eternal flow and destructive power of time.
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B.
Heraia
Heraia was an ancient Greek women’s athletic festival and footrace held at Olympia in honor of the goddess Hera.
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C.
Great Silence
The Great Silence refers to the puzzling absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations despite the vastness and apparent habitability of the universe.
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D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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E.
Meliora
Meliora is the Latin motto of the University of Rochester, commonly interpreted as meaning “ever better” or “always better.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
ⓘ
Moira ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| alternativeParentTradition | Nyx ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
Pausanias' Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
various Greek tragedies ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cosmic order
ⓘ
inevitability ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
beginning of life
ⓘ
birth ⓘ |
| category |
Fates
ⓘ
Greek goddesses ⓘ Personifications in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| collectiveWith |
Atropos
ⓘ
Lachesis ⓘ |
| controls | the moment of birth ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| determines | the start of each mortal life ⓘ |
| domain |
fate
ⓘ
human destiny ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| greekName | Κλωθώ ⓘ |
| groupFunction | with her sisters governs the destinies of mortals ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman concept of Parcae ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
the Moirai
ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
the Three Fates ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
|
| mythologicalType | personification of fate ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
the Spinner
ⓘ
linked to:
The Spinner
|
| parent |
Themis
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| powerLimitation | subject to higher divine order such as that of Zeus in some traditions ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Olympus ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | spinning the thread of human life ⓘ |
| role | spinner of the thread of life ⓘ |
| romanEquivalentGroup | Nona ⓘ |
| sisters |
Atropos
ⓘ
Lachesis ⓘ |
| symbol |
distaff
ⓘ
spindle ⓘ thread ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Atropos to cut the thread of life
ⓘ
Lachesis to measure the thread of life ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | minor goddess of fate ⓘ |
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: Clotho Description of subject: Clotho is one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, responsible for spinning the thread of human life.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.