Polus
E149826
Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1312717 — 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: Polus Context triple: [Coeus, romanEquivalent, Polus]
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A.
Pammenes of Thebes
Pammenes of Thebes was a prominent 4th-century BC Theban general and statesman known for his military leadership during the height of Theban power in Greece.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
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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D.
Simmias of Thebes
Simmias of Thebes was an ancient Greek Pythagorean philosopher and close associate of Socrates, best known for his role as a questioning interlocutor in Plato’s dialogues.
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E.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
- 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: Polus Target entity description: Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
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A.
Pammenes of Thebes
Pammenes of Thebes was a prominent 4th-century BC Theban general and statesman known for his military leadership during the height of Theban power in Greece.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
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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D.
Simmias of Thebes
Simmias of Thebes was an ancient Greek Pythagorean philosopher and close associate of Socrates, best known for his role as a questioning interlocutor in Plato’s dialogues.
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E.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman deity
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Roman mythological tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
celestial axis
ⓘ
the heavens ⓘ |
| belongsToPantheon |
Roman pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman religion
|
| category | Roman adaptation of Greek Titans ⓘ |
| cosmicDomain |
celestial sphere
ⓘ
sky ⓘ |
| culture | Roman mythology ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Coeus ⓘ |
| greekCounterpart | Coeus ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Latin adaptation of Greek name for Coeus ⓘ |
| hasGender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Greek mythology via Coeus ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Greek Titan Coeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Coeus
|
| mythologicalFunction |
personification of the vault of heaven
ⓘ
personification of the world axis ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
deity of the celestial axis
ⓘ
deity of the heavens ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
axis mundi
ⓘ
celestial pole ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation |
cosmic axis
ⓘ
fixed stars ⓘ rotation of the heavens ⓘ |
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: Polus Description of subject: Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.