Phocus
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Phocus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a descendant of the Corinthian royal line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phocus canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378394 — 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: Phocus Context triple: [Ornytion, child, Phocus]
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A.
Phenax
Phenax is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to the Americas and typically found in tropical to subtropical regions.
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B.
Fulcrum
Fulcrum is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-29, a highly maneuverable fourth-generation multirole fighter aircraft.
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C.
Thirlby
Thirlby is the surname of Olivia Thirlby, an American actress known for roles in films such as "Juno" and "Dredd."
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D.
Vivanco
Vivanco is a Spanish-language surname of likely Iberian origin borne by various notable individuals.
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E.
Ficker
Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
- 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: Phocus Target entity description: Phocus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a descendant of the Corinthian royal line.
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A.
Phenax
Phenax is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to the Americas and typically found in tropical to subtropical regions.
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B.
Fulcrum
Fulcrum is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-designed Mikoyan MiG-29, a highly maneuverable fourth-generation multirole fighter aircraft.
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C.
Thirlby
Thirlby is the surname of Olivia Thirlby, an American actress known for roles in films such as "Juno" and "Dredd."
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D.
Vivanco
Vivanco is a Spanish-language surname of likely Iberian origin borne by various notable individuals.
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E.
Ficker
Ficker is the birth surname of renowned American ballerina Suzanne Farrell, one of the most celebrated muses of choreographer George Balanchine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Corinth ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Peloponnese ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hellenic world ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| familyBackground | descendant of the Corinthian royal line ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | mythological character ⓘ |
| genre | mythology ⓘ |
| historicity | legendary ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mortality | mortal ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notability | minor figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| role | descendant of Corinthian kings ⓘ |
| royalLineage |
Corinthian royal family
ⓘ
linked to:
Antenorid dynasty of Corinth
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| sourceType |
classical literature
ⓘ
mythographic tradition ⓘ |
| timeOfMyth | mythic past ⓘ |
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: Phocus Description of subject: Phocus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a descendant of the Corinthian royal line.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.