Demophon
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Demophon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the sons of the Athenian hero Theseus and later a king of Athens.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Demophon canonical | 16 |
| Demophon (son of Theseus and an Amazon) | 1 |
| Demophon (son of Theseus) | 1 |
| Demophon of Eleusis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1475584 — 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: Demophon Context triple: [Theseus, child, Demophon]
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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C.
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus is a figure from Greek mythology renowned as a wise and just ruler who, after death, became one of the judges of the dead in the underworld.
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D.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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E.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
- 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: Demophon Target entity description: Demophon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the sons of the Athenian hero Theseus and later a king of Athens.
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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C.
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus is a figure from Greek mythology renowned as a wise and just ruler who, after death, became one of the judges of the dead in the underworld.
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D.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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E.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological Greek king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Greeks in the Trojan War
ⓘ
linked to:
Greeks at Troy
|
| associatedPlace |
Athens
ⓘ
Attica ⓘ Thrace ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Acamas
ⓘ
Achilles ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Patroclus ⓘ Phyllis ⓘ Theseus ⓘ |
| category |
Achaeans (Homeric Greeks)
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaeans
Characters in Greek epic mythology ⓘ Children of Theseus ⓘ Kings of Athens in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | accident with his horse ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Attica ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Athenian
ⓘ
linked to:
Athenians
|
| father | Theseus ⓘ |
| grandfather | Aegeus ⓘ |
| grandmother | Aethra ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Posthomerica ⓘ scholia on Homer ⓘ |
| mother | Phaedra ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participation in the Trojan War
ⓘ
participation in the funeral games for Patroclus ⓘ rescue of Aethra after the Trojan War ⓘ sack of Troy ⓘ |
| notableMyth | abandonment of Phyllis in Thrace ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Athens ⓘ |
| relative |
Aegeus
ⓘ
Aethra ⓘ |
| residence | Athens ⓘ |
| role |
Athenian leader
ⓘ
warrior at Troy ⓘ |
| sibling |
Acamas
ⓘ
Demophon (son of Theseus and an Amazon) ⓘ
linked to:
Demophon
Hippolytus ⓘ |
| spouse | Phyllis ⓘ |
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: Demophon Description of subject: Demophon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the sons of the Athenian hero Theseus and later a king of Athens.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
house of Keleos
subject linked to:
house of Keleos
linked to: Demophon
subject linked to:
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
subject linked to:
Acamas (son of Theseus)
subject linked to:
Acamas (son of Theseus)
subject linked to:
Aethra's son Theseus