Atlas
E18778
Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas canonical | 58 |
| Atlas bearing the celestial heavens | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156556 — 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: Atlas Context triple: [Prometheus, siblings, Atlas]
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A.
Ascension
Ascension is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascent into heaven 40 days after his resurrection.
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B.
Titan
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, known for its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
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C.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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D.
The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
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E.
Calypso Deep
Calypso Deep is the deepest known point in the Mediterranean Sea, located in the Hellenic Trench near Greece.
- 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: Atlas Target entity description: Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
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A.
Ascension
Ascension is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascent into heaven 40 days after his resurrection.
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B.
Titan
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, known for its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.
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C.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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D.
The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
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E.
Calypso Deep
Calypso Deep is the deepest known point in the Mediterranean Sea, located in the Hellenic Trench near Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Titan
ⓘ
deity ⓘ mythologicalFigure ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Garden of the Hesperides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesperides
|
| associatedWith |
endurance
ⓘ
navigation and astronomy ⓘ strength ⓘ western ocean ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Titans in Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Titans of Greek mythology
|
| causeOfPunishment | participation in the Titanomachy against the Olympian gods ⓘ |
| child |
Alcyone
ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Hyas ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ |
| childGroup |
Hyades
ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| domain | edges of the known world ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guardianOf |
Garden of the Hesperides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesperides
|
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra |
Titanomachy period
ⓘ
linked to:
Titanomachy
|
| nameEtymology | possibly from Greek "tlao" meaning "to endure" or "to bear" ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedAs | strong man carrying the sky or a celestial sphere ⓘ |
| opponent | Zeus ⓘ |
| parent |
Clymene
ⓘ
Iapetus ⓘ |
| punishment | bearing the weight of the heavens ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | atlas (collection of maps) named after him ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlas Mountains
ⓘ
western edge of the world ⓘ |
| role | bearer of the heavens ⓘ |
| sibling |
Epimetheus
ⓘ
Menoetius ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ |
| spouseOrConsort | Pleione ⓘ |
| symbol | globe on shoulders ⓘ |
| transformationCause |
Perseus showing him the head of Medusa
ⓘ
linked to:
Perseus
|
| transformedInto | mountain ⓘ |
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: Atlas Description of subject: Atlas is a Titan from Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from the gods.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Atlas
subject linked to:
Phaesyle (Hyad)
subject linked to:
Titans of Greek mythology
subject linked to:
Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet)