Leda
E22547
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leda canonical | 46 |
| Halcyone | 1 |
| Leda (mythology) | 1 |
| Leda and Zeus | 1 |
| Leda and the Swan | 1 |
| Leda, queen of Sparta in Greek mythology | 1 |
| myth of Leda and the Swan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156631 — 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: Leda Context triple: [Zeus, consort, Leda]
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A.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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B.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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C.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- 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: Leda Target entity description: Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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A.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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B.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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C.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spartan queen
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mortal woman ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
Leda and the Swan
ⓘ
linked to:
Leda
|
| associatedWith |
Dioscuri
ⓘ
linked to:
Pollux
Sparta ⓘ |
| category |
Queens in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| childrenWithTyndareus |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Pollux ⓘ |
| childrenWithZeus |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Pollux ⓘ |
| consort | Zeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| father | Thestius ⓘ |
| gaveBirthTo |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Philonoë ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Timandra ⓘ
linked to:
Meliae
|
| impregnatedBy |
Tyndareus
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance painting
ⓘ
later European art ⓘ poetry about Leda and the Swan ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Tyndareus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Roman literature
ⓘ
works of classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Philonoë ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Timandra ⓘ
linked to:
Meliae
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic legend ⓘ |
| notableEvent | seduction by Zeus in the form of a swan ⓘ |
| seducedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Althaea
ⓘ
Hypermnestra ⓘ |
| spouse | Tyndareus ⓘ |
| title |
Queen of Sparta
ⓘ
linked to:
Helen of Troy
|
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: Leda Description of subject: Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Leda
subject linked to:
Zeus and Hera
linked to: Leda
linked to: Leda
linked to: Leda
subject linked to:
Leda and the Swan
subject linked to:
Leda and the Swan
subject linked to:
Leda and the Swan
subject linked to:
Leda and the Swan
subject linked to:
Leda and the Swan
subject linked to:
Léda et le cygne