Philemon
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Philemon was an ancient Greek comic playwright of the New Comedy period, known as a rival and contemporary of Menander.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philemon canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2029892 — 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: Philemon Context triple: [Menander, contemporaryOf, Philemon]
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A.
Epistle to Philemon
The Epistle to Philemon is a brief New Testament letter in which Paul appeals to a Christian slave owner to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus as a beloved brother in Christ.
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B.
Epistle to the Philippians
The Epistle to the Philippians is a letter in the Christian New Testament traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, addressed to the church in Philippi and noted for its themes of joy, humility, and encouragement amid suffering.
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C.
Epistle to Titus
The Epistle to Titus is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his coworker Titus.
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D.
Paulus
Paulus was an influential Roman jurist whose legal writings significantly shaped later compilations of Roman law.
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E.
Epistle to the Colossians
The Epistle to the Colossians is a New Testament letter addressing the Christian community in Colossae, emphasizing the supremacy of Christ and warning against false teachings.
- 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: Philemon Target entity description: Philemon was an ancient Greek comic playwright of the New Comedy period, known as a rival and contemporary of Menander.
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A.
Epistle to Philemon
The Epistle to Philemon is a brief New Testament letter in which Paul appeals to a Christian slave owner to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus as a beloved brother in Christ.
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B.
Epistle to the Philippians
The Epistle to the Philippians is a letter in the Christian New Testament traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, addressed to the church in Philippi and noted for its themes of joy, humility, and encouragement amid suffering.
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C.
Epistle to Titus
The Epistle to Titus is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his coworker Titus.
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D.
Paulus
Paulus was an influential Roman jurist whose legal writings significantly shaped later compilations of Roman law.
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E.
Epistle to the Colossians
The Epistle to the Colossians is a New Testament letter addressing the Christian community in Colossae, emphasizing the supremacy of Christ and warning against false teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Comedy playwright
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ancient Greek comic playwright ⓘ dramatist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Menander ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ancient Greek comedy
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theatre ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 3rd century BC
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late 4th century BC ⓘ |
| genre |
New Comedy
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
comic drama
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stage play ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Attic comedy tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| movement | New Comedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a rival of Menander
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writing New Comedy plays ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Adulterers
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The Beggar ⓘ The Brothers ⓘ The Farmer ⓘ The Merchant ⓘ The Soldier ⓘ The Treasure ⓘ |
| notedAs | successful competitor in dramatic festivals ⓘ |
| occupation |
comic poet
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playwright ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Athens ⓘ |
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: Philemon Description of subject: Philemon was an ancient Greek comic playwright of the New Comedy period, known as a rival and contemporary of Menander.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.