Mermerus
E234815
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mermerus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094402 — 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: Mermerus Context triple: [Jason, children, Mermerus]
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A.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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B.
Sus ahoenobarbus
Sus ahoenobarbus is a wild pig species endemic to the Philippines, known for its distinctive facial markings and limited island distribution.
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C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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D.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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E.
Sophroniscus
Sophroniscus was an Athenian stonemason and sculptor best known as the father of the philosopher Socrates.
- 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: Mermerus Target entity description: Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
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A.
Tayassu
Tayassu is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to Central and South American forests and scrublands.
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B.
Sus ahoenobarbus
Sus ahoenobarbus is a wild pig species endemic to the Philippines, known for its distinctive facial markings and limited island distribution.
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C.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as the oriental weather loach, is a small, eel-like freshwater fish native to East Asia and popular in aquaculture and the aquarium trade.
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D.
Entosphenus
Entosphenus is a genus of jawless, eel-like lampreys that includes several parasitic and anadromous species found primarily in North American freshwater and coastal marine environments.
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E.
Sophroniscus
Sophroniscus was an Athenian stonemason and sculptor best known as the father of the philosopher Socrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myth of Jason and Medea ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Medea’s revenge against Jason ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argonaut Jason
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Medea ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Euripides’ Medea (as one of Medea’s sons)
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linked to:
Medea
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| childOf |
Jason
ⓘ
Medea ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| deathCause |
killed by Corinthians (in alternative traditions)
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killed by his mother Medea (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek (mythological) ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | hero and Argonaut ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| home | Corinth (in the Jason–Medea narrative) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
tragedy of Medea
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linked to:
Medea
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| mentionedAlongside |
Medea’s other children
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Pheres ⓘ |
| motherOccupation | sorceress and princess of Colchis ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | tragic child victim ⓘ |
| notableFor | being killed in the story of Medea ⓘ |
| parentalLineage | descendant of Aeolus through Jason (in mythic genealogy) ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Pheres ⓘ |
| theme |
familial tragedy
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infanticide ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
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: Mermerus Description of subject: Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.