Hermocrates
E234930
Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermocrates canonical | 2 |
| Hermocrates (character) | 2 |
| Hermocrates (dialogue, projected) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2098651 — 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: Hermocrates Context triple: [Timaeus, featuresCharacter, Hermocrates]
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A.
Pammenes of Thebes
Pammenes of Thebes was a prominent 4th-century BC Theban general and statesman known for his military leadership during the height of Theban power in Greece.
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B.
Nicias of Argos
Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
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C.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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D.
Nicias
Nicias was a prominent Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, best known for leading the ill-fated Sicilian Expedition.
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E.
Epaminondas
Epaminondas was a Theban statesman and general of Classical Greece renowned for his military innovations and decisive victories over Sparta, which shifted the balance of power in the Greek world.
- 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: Hermocrates Target entity description: Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
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A.
Pammenes of Thebes
Pammenes of Thebes was a prominent 4th-century BC Theban general and statesman known for his military leadership during the height of Theban power in Greece.
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B.
Nicias of Argos
Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
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C.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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D.
Nicias
Nicias was a prominent Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, best known for leading the ill-fated Sicilian Expedition.
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E.
Epaminondas
Epaminondas was a Theban statesman and general of Classical Greece renowned for his military innovations and decisive victories over Sparta, which shifted the balance of power in the Greek world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syracusan general
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ancient Greek statesman ⓘ classical antiquity figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| citizenship | Syracuse ⓘ |
| country | Syracuse ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearances in Plato’s dialogues
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diplomatic efforts among Sicilian Greek cities ⓘ opposition to the Athenian Sicilian Expedition ⓘ role in the Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Plato’s dialogue Critias
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Plato’s dialogue Timaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Timaeus
Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
linked to:
History of the Peloponnesian War
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| militaryConflict |
Peloponnesian War
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Sicilian Expedition ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableRole |
leader of Syracusan resistance to Athens in Sicily
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participant in peace conferences among Sicilian cities ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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statesman ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Sicily
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Syracuse ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
character in Plato’s Critias
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character in Plato’s Timaeus ⓘ |
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: Hermocrates Description of subject: Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
linked to: Hermocrates
subject linked to:
Plato’s dialogue Critias
linked to: Hermocrates
subject linked to:
Plato’s dialogue Critias
linked to: Hermocrates