Glaucus
E241259
Glaucus is a character associated with the darkly comedic, countercultural world of the film "Harold and Maude," reflecting its themes of unconventional relationships and existential rebellion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glaucus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2179345 — 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: Glaucus Context triple: [Harold and Maude, mainCharacter, Glaucus]
-
A.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
-
B.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
-
C.
Glaucus (son of Minos)
Glaucus (son of Minos) is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as the Cretan prince who was miraculously restored to life by the seer Polyidus after dying in childhood.
-
D.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
-
E.
Scylla
Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
- 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: Glaucus Target entity description: Glaucus is a character associated with the darkly comedic, countercultural world of the film "Harold and Maude," reflecting its themes of unconventional relationships and existential rebellion.
-
A.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
-
B.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
-
C.
Glaucus (son of Minos)
Glaucus (son of Minos) is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as the Cretan prince who was miraculously restored to life by the seer Polyidus after dying in childhood.
-
D.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
-
E.
Scylla
Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Harold and Maude ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Harold and Maude ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Harold and Maude universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Harold and Maude
|
| hasGenreContext |
countercultural film
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| thematicAssociation |
counterculture
ⓘ
existential rebellion ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ unconventional relationships ⓘ |
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: Glaucus Description of subject: Glaucus is a character associated with the darkly comedic, countercultural world of the film "Harold and Maude," reflecting its themes of unconventional relationships and existential rebellion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.