Polymele
E267976
Polymele is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of the hero Patroclus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polymele canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2397233 — 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: Polymele Context triple: [Patroclus, mother, Polymele]
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A.
Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
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B.
Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
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C.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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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.
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.
- 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: Polymele Target entity description: Polymele is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of the hero Patroclus.
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A.
Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
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B.
Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
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C.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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hero in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological mother ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Patroclus
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Trojan War ⓘ |
| child | Patroclus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Polymele ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Patroclus ⓘ |
| realm | Mythological characters related to the Trojan War ⓘ |
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: Polymele Description of subject: Polymele is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of the hero Patroclus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.