Cilix
E310762
Cilix is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Agenor and brother of Europa, associated with the region of Cilicia in Asia Minor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cilix canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2905513 — 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: Cilix Context triple: [Europa, siblings, Cilix]
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A.
Xerus
Xerus is a genus of African ground squirrels known for their diurnal, social behavior and adaptation to open, arid habitats.
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B.
Ixifi
Ixifi is a biosimilar version of the monoclonal antibody infliximab, used to treat various autoimmune inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease.
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C.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
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D.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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E.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
- 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: Cilix Target entity description: Cilix is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Agenor and brother of Europa, associated with the region of Cilicia in Asia Minor.
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A.
Xerus
Xerus is a genus of African ground squirrels known for their diurnal, social behavior and adaptation to open, arid habitats.
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B.
Ixifi
Ixifi is a biosimilar version of the monoclonal antibody infliximab, used to treat various autoimmune inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease.
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C.
Scillus
Scillus was an ancient town in Elis, Greece, notable as the place where the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon lived in exile and wrote some of his works.
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D.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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E.
Cruquius
Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological prince ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Phoenicia
ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician civilization
Tyre ⓘ
linked to:
Tarsos
Zeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| eponymOf | Cilicia ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Phoenician ⓘ |
| family |
House of Agenor
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Cadmus
|
| father | Agenor ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMythType | eponymous hero ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Thasus ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Herodotus ⓘ |
| mother | Telephassa ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | eponymous ancestor of the Cilicians ⓘ |
| notableEvent | search for Europa after her abduction by Zeus ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| roleInMyth | brother of Europa ⓘ |
| searchCompanions |
Cadmus
ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ Thasus ⓘ |
| settledIn | Cilicia ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cadmus
ⓘ
Europa ⓘ Phoenix ⓘ |
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: Cilix Description of subject: Cilix is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Agenor and brother of Europa, associated with the region of Cilicia in Asia Minor.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.