Phylacus
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Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phylacus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3028219 — 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: Phylacus Context triple: [Magnetes, ledBy, Phylacus]
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A.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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B.
Cleinias
Cleinias is a young Athenian nobleman who serves as the central interlocutor and philosophical pupil of Socrates in Plato’s dialogue *Euthydemus*.
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C.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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D.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- 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: Phylacus Target entity description: Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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A.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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B.
Cleinias
Cleinias is a young Athenian nobleman who serves as the central interlocutor and philosophical pupil of Socrates in Plato’s dialogue *Euthydemus*.
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C.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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D.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
ⓘ
human ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Magnetes
ⓘ
linked to:
the Magnetes
Thessaly ⓘ |
| category |
Leaders in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Thessalian mythological figures ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Thessalian ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedInTradition | Greek epic tradition ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext | Greek heroic age ⓘ |
| realm | Thessaly ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Magnetes ⓘ |
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: Phylacus Description of subject: Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.