Polyxo (Hyad)
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Polyxo (Hyad) is a nymph of the Hyades in Greek mythology, associated with rain-bringing and the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polyxo (Hyad) canonical | 2 |
| Hyades (mythology) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206919 — 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: Polyxo (Hyad) Context triple: [Hyades, hasMember, Polyxo (Hyad)]
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A.
Coronis (Hyad)
Coronis is a star in the Hyades open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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C.
Ambrosia (Hyad)
Ambrosia (Hyad) is a member star of the Hyades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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E.
Eudora (Hyad)
Eudora (Hyad) is a star that forms part of the Hyades, the nearest prominent open star cluster to Earth in the constellation Taurus.
- 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: Polyxo (Hyad) Target entity description: Polyxo (Hyad) is a nymph of the Hyades in Greek mythology, associated with rain-bringing and the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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A.
Coronis (Hyad)
Coronis is a star in the Hyades open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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C.
Ambrosia (Hyad)
Ambrosia (Hyad) is a member star of the Hyades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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E.
Eudora (Hyad)
Eudora (Hyad) is a star that forms part of the Hyades, the nearest prominent open star cluster to Earth in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hyad
ⓘ
mythologicalFigure ⓘ nymph ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedPhenomenon |
appearance of the Hyades in the sky
ⓘ
seasonal rains ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pleiades and Hyades myth cycle
ⓘ
rain ⓘ rain-bringing ⓘ star cluster ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Hyades (mythology) ⓘ
linked to:
Polyxo (Hyad)
Nymphs ⓘ Star nymphs ⓘ |
| celestialLocation |
Hyades star cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Hyades
|
| classification | star nymph ⓘ |
| constellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| cosmicStatus | star-nymph of the Hyades ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain |
sky
ⓘ
stars ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| groupRole | one of the Hyades sisters ⓘ |
| groupType | rain nymphs ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hyades ⓘ |
| mythologicalFunction | bringer of rain to the earth ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek star myths ⓘ |
| relatedConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| relatedGroup | Pleiades ⓘ |
| role | rain-bringing nymph ⓘ |
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: Polyxo (Hyad) Description of subject: Polyxo (Hyad) is a nymph of the Hyades in Greek mythology, associated with rain-bringing and the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Polyxo (Hyad)
subject linked to:
Phaesyle (Hyad)