Pleione
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Pleione is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the Pleiades.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pleione canonical | 30 |
| Oceanid Pleione | 1 |
| Star Pleione (28 Tauri) in the Pleiades cluster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206945 — 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: Pleione Context triple: [Merope, childOf, Pleione]
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A.
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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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.
Polyxo (Hyad)
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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D.
Coronis (Hyad)
Coronis is a star in the Hyades open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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E.
Phaesyle (Hyad)
Phaesyle (Hyad) is one of the mythological Hyades nymphs in Greek mythology, associated with bringing rain and linked to the star cluster 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: Pleione Target entity description: Pleione is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the Pleiades.
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A.
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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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.
Polyxo (Hyad)
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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D.
Coronis (Hyad)
Coronis is a star in the Hyades open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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E.
Phaesyle (Hyad)
Phaesyle (Hyad) is one of the mythological Hyades nymphs in Greek mythology, associated with bringing rain and linked to the star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Nymph ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Myths of the Pleiades
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades and Hyades myth cycle
|
| associatedWith |
Boetian and Arcadian myth cycles
ⓘ
Mount Cyllene ⓘ Oceanids ⓘ The Pleiades star cluster ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| category | Mythological mother figure ⓘ |
| childrenWith | Atlas ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Ancient Greek religion and myth ⓘ |
| familyRole | Wife of the Titan Atlas ⓘ |
| gender | Female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Alcyone
ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ The Pleiades ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Possibly related to Greek word for "to sail" or "to float" (uncertain) ⓘ |
| notableFor | Being pursued along with her daughters by Orion in some myth versions ⓘ |
| notableRole | Mother of the Pleiades ⓘ |
| parentage | Oceanid (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| relatedAstronomicalObject |
Star Pleione (28 Tauri) in the Pleiades cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleione
|
| relatedConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| spouse | Atlas ⓘ |
| worshipContext | Primarily known from literary tradition rather than cult worship ⓘ |
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: Pleione Description of subject: Pleione is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the Pleiades.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pleione
linked to: Pleione
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione
subject linked to:
Telesto, a sea nymph in Greek mythology