Polyxena
E363701
Polyxena is an alternate name for Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and a prominent queen of ancient Macedon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polyxena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3507621 — 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: Polyxena Context triple: [Olympias, alsoKnownAs, Polyxena]
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A.
Polyxena
Polyxena is a princess of Troy in Greek mythology, often associated with the hero Achilles and the tragic events surrounding the Trojan War.
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B.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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C.
Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
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D.
Hypsipyle
Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- 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: Polyxena Target entity description: Polyxena is an alternate name for Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and a prominent queen of ancient Macedon.
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A.
Polyxena
Polyxena is a princess of Troy in Greek mythology, often associated with the hero Achilles and the tragic events surrounding the Trojan War.
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B.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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C.
Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
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D.
Hypsipyle
Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Macedonian queen
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| alternateNameOf | Olympias ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Orphic cults ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Argead dynasty ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Macedon ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Attalus
ⓘ
Cleopatra Eurydice ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Macedon ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Molossian Greek ⓘ |
| executedBy |
Cassander
ⓘ
linked to:
Cassander of Macedon
|
| father | Neoptolemus I of Epirus ⓘ |
| hasChild | Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| hasRole | queen of Macedon ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Queen consort of Macedon ⓘ |
| influenced | early life of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| isFrom | Epirus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Molossian royal house ⓘ |
| mother | possibly a Molossian princess ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Alexander the Great
ⓘ
political influence in Macedon ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | involvement in Macedonian court intrigues ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
devoted mother of Alexander the Great
ⓘ
powerful and ambitious queen ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | ancient historiography ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aeacidae dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeacidae
|
| religiousAffiliation | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| supported | Alexander the Great’s succession ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BC ⓘ |
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: Polyxena Description of subject: Polyxena is an alternate name for Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and a prominent queen of ancient Macedon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.