Agron
E374552
Agron was a prominent king of the Illyrians known for significantly expanding their power in the western Balkans during the 3rd century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agron canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3629627 — 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: Agron Context triple: [Illyrians, notableRuler, Agron]
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A.
Agron
Agron is an early Hebrew dictionary and thesaurus compiled by Saadia Gaon to aid in the study and composition of Hebrew poetry and scripture.
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B.
Nisaea
Nisaea was the port town and harbor of ancient Megara in Greece, serving as its main maritime outlet on the Saronic Gulf.
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C.
Koropi
Koropi is a town in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known as the seat of the municipality of Kropia and a local hub in the Mesogeia plain.
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D.
Grenitote
Grenitote is a small settlement on the island of North Uist in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
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E.
Ehrwald
Ehrwald is a picturesque Austrian village in Tyrol, known as a popular alpine resort and gateway to the Zugspitze massif.
- 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: Agron Target entity description: Agron was a prominent king of the Illyrians known for significantly expanding their power in the western Balkans during the 3rd century BCE.
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A.
Agron
Agron is an early Hebrew dictionary and thesaurus compiled by Saadia Gaon to aid in the study and composition of Hebrew poetry and scripture.
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B.
Nisaea
Nisaea was the port town and harbor of ancient Megara in Greece, serving as its main maritime outlet on the Saronic Gulf.
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C.
Koropi
Koropi is a town in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known as the seat of the municipality of Kropia and a local hub in the Mesogeia plain.
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D.
Grenitote
Grenitote is a small settlement on the island of North Uist in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
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E.
Ehrwald
Ehrwald is a picturesque Austrian village in Tyrol, known as a popular alpine resort and gateway to the Zugspitze massif.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illyrian king
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| capital | Rhizon ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Aetolian League
ⓘ
Epirus ⓘ Macedon ⓘ |
| country |
Illyria
ⓘ
linked to:
Illyricum
|
| deathCause | illness after a victory celebration ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Illyria
ⓘ
linked to:
Illyricum
|
| dynasty | Ardiaean dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Illyrians ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalImpact | precursor to later Roman involvement in Illyria ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-Roman Balkans ⓘ |
| influenced | balance of power in the Adriatic region ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expansion of Illyrian power in the western Balkans
ⓘ
military campaigns against neighboring states ⓘ naval power in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| languageContext | Illyrian and Greek cultural sphere ⓘ |
| legacy | creation of a strong Illyrian kingdom ⓘ |
| militaryStrategy | use of piracy and naval raids in the Adriatic ⓘ |
| name | Agron ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Illyrian victory over the Aetolian League ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | hegemon among Illyrian tribes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of the Illyrians
ⓘ
linked to:
Gentius
|
| predecessor | Pleuratus II ⓘ |
| region |
western Balkans
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Balkans
|
| reignEnd | 231 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | circa 250 BCE ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Queen Teuta’s regency ⓘ |
| ruledPeople | Ardiaei ⓘ |
| sourceMention | Polybius ⓘ |
| spouse | Teuta ⓘ |
| stepMotherOfSuccessor | Teuta ⓘ |
| successor | Pinnes ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion |
coastal regions of the Adriatic
ⓘ
parts of Epirus ⓘ parts of Macedonia ⓘ |
| threatened | Greek coastal cities in the Adriatic ⓘ |
| usedMilitaryForce |
Illyrian infantry
ⓘ
Illyrian navy ⓘ |
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: Agron Description of subject: Agron was a prominent king of the Illyrians known for significantly expanding their power in the western Balkans during the 3rd century BCE.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.