Protomachus
E419472
Protomachus was an Athenian naval commander during the Peloponnesian War, noted for his role in leading forces at the Battle of Arginusae.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Protomachus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4182610 — 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: Protomachus Context triple: [Battle of Arginusae, commandedBy (Athens), Protomachus]
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Biastes
Biastes is a genus of cleptoparasitic bees in the subfamily Nomadinae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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Lamachus
Lamachus was a prominent Athenian general of the late 5th century BC, noted for his bold military strategies during the Peloponnesian War.
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Tryphon
Tryphon was a Seleucid usurper and king in the 2nd century BCE who seized control of parts of the Syrian kingdom during the Maccabean period.
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D.
Mardontes
Mardontes was a Persian military commander who led Achaemenid forces against the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars, notably at the Battle of Mycale.
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E.
Stylius
Stylius is a consumer products brand likely focused on personal or household items within the Consumer Products Division’s portfolio.
- 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: Protomachus Target entity description: Protomachus was an Athenian naval commander during the Peloponnesian War, noted for his role in leading forces at the Battle of Arginusae.
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A.
Biastes
Biastes is a genus of cleptoparasitic bees in the subfamily Nomadinae, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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B.
Lamachus
Lamachus was a prominent Athenian general of the late 5th century BC, noted for his bold military strategies during the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Tryphon
Tryphon was a Seleucid usurper and king in the 2nd century BCE who seized control of parts of the Syrian kingdom during the Maccabean period.
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D.
Mardontes
Mardontes was a Persian military commander who led Achaemenid forces against the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars, notably at the Battle of Mycale.
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E.
Stylius
Stylius is a consumer products brand likely focused on personal or household items within the Consumer Products Division’s portfolio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian general
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ancient Greek person ⓘ naval commander ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| conflict | Athens–Sparta conflict ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Athenian navy ⓘ |
| notableFor | command at the Battle of Arginusae ⓘ |
| opposed | Spartan fleet at Arginusae ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Arginusae
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Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| role | fleet commander at Arginusae ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Athens ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th 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: Protomachus Description of subject: Protomachus was an Athenian naval commander during the Peloponnesian War, noted for his role in leading forces at the Battle of Arginusae.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.