Arcesius
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Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arcesius canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4648693 — 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: Arcesius Context triple: [Laertes, father, Arcesius]
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
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C.
Lucio
Lucio is a popular support hero in the game Overwatch, known for his music-based abilities that heal and speed up teammates.
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D.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
- 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: Arcesius Target entity description: Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
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A.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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B.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
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C.
Lucio
Lucio is a popular support hero in the game Overwatch, known for his music-based abilities that heal and speed up teammates.
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D.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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E.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedHouse |
House of Odysseus
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Ithaca
|
| associatedWith | Ithaca ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| domain | Greek heroic legend ⓘ |
| epithet | king of Ithaca ⓘ |
| father |
Laertes
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Odysseus ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Telegonus
ⓘ
Telemachus ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| lineage | descendant of Zeus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
scholia on Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| mythologicalCategory | heroes related to the Trojan War cycle ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mythType | genealogical figure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of Laertes
ⓘ
being the grandfather of Odysseus ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anticlea
ⓘ
Autolycus ⓘ Penelope ⓘ |
| role | ancestor of Odysseus ⓘ |
| spouse | Chalcomedusa ⓘ |
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: Arcesius Description of subject: Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.