Νιόβη
E479301
Νιόβη is a figure in Greek mythology, a proud queen whose boastfulness about her many children led to their slaughter by Apollo and Artemis and her own transformation into a weeping stone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Νιόβη canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4917557 — 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: Νιόβη Context triple: [Λητώ, vengefulAgainst, Νιόβη]
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A.
Niitsitapi
Niitsitapi refers to the Blackfoot people, an Indigenous group of the North American Great Plains with a rich cultural, linguistic, and spiritual heritage.
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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.
Moura
Moura is a historic town in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its whitewashed architecture, olive oil production, and proximity to the Alqueva reservoir.
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D.
Moura
Moura is a small coal-mining town in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and history of mining disasters.
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E.
Sonoyta
Sonoyta is a small town in the Mexican state of Sonora, located near the U.S. border opposite Lukeville, Arizona, and serving as a gateway to the surrounding desert and protected natural areas.
- 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: Νιόβη Target entity description: Νιόβη is a figure in Greek mythology, a proud queen whose boastfulness about her many children led to their slaughter by Apollo and Artemis and her own transformation into a weeping stone.
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A.
Niitsitapi
Niitsitapi refers to the Blackfoot people, an Indigenous group of the North American Great Plains with a rich cultural, linguistic, and spiritual heritage.
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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.
Moura
Moura is a small coal-mining town in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and history of mining disasters.
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D.
Moura
Moura is a historic town in Portugal’s Alentejo region, known for its whitewashed architecture, olive oil production, and proximity to the Alqueva reservoir.
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E.
Sonoyta
Sonoyta is a small town in the Mexican state of Sonora, located near the U.S. border opposite Lukeville, Arizona, and serving as a gateway to the surrounding desert and protected natural areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mortal woman
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ queen in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Lydia
ⓘ
Mount Sipylus ⓘ |
| associatedWith | eternal weeping ⓘ |
| causeOfPunishment | boasting she had more children than Λητώ ⓘ |
| childrenKilledBy |
Ἀπόλλων
ⓘ
linked to:
Απόλλων
Ἄρτεμις ⓘ
linked to:
Artemis
|
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
a mother surrounded by dead children
ⓘ
a rock with flowing water like tears ⓘ |
| emotion | grief ⓘ |
| family | House of Tantalus ⓘ |
| father | Τάνταλος ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | Greek myth ⓘ |
| hasType | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boasting about her many children
ⓘ
hubris against the goddess Λητώ ⓘ transformation into a weeping stone ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Iliad, Book 24 ⓘ |
| mother | Διώνη ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Theban myths ⓘ |
| nameTransliteration | Niobe ⓘ |
| offendedDeity | Λητώ ⓘ |
| offspring | Νιόβιδες ⓘ |
| offspringCount | 14 ⓘ |
| offspringCountAlternative |
12
ⓘ
7 ⓘ |
| offspringType |
daughters
ⓘ
sons ⓘ |
| origin | Θήβα ⓘ |
| punishedBy |
Ἀπόλλων
ⓘ
linked to:
Απόλλων
Ἄρτεμις ⓘ
linked to:
Artemis
|
| relatedWork |
Homer’s Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| relative |
Βροτέας
ⓘ
Πέλοψ ⓘ |
| spouse |
Αμφίων
ⓘ
linked to:
Amphion
|
| symbolizes |
maternal grief
ⓘ
the consequences of hubris ⓘ |
| theme |
divine retribution
ⓘ
pride and downfall ⓘ |
| transformation | stone ⓘ |
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: Νιόβη Description of subject: Νιόβη is a figure in Greek mythology, a proud queen whose boastfulness about her many children led to their slaughter by Apollo and Artemis and her own transformation into a weeping stone.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.