trident of Poseidon

E481173

divine artifact mythological weapon symbol

The trident of Poseidon is the powerful three-pronged spear wielded by the Greek god of the sea, symbolizing his dominion over oceans, storms, and earthquakes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Trident of Poseidon	5
Trident of Atlantis	2
Neptune’s trident	1
Poseidon's trident	1
PoseidonTrident	1
trident of Poseidon canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4944059 — 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: trident of Poseidon
Context triple: [Arges, createdObject, trident of Poseidon]

A. bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
B. The Trident
The Trident is a major river system in the fictional continent of Westeros, famed as the site of several pivotal battles in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
C. The Trident
The Trident is a local area or housing estate within the Palacefields district, likely forming one of its distinct residential neighbourhoods.
D. bow of Odysseus
The bow of Odysseus is the legendary, uniquely powerful weapon in Greek mythology that only Odysseus can string and use, serving as the decisive test of identity and kingship in the Odyssey.
E. Trident
Trident is Microsoft's proprietary web browser layout engine that powered Internet Explorer for rendering HTML and web content.
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: trident of Poseidon
Target entity description: The trident of Poseidon is the powerful three-pronged spear wielded by the Greek god of the sea, symbolizing his dominion over oceans, storms, and earthquakes.

A. bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
B. The Trident
The Trident is a major river system in the fictional continent of Westeros, famed as the site of several pivotal battles in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
C. The Trident
The Trident is a local area or housing estate within the Palacefields district, likely forming one of its distinct residential neighbourhoods.
D. bow of Odysseus
The bow of Odysseus is the legendary, uniquely powerful weapon in Greek mythology that only Odysseus can string and use, serving as the decisive test of identity and kingship in the Odyssey.
E. Trident
Trident is Microsoft's proprietary web browser layout engine that powered Internet Explorer for rendering HTML and web content.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	divine artifact ⓘ mythological weapon ⓘ symbol ⓘ
appearsIn	Homeric tradition ⓘ works of classical Greek literature ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Poseidon ⓘ
associatedWithPantheon	Greek mythology ⓘ
culturalOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
depictedIn	Greek sculpture ⓘ Greek vase painting ⓘ ancient Greek art ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Greek odous (tooth) ⓘ Greek tria (three) ⓘ Latin tridentem ⓘ
hasDomain	earthquakes ⓘ oceans ⓘ sea ⓘ storms ⓘ waters ⓘ
hasPart	three prongs ⓘ
iconographicAttributeOf	Poseidon ⓘ
influencedSymbol	Neptune’s trident ⓘ fantasy depictions of sea gods ⓘ modern maritime emblems ⓘ naval insignia ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
numberOfProngs	3 ⓘ
relatedTo	earthquakes ⓘ horses ⓘ sea creatures ⓘ
symbolizes	control over oceans ⓘ destruction ⓘ dominion over the sea ⓘ fertility of the sea ⓘ maritime power ⓘ power over earthquakes ⓘ power over storms ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ
usedFor	calming seas ⓘ causing earthquakes ⓘ controlling water ⓘ creating storms ⓘ shattering objects ⓘ striking the earth ⓘ summoning waves ⓘ
weaponType	polearm ⓘ spear ⓘ
wieldedBy	Poseidon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited