object to be stolen by Heracles
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The Cattle of Geryon are the prized red herd guarded by the giant Geryon that Heracles must seize as one of his Twelve Labors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| object to be stolen by Heracles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4994189 — 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: object to be stolen by Heracles Context triple: [Cattle of Geryon, narrativeRole, object to be stolen by Heracles]
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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."
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B.
object Heracles must obtain and bring back
The Belt of Hippolyta is a mythical war-girdle belonging to the Amazon queen Hippolyta, famed in Greek mythology as the prize of one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
Hercules’ Mace
Hercules’ Mace is a natural rock formation named for its resemblance to the mythological hero Hercules’ weapon.
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E.
Hades’s helm of invisibility
Hades’s helm of invisibility is a mythical divine helmet from Greek mythology that grants its wearer complete invisibility, famously used by gods and heroes to move unseen.
- 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: object to be stolen by Heracles Target entity description: The Cattle of Geryon are the prized red herd guarded by the giant Geryon that Heracles must seize as one of his Twelve Labors.
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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."
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B.
object Heracles must obtain and bring back
The Belt of Hippolyta is a mythical war-girdle belonging to the Amazon queen Hippolyta, famed in Greek mythology as the prize of one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
Hercules’ Mace
Hercules’ Mace is a natural rock formation named for its resemblance to the mythological hero Hercules’ weapon.
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E.
Hades’s helm of invisibility
Hades’s helm of invisibility is a mythical divine helmet from Greek mythology that grants its wearer complete invisibility, famously used by gods and heroes to move unseen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
herd of cattle
ⓘ
mythological herd ⓘ object of a labor of Heracles ⓘ object of theft ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eurytion
ⓘ
Geryon ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | battle between Heracles and Geryon ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| describedAs |
prized herd
ⓘ
red cattle ⓘ |
| genre | heroic myth ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Eurytion
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Geryon ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ |
| laborNumber | tenth labor of Heracles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Erytheia
ⓘ
far west of the known world ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | works about the Twelve Labors of Heracles ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
quest object
ⓘ
treasure to be taken ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| owner | Geryon ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Twelve Labors of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Labors
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| relatedTask | journey of Heracles to the western edge of the world ⓘ |
| seizedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| symbolism |
hard-won prize
ⓘ
wealth ⓘ |
| toBeStolenBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| transportedTo |
Tiryns
ⓘ
linked to:
Mycenae and Tiryns
|
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: object to be stolen by Heracles Description of subject: The Cattle of Geryon are the prized red herd guarded by the giant Geryon that Heracles must seize as one of his Twelve Labors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.