Procne
E489972
Procne is a figure from Greek mythology, a princess of Athens who, after a tragic tale of betrayal and revenge involving her sister Philomela and husband Tereus, is transformed into a bird (often said to be a swallow).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Procne canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5065909 — 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: Procne Context triple: [Daulis, associatedWith, Procne]
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Oph
Oph is the standard astronomical abbreviation for Ophiuchus, a large equatorial constellation often associated with the serpent-bearer in mythology.
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C.
Sophillus
Sophillus was the father of the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about whom little is known beyond his paternal connection to the playwright.
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D.
Xenodice
Xenodice is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a daughter of King Minos of Crete.
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E.
Psiri
Psiri is a lively historic neighborhood in central Athens known for its vibrant nightlife, traditional tavernas, and artistic atmosphere.
- 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: Procne Target entity description: Procne is a figure from Greek mythology, a princess of Athens who, after a tragic tale of betrayal and revenge involving her sister Philomela and husband Tereus, is transformed into a bird (often said to be a swallow).
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Oph
Oph is the standard astronomical abbreviation for Ophiuchus, a large equatorial constellation often associated with the serpent-bearer in mythology.
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C.
Sophillus
Sophillus was the father of the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about whom little is known beyond his paternal connection to the playwright.
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D.
Xenodice
Xenodice is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a daughter of King Minos of Crete.
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E.
Psiri
Psiri is a lively historic neighborhood in central Athens known for its vibrant nightlife, traditional tavernas, and artistic atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
princess of Athens ⓘ |
| alternativeTransformationTradition | nightingale ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ovid's Metamorphoses
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
works of Sophocles (fragmentary) ⓘ
linked to:
fragments of Sophocles
|
| associatedMotive | punishment of sexual violence ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
family tragedy
ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
nightingale
ⓘ
swallow ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Muses of tragic poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Muse of tragedy
|
| child | Itys ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Athens ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| era | mythic age ⓘ |
| father |
Pandion I of Athens
ⓘ
linked to:
Pandion I
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterReception | subject of Renaissance and modern literary adaptations ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | exemplum of extreme vengeance ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
killing her son Itys in revenge
ⓘ
myth of betrayal and revenge involving Tereus and Philomela ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf | infanticide of Itys ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
Itys
ⓘ
Philomela ⓘ Tereus ⓘ |
| sibling | Philomela ⓘ |
| spouse | Tereus ⓘ |
| symbol | lamenting bird song ⓘ |
| transformedInto | swallow ⓘ |
| victimOf | betrayal by Tereus ⓘ |
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: Procne Description of subject: Procne is a figure from Greek mythology, a princess of Athens who, after a tragic tale of betrayal and revenge involving her sister Philomela and husband Tereus, is transformed into a bird (often said to be a swallow).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.