Aegle
E51870
Aegle is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Hesperides, the nymphs associated with a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aegle canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404560 — 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: Aegle Context triple: [Hesperides, member, Aegle]
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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C.
Comino
Comino is a small, sparsely populated Maltese island in the Mediterranean Sea, best known for its clear waters and the popular Blue Lagoon.
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D.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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E.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
- 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: Aegle Target entity description: Aegle is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Hesperides, the nymphs associated with a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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A.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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B.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
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C.
Comino
Comino is a small, sparsely populated Maltese island in the Mediterranean Sea, best known for its clear waters and the popular Blue Lagoon.
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D.
Hesperopeuce
Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
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E.
Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hesperid
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ nymph ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of the Hesperides ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Hera
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hesperides
ⓘ
blissful garden at the western edge of the world ⓘ garden of the Hesperides ⓘ
linked to:
Hesperides
golden apples ⓘ |
| category |
Children of Atlas in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Greek nymphs ⓘ Hesperides ⓘ |
| cosmicDirectionAssociation | west ⓘ |
| cosmicSymbolism | edge of the known world ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| groupMembership |
Hesperides
ⓘ
nymphs of the evening ⓘ |
| guardedFor | Hera ⓘ |
| guardedObject |
immortal golden apples
ⓘ
tree of golden apples ⓘ |
| hasVariantParentageTradition |
daughter of Atlas
ⓘ
daughter of Hesperus ⓘ daughter of Nyx ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalFunction | personification of radiant beauty ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation | near Oceanus ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
brightness
ⓘ
splendor ⓘ |
| parent |
Atlas
ⓘ
Hesperus ⓘ Nyx ⓘ |
| residence |
far western edge of the world
ⓘ
garden of the Hesperides ⓘ
linked to:
Hesperides
|
| role | guardian of the golden apples ⓘ |
| siblings |
Arethusa
ⓘ
Erytheia ⓘ Hesperia ⓘ other Hesperides ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation |
evening light
ⓘ
paradisiacal gardens ⓘ radiance ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
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: Aegle Description of subject: Aegle is a figure from Greek mythology, often identified as one of the Hesperides, the nymphs associated with a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.