Electra
E518870
Electra is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who helps avenge her father's murder.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electra canonical | 38 |
| Elektra | 4 |
| Electra (daughter of Agamemnon) | 1 |
| Electra (mythology) | 1 |
| Electra is daughter of Agamemnon | 1 |
| Electra is daughter of Clytemnestra | 1 |
| Electra myth | 1 |
| Electra, daughter of Agamemnon | 1 |
| Elektra and Klytämnestra | 1 |
| Elektra and Orest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5395453 — 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: Electra Context triple: [Clytemnestra, killedBy, Electra]
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Elektra
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character, serving as a spin-off from the 2003 movie Daredevil.
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C.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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D.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as a Trojan princess and the wife of the hero Aeneas.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- 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: Electra Target entity description: Electra is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who helps avenge her father's murder.
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Elektra
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character, serving as a spin-off from the 2003 movie Daredevil.
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C.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as a Trojan princess and the wife of the hero Aeneas.
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D.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Electra (play by Euripides)
ⓘ
linked to:
Electra (Euripides)
Electra (play by Sophocles) ⓘ
linked to:
Electra (Sophocles)
Iphigenia in Tauris (play by Euripides) ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia in Tauris
Libation Bearers (play by Aeschylus) ⓘ
linked to:
Oresteia
Orestes (play by Euripides) ⓘ
linked to:
Orestes (Euripides play)
|
| associatedWithEvent |
murder of Aegisthus
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegisthus
murder of Agamemnon ⓘ murder of Clytemnestra ⓘ vengeance for Agamemnon ⓘ |
| associatedWithPsychoanalysis |
Carl Gustav Jung
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linked to:
Carl Jung
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| canonicalStatus | major figure in Attic tragedy ⓘ |
| children |
Medon
ⓘ
Strophius the Younger ⓘ
linked to:
Strophius
|
| coConspirator | Orestes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| death | varies by source; often not specified ⓘ |
| enemy |
Aegisthus
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ |
| father | Agamemnon ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandfather | Atreus ⓘ |
| grandmother | Aerope ⓘ |
| hometown | Mycenae ⓘ |
| house |
House of Atreus
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
|
| inspiredConcept |
Electra complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus complex
|
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryType | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| mother | Clytemnestra ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
hatred of her mother Clytemnestra
ⓘ
intense devotion to her father ⓘ persistence in mourning Agamemnon ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
instigator of revenge against Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
ⓘ
supporter of Orestes ⓘ |
| sibling |
Chrysothemis
ⓘ
Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ |
| spouse |
Pylades
ⓘ
farmer (in some versions) ⓘ |
| theme |
family loyalty
ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ justice ⓘ matricide ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth |
Mycenaean era (mythic setting)
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linked to:
Mycenaean civilization
|
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: Electra Description of subject: Electra is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who helps avenge her father's murder.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Electra
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linked to: Electra
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linked to: Electra
linked to: Electra
subject linked to:
Love
subject linked to:
Euripides' play "Orestes"
linked to: Electra