Prothous
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Prothous is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prothous canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5806926 — 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: Prothous Context triple: [Thestius, child, Prothous]
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
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E.
Plexippus
Plexippus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
- 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: Prothous Target entity description: Prothous is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius.
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
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E.
Plexippus
Plexippus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (9)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thestius family ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | minor figure ⓘ |
| parent | Thestius ⓘ |
| tradition | Classical mythology ⓘ |
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: Prothous Description of subject: Prothous is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.