Alphaîos
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Alphaîos is a Greek form of the name Alphaeus, known from its use in the New Testament as the name of several early Christian figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alphaîos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6059351 — 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: Alphaîos Context triple: [Alphaeus, nameForm, Alphaîos]
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A.
Amythaon
Amythaon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of Cretheus and a member of the royal line of Thessaly.
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B.
Thebais
Thebais is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Statius, that recounts the mythic war of the Seven against Thebes.
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C.
Pelasgikon Oros
Pelasgikon Oros is a mythological mountain associated with the ancient Pelasgians in Greek tradition, regarded as one of the primordial divine mountains (Ourea).
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D.
Agiasos
Agiasos is a traditional mountain village on the Greek island of Lesbos, known for its preserved architecture, religious pilgrimage sites, and rich folk culture.
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E.
Labdacus
Labdacus is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek legend, best known as the father of Laius and grandfather of Oedipus.
- 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: Alphaîos Target entity description: Alphaîos is a Greek form of the name Alphaeus, known from its use in the New Testament as the name of several early Christian figures.
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A.
Amythaon
Amythaon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of Cretheus and a member of the royal line of Thessaly.
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B.
Thebais
Thebais is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Statius, that recounts the mythic war of the Seven against Thebes.
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C.
Pelasgikon Oros
Pelasgikon Oros is a mythological mountain associated with the ancient Pelasgians in Greek tradition, regarded as one of the primordial divine mountains (Ourea).
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D.
Agiasos
Agiasos is a traditional mountain village on the Greek island of Lesbos, known for its preserved architecture, religious pilgrimage sites, and rich folk culture.
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E.
Labdacus
Labdacus is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek legend, best known as the father of Laius and grandfather of Oedipus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek given name
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given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| appearsInText | Greek manuscripts of the New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
James son of Alphaeus
ⓘ
Levi son of Alphaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Matthaeus
|
| hasCategory |
Biblical names
ⓘ
Christian given names ⓘ Greek masculine given names ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRelation | Hebrew name Halphai ⓘ |
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriodOfUse | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticOrigin | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| hasNameType | theophoric or patronymic name ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alphaeus the father of James son of Alphaeus
ⓘ
Alphaeus the father of Levi (Matthew) in the New Testament ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicVariant | Ἀλφαῖος ⓘ |
| hasReligiousContext | early Christianity ⓘ |
| hasScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
ancient Judea ⓘ
linked to:
Judea
|
| isFormOf | Alphaeus ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs |
Alphaeus
ⓘ
Alphaios ⓘ |
| usedByReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| usedIn | New Testament ⓘ |
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: Alphaîos Description of subject: Alphaîos is a Greek form of the name Alphaeus, known from its use in the New Testament as the name of several early Christian figures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.