Irus
E618147
Irus is a gluttonous, cowardly beggar in Homer’s Odyssey who appears in Monteverdi’s opera “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” as a comic and morally degraded foil to the hero.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6765061 — 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: Irus Context triple: [Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, mainCharacter, Irus]
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A.
Iras
Iras is a loyal attendant and companion to Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
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B.
Irazu
Irazu is an alternative spelling of Irazú, a stratovolcano in Costa Rica known for its frequent eruptions and crater lakes.
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C.
Iranun
Iranun is an Austronesian language spoken by the Iranun people of the southern Philippines and parts of Sabah and Mindanao, closely related to Maranao and Maguindanaon.
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D.
Aryandes
Aryandes was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as the first satrap (governor) of Egypt under King Cambyses II and later Darius I.
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E.
Ishkur
Ishkur is a Mesopotamian storm and rain god associated with thunder, fertility, and seasonal weather.
- 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: Irus Target entity description: Irus is a gluttonous, cowardly beggar in Homer’s Odyssey who appears in Monteverdi’s opera “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” as a comic and morally degraded foil to the hero.
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A.
Iras
Iras is a loyal attendant and companion to Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
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B.
Irazu
Irazu is an alternative spelling of Irazú, a stratovolcano in Costa Rica known for its frequent eruptions and crater lakes.
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C.
Iranun
Iranun is an Austronesian language spoken by the Iranun people of the southern Philippines and parts of Sabah and Mindanao, closely related to Maranao and Maguindanaon.
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D.
Aryandes
Aryandes was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as the first satrap (governor) of Egypt under King Cambyses II and later Darius I.
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E.
Ishkur
Ishkur is a Mesopotamian storm and rain god associated with thunder, fertility, and seasonal weather.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beggar
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ operatic character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ |
| alignment | opponent of Odysseus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria ⓘ
linked to:
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
|
| appearsInBook |
Odyssey Book 18
ⓘ
linked to:
The Odyssey
|
| associatedWith |
Ithaca
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ suitors of Penelope ⓘ |
| characterType | parasite figure ⓘ |
| creator | Homer ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Odysseus ⓘ |
| genreContext |
Baroque opera
ⓘ
ancient Greek epic ⓘ |
| humiliatedBy | Odysseus ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
contrast to heroic virtue ⓘ |
| medium |
literature
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| moralCharacter | morally degraded ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Arnaeus ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek (mythological) ⓘ |
| notableEvent | fight with Odysseus disguised as a beggar ⓘ |
| occupation | beggar ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ |
| operaLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| operaLibrettist | Giacomo Badoaro ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cowardly
ⓘ
gluttonous ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
comic character
ⓘ
foil to Odysseus ⓘ |
| setting |
Odysseus' palace in Ithaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca
|
| symbolizes |
base appetite
ⓘ
moral corruption among the suitors ⓘ |
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: Irus Description of subject: Irus is a gluttonous, cowardly beggar in Homer’s Odyssey who appears in Monteverdi’s opera “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” as a comic and morally degraded foil to the hero.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.