Tiphys
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Tiphys is the skilled helmsman of the Argo in Greek mythology, responsible for steering Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tiphys canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7021374 — 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: Tiphys Context triple: [Argonauts, hasMember, Tiphys]
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A.
Talthybius
Talthybius is a herald of the Greek army in Greek mythology, best known from Euripides’ tragedies where he delivers orders and news to captive Trojan women.
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B.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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C.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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D.
Phaeo
Phaeo is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, identified as a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Lynceus
Lynceus is a figure in Greek mythology renowned as one of the Argonauts, famed for his exceptionally keen eyesight.
- 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: Tiphys Target entity description: Tiphys is the skilled helmsman of the Argo in Greek mythology, responsible for steering Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
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A.
Talthybius
Talthybius is a herald of the Greek army in Greek mythology, best known from Euripides’ tragedies where he delivers orders and news to captive Trojan women.
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B.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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C.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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D.
Phaeo
Phaeo is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, identified as a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
Lynceus
Lynceus is a figure in Greek mythology renowned as one of the Argonauts, famed for his exceptionally keen eyesight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Argonaut
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argo
ⓘ
Argonauts ⓘ Jason ⓘ |
| crewMemberOf | Argo ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| describedAs | skilled helmsman ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goalOfVoyage | retrieval of the Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse |
Jason and the Argonauts myth cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Jason and the Argonauts
|
| notableFor |
guiding Jason and the Argonauts
ⓘ
participation in the quest for the Golden Fleece ⓘ steering the Argo ⓘ |
| occupation | helmsman ⓘ |
| participatedIn | quest for the Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| partOf | Argonauts ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | steering the Argo safely ⓘ |
| role | helmsman of the Argo ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Jason ⓘ |
| voyageContext | expedition to Colchis ⓘ |
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: Tiphys Description of subject: Tiphys is the skilled helmsman of the Argo in Greek mythology, responsible for steering Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.