Pylia
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Pylia is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Aegeus, the legendary king of Athens and father of Theseus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pylia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7324583 — 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: Pylia Context triple: [Aegeus, mother, Pylia]
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A.
Ypati
Ypati is a historic town in central Greece, known for its mountainous setting near Mount Oeta and its role in various periods of Greek history.
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B.
Cleeia
Cleeia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, identified as a daughter of the Titan Atlas and thus part of the extended divine family associated with the heavens.
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C.
Nerissa
Nerissa is a witty and loyal lady-in-waiting to Portia in Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice," known for her intelligence, humor, and role in the play’s romantic subplots.
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D.
Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
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E.
Lygia
Lygia is a feminine given name of Portuguese origin, notably borne by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape.
- 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: Pylia Target entity description: Pylia is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Aegeus, the legendary king of Athens and father of Theseus.
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A.
Ypati
Ypati is a historic town in central Greece, known for its mountainous setting near Mount Oeta and its role in various periods of Greek history.
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B.
Cleeia
Cleeia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, identified as a daughter of the Titan Atlas and thus part of the extended divine family associated with the heavens.
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C.
Nerissa
Nerissa is a witty and loyal lady-in-waiting to Portia in Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice," known for her intelligence, humor, and role in the play’s romantic subplots.
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D.
Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
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E.
Lygia
Lygia is a feminine given name of Portuguese origin, notably borne by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athens ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| era | mythic age of Greece ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| motherOf | Aegeus ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Athenian myth ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Aegeus ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Aegeus ⓘ |
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: Pylia Description of subject: Pylia is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Aegeus, the legendary king of Athens and father of Theseus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.