Bellerophon riding Pegasus
E74879
Bellerophon riding Pegasus is a heraldic emblem depicting the mythological Greek hero mounted on the winged horse Pegasus, symbolizing courage, airborne prowess, and swift, decisive action.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bellerophon riding Pegasus canonical | 2 |
| mythological horse Pegasus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T599007 — 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: Bellerophon riding Pegasus Context triple: [Parachute Regiment, capBadge, Bellerophon riding Pegasus]
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A.
Centaur
Centaur is a pioneering high-energy rocket upper stage developed by the United States, notable for its use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to boost payloads into high orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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B.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
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E.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
- 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: Bellerophon riding Pegasus Target entity description: Bellerophon riding Pegasus is a heraldic emblem depicting the mythological Greek hero mounted on the winged horse Pegasus, symbolizing courage, airborne prowess, and swift, decisive action.
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A.
Centaur
Centaur is a pioneering high-energy rocket upper stage developed by the United States, notable for its use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to boost payloads into high orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
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B.
Aquila
Aquila is a genus of large, powerful birds of prey that includes several species of true eagles found across much of the world.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
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E.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heraldic emblem
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iconographic theme ⓘ mythological motif ⓘ |
| artHistoricalCategory |
military heraldic device
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mythological heraldic charge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
combat against the Chimera
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heroic quests ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
European heraldry
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classical tradition ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bellerophon
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Pegasus ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalOrigin | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
mounted rider
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winged horse ⓘ |
| oftenRepresents |
elite airborne troops
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rapid deployment forces ⓘ special operations units ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Pegasus as a symbol of inspiration
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aerial warfare symbolism ⓘ hero-on-horseback motif ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
airborne prowess
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courage ⓘ decisive action ⓘ divine favor ⓘ heroism ⓘ military prowess ⓘ nobility ⓘ speed ⓘ strategic superiority ⓘ swift action ⓘ victory over monsters ⓘ |
| typicalAttributesOfHorse |
rearing posture
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wings ⓘ |
| typicalAttributesOfRider |
armed hero
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helmeted warrior ⓘ |
| usedIn |
air force heraldry
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coats of arms ⓘ heraldry ⓘ military insignia ⓘ parachute regiment heraldry ⓘ regimental emblems ⓘ unit badges ⓘ |
| visualForm | mounted figure on a winged horse in flight ⓘ |
| visualOrientation |
often shown advancing
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often shown in profile ⓘ |
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: Bellerophon riding Pegasus Description of subject: Bellerophon riding Pegasus is a heraldic emblem depicting the mythological Greek hero mounted on the winged horse Pegasus, symbolizing courage, airborne prowess, and swift, decisive action.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bellerophon riding Pegasus