Hercules
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Hercules is a legendary hero of Greco-Roman mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hercules canonical | 81 |
| Hercules (mythological hero) | 3 |
| Hercules (Disney character) | 2 |
| Hercules (character) | 2 |
| Heracles | 1 |
| Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts | 1 |
| Hercules resting after his labors | 1 |
| mythological hero Hercules | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9364661 — 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: Hercules Context triple: [Semo Sancus, linkedTo, Hercules]
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Hercules
Hercules is a historic steam-powered tugboat preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, showcasing early 20th-century maritime industry and engineering.
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B.
Hercules
Hercules is the popular nickname for the Lockheed C-130, a versatile four‑engine military transport aircraft renowned for its durability and ability to operate in challenging conditions.
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C.
Hercules
Hercules is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the mythological Greek hero, known for containing the bright globular cluster Messier 13.
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D.
Hercules
Hercules is a 1997 Disney animated musical film that reimagines the Greek mythological hero as a young demigod seeking to prove himself a true hero.
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E.
Hercules
"Hercules" is a 1972 song by Elton John, featured on his album *Honky Château* and noted for its upbeat rock style and energetic piano-driven arrangement.
- 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: Hercules Target entity description: Hercules is a legendary hero of Greco-Roman mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
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A.
Hercules
Hercules is a 1997 Disney animated musical film that reimagines the Greek mythological hero as a young demigod seeking to prove himself a true hero.
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B.
Hercules
Hercules is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the mythological Greek hero, known for containing the bright globular cluster Messier 13.
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C.
Hercules
Hercules is the popular nickname for the Lockheed C-130, a versatile four‑engine military transport aircraft renowned for its durability and ability to operate in challenging conditions.
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D.
Hercules
Hercules is a historic steam-powered tugboat preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, showcasing early 20th-century maritime industry and engineering.
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E.
Hercules
"Hercules" is a 1972 song by Elton John, featured on his album *Honky Château* and noted for its upbeat rock style and energetic piano-driven arrangement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological hero ⓘ |
| afterDeath |
ascends to Olympus
ⓘ
becomes a god ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Theogony ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| associatedWith |
club
ⓘ
lion skin ⓘ |
| causeOfMadness | Hera ⓘ |
| cultCenters |
Rome
ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ |
| diesBy | poisoned shirt of Nessus ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Hera ⓘ |
| equivalentInGreekMythology | Heracles ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Twelve Labors
ⓘ
capturing Cerberus ⓘ capturing the Ceryneian Hind ⓘ capturing the Cretan Bull ⓘ capturing the Erymanthian Boar ⓘ cleaning the Augean stables ⓘ herding the cattle of Geryon ⓘ obtaining the girdle of Hippolyta ⓘ slaying the Lernaean Hydra ⓘ
linked to:
LernaeanHydra
slaying the Nemean Lion ⓘ slaying the Stymphalian Birds ⓘ stealing the Mares of Diomedes ⓘ stealing the apples of the Hesperides ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
extraordinary courage
ⓘ
martial prowess ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Hyllus
ⓘ
Telephus ⓘ Tlepolemus ⓘ |
| hasFather | Zeus ⓘ |
| hasMother | Alcmene ⓘ |
| hasSpouse |
Deianira
ⓘ
Hebe ⓘ Megara ⓘ |
| nameInGreekMythology | Heracles ⓘ |
| nameInRomanMythology | Hercules ⓘ |
| performsLaborsAsPenanceFor | murder of his children ⓘ |
| servesKing | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
endurance
ⓘ
heroic suffering ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| weapon |
bow and arrows
ⓘ
wooden club ⓘ |
| wears | Nemean Lion skin ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
god
ⓘ
hero ⓘ |
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: Hercules Description of subject: Hercules is a legendary hero of Greco-Roman mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
Referenced by (92)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hercules
linked to: Hercules
linked to: Hercules
linked to: Hercules
linked to: Hercules
subject linked to:
Baile Herculane
subject linked to:
Temple of Hercules
linked to: Hercules
subject linked to:
Hercules
linked to: Hercules
subject linked to:
Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck