Thessalus
E818579
Thessalus is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the hero Jason and Alcimede.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thessalus canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9702492 — 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: Thessalus Context triple: [Alcimede, hasChild, Thessalus]
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A.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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B.
Dagisthaeus
Dagisthaeus was a 6th-century Byzantine general known for leading imperial forces during the Lazic War against the Sasanian Empire.
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C.
Isander
Isander is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the hero Bellerophon.
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D.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
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E.
Lycius
Lycius is the tragic mortal lover of the serpent-woman Lamia in John Keats’s narrative poem, whose doomed romance explores themes of illusion, love, and disillusionment.
- 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: Thessalus Target entity description: Thessalus is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the hero Jason and Alcimede.
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A.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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B.
Dagisthaeus
Dagisthaeus was a 6th-century Byzantine general known for leading imperial forces during the Lazic War against the Sasanian Empire.
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C.
Isander
Isander is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the hero Bellerophon.
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D.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
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E.
Lycius
Lycius is the tragic mortal lover of the serpent-woman Lamia in John Keats’s narrative poem, whose doomed romance explores themes of illusion, love, and disillusionment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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human ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Thessaly ⓘ |
| childOf |
Alcimede
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Jason ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Thessalus
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Thessalus ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| hasFather | Jason ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMother | Alcimede ⓘ |
| mentionedAs |
son of Alcimede
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son of Jason ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Θέσσαλος ⓘ |
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: Thessalus Description of subject: Thessalus is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the hero Jason and Alcimede.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.