Ceyx
E83068
Ceyx is a figure from Greek mythology, a king of Trachis known for his tragic love story with Alcyone that led to their transformation into halcyon birds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceyx canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648663 — 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: Ceyx Context triple: [Alcyone, spouseOrLover, Ceyx]
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A.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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B.
CASSIOPE
CASSIOPE is a Canadian multi-purpose satellite that combines scientific research of Earth’s upper atmosphere with a commercial communications payload.
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C.
Galeata
Galeata is a small historic town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its Roman and medieval heritage in the Apennine foothills.
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D.
Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
- 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: Ceyx Target entity description: Ceyx is a figure from Greek mythology, a king of Trachis known for his tragic love story with Alcyone that led to their transformation into halcyon birds.
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A.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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B.
CASSIOPE
CASSIOPE is a Canadian multi-purpose satellite that combines scientific research of Earth’s upper atmosphere with a commercial communications payload.
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C.
Galeata
Galeata is a small historic town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its Roman and medieval heritage in the Apennine foothills.
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D.
Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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E.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological couple ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| afterlifeForm | kingfisher-like bird ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ovid's Metamorphoses
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| associatedMotive | sea voyage gone wrong ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | coast of Thessaly ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hera
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ halcyon days ⓘ halcyon days ⓘ |
| birdType | halcyon ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | expression "halcyon days" ⓘ |
| deathCause | shipwreck ⓘ |
| diesAt | sea ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conjugal love
ⓘ
divine compassion ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| kingOf |
Trachis
ⓘ
linked to:
Thessaly
|
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Thessaly
ⓘ
Trachis ⓘ
linked to:
Locris
|
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Κήυξ ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exemplum of marital fidelity ⓘ |
| narrativeGenre | metamorphosis myth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
origin of halcyon days myth
ⓘ
tragic love story with Alcyone ⓘ |
| praysTo | gods for safe voyage ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | story of Alcyone's grief ⓘ |
| relationshipToAlcyone | husband ⓘ |
| relationshipToCeyx | wife ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | devoted husband of Alcyone ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Ovid ⓘ |
| sourceWork |
Metamorphoses Book 11
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| spouse | Alcyone ⓘ |
| symbolism |
calm after storm
ⓘ
faithful marriage ⓘ |
| transformationCause | pity of the gods ⓘ |
| transformationType | human to bird ⓘ |
| transformedInto |
halcyon bird
ⓘ
halcyon bird ⓘ |
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: Ceyx Description of subject: Ceyx is a figure from Greek mythology, a king of Trachis known for his tragic love story with Alcyone that led to their transformation into halcyon birds.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.