Maia
E9356
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maia canonical | 43 |
| Maia (Roman mythology) | 1 |
| Μαία | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34879 — 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: Maia Context triple: [Atlas, children, Maia]
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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C.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Anna
Anna is the given first name of Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential former First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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E.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
- 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: Maia Target entity description: Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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C.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Anna
Anna is the given first name of Eleanor Roosevelt, the influential former First Lady of the United States and human rights advocate.
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E.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Daughter of Atlas
ⓘ
Daughter of Pleione ⓘ Greek mythological figure ⓘ Nymph ⓘ Pleiad ⓘ |
| associatedConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Growth
ⓘ
Mount Cyllene ⓘ Spring ⓘ |
| astronomicalAssociation | Star Maia in the Pleiades cluster ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
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Children of Atlas ⓘ Nymphs of Greek mythology ⓘ Women associated with Hermes ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Reclusive
ⓘ
Shy ⓘ |
| consort | Zeus ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| etymology | Name possibly related to Greek word for "nurse" or "mother" ⓘ |
| family | Titan lineage through Atlas ⓘ |
| gender | Female ⓘ |
| grandparent | Hermes ⓘ |
| groupRole | Eldest of the Pleiades in some traditions ⓘ |
| lover | Maia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pleiades ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes
ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric Hymns
Works of Apollodorus ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Works of Hesiod ⓘ |
| mother | Maia ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Age of the Titans and early Olympians ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Birth of Hermes ⓘ |
| parent | Hermes ⓘ |
| relative |
Atlas
ⓘ
Pleione ⓘ |
| residence |
Cave on Mount Cyllene
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Cyllene
|
| role | Mother of a major Olympian god ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alcyone
ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ |
| worship |
Connected to cult of Hermes in Arcadia
ⓘ
Honored in Arcadia ⓘ |
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: Maia Description of subject: Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atlas from Greek mythology
subject linked to:
Zeus and Hera
linked to: Maia
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione
subject linked to:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione