Onomarchus
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Onomarchus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian general and leader who played a major role in the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Onomarchus canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T699222 — 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: Onomarchus Context triple: [Third Sacred War, commander, Onomarchus]
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Clinomachus
Clinomachus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work on logic and dialectics.
- 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: Onomarchus Target entity description: Onomarchus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian general and leader who played a major role in the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Xerinae
Xerinae is a subfamily of rodents in the squirrel family (Sciuridae) that includes ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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E.
Clinomachus
Clinomachus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with the Megarian school, known for his work on logic and dialectics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BCE person
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Phocian leader ⓘ ancient Greek general ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Pherae
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various Thessalian factions opposed to Philip II ⓘ |
| citizenship | Phocis ⓘ |
| commanded |
Phocian forces
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land forces ⓘ naval forces in support of his campaigns ⓘ |
| conflict | war against Thebes and its allies ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 352 BCE ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near the Gulf of Pagasae ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Diodorus Siculus
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other ancient Greek historians ⓘ |
| involvedIn | control of the Delphic Amphictyony ⓘ |
| killedIn |
Battle of the Crocus Field
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linked to:
Battle of Crocus Field
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| knownFor |
defeating Philip II of Macedon in early engagements
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extensive use of mercenary troops ⓘ major role in the Third Sacred War ⓘ |
| opponent |
Philip II of Macedon
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Thebes ⓘ |
| opponentInBattle | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Third Sacred War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
leader of the Phocians
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strategos of Phocis ⓘ |
| relative | Philomelus ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
Phocian politics
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military affairs ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Phayllus ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| used |
Delphic temple treasures to pay mercenaries
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linked to:
treasury at Delphi
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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: Onomarchus Description of subject: Onomarchus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian general and leader who played a major role in the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.