Scylla
E103086
Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scylla canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T870184 — 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: Scylla Context triple: [Odysseus, encounters, Scylla]
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A.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
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B.
Polyphemus
Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops in Greek mythology best known for trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave and being outwitted and blinded by them.
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C.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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D.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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E.
Marpessa
Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.
- 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: Scylla Target entity description: Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
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A.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
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B.
Polyphemus
Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops in Greek mythology best known for trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave and being outwitted and blinded by them.
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C.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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D.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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E.
Marpessa
Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological creature
ⓘ
mythological monster ⓘ sea monster ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Virgil's Aeneid
ⓘ
surface form:
Aeneid
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form:
Metamorphoses
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| artDepiction |
mosaic representations in Roman art
ⓘ
vase paintings in Greek art ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Strait of Messina ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Charybdis ⓘ |
| category |
Monsters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Sea and river gods in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfTransformation | jealousy of Circe ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | fearsome sea monster ⓘ |
| devours | men from passing ships ⓘ |
| encounteredBy |
Aeneas
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ |
| firstAttestedIn | Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guardedPassage | route used by Greek ships ⓘ |
| habitat |
narrow strait
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| hasVariantTraditions | parentage ⓘ |
| kills | sailors ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | sea passage between rocks ⓘ |
| locatedOpposite | Charybdis ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Σκύλλα ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
long necks
ⓘ
multiple heads ⓘ ring of barking dogs around her waist ⓘ sharp teeth ⓘ terrifying voice ⓘ |
| numberOfHeads | six ⓘ |
| numberOfLegs | twelve ⓘ |
| opposedBy | heroes of Greek epic ⓘ |
| parent |
Ceto
ⓘ
Echidna ⓘ Phorcys ⓘ Typhoeus ⓘ
surface form:
Typhon
|
| relatedExpression | between Scylla and Charybdis ⓘ |
| relatedExpressionMeaning | between two dangers ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
inescapable danger
ⓘ
peril of sea travel ⓘ |
| tailType | fishtail ⓘ |
| threatens | passing sailors ⓘ |
| transformationFrom | beautiful maiden ⓘ |
| transformedBy | Circe ⓘ |
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: Scylla Description of subject: Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Odysseus
subject surface form:
Odyssey