Macaria
E115587
Macaria is a figure in Greek mythology known as a daughter of Heracles, associated with themes of sacrifice and deliverance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macaria canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934143 — 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: Macaria Context triple: [Heracles, child, Macaria]
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A.
Clementina
Clementina is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Clementine, used in various European and Latin American cultures.
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B.
Lucilla
Lucilla was a Roman imperial princess and daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius who became Empress as the wife of Lucius Verus and was later implicated in a plot against her brother Commodus.
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C.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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D.
Minervina
Minervina was the first wife or consort of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, known primarily as the mother of his son Crispus.
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E.
Meliae
The Meliae are nymphs from Greek mythology associated with ash trees and often linked to the early generations of humanity and rustic woodland life.
- 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: Macaria Target entity description: Macaria is a figure in Greek mythology known as a daughter of Heracles, associated with themes of sacrifice and deliverance.
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A.
Clementina
Clementina is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Clementine, used in various European and Latin American cultures.
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B.
Lucilla
Lucilla was a Roman imperial princess and daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius who became Empress as the wife of Lucius Verus and was later implicated in a plot against her brother Commodus.
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C.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
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D.
Minervina
Minervina was the first wife or consort of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, known primarily as the mother of his son Crispus.
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E.
Meliae
The Meliae are nymphs from Greek mythology associated with ash trees and often linked to the early generations of humanity and rustic woodland life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Euripides' play "Heracleidae"
|
| associatedPlace |
Athens
ⓘ
Attica ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Euripides
ⓘ
deliverance ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ salvation of Athens ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | ritual sacrifice ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | tomb in Attica (in mythic tradition) ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | cowardice of enemies of Heracles ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathContext | oracle-demanded sacrifice ⓘ |
| decision | voluntarily offers herself for sacrifice ⓘ |
| ethicalTheme | noble death for the common good ⓘ |
| father | Heracles ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| honoredAs | heroine ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfSources | Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| motivation | to save her kin and their Athenian protectors ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Athenian legend ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| nameScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Alcmene
ⓘ
Iolaus ⓘ |
| oracleFrom | Delphi ⓘ |
| parent | Heracles ⓘ |
| protectedGroup |
Heracleidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Heraclidae
Children of Heracles ⓘ
surface form:
children of Heracles
|
| roleInHeracleidae | voluntary sacrificial victim ⓘ |
| sacrificedFor |
deliverance of Athens
ⓘ
safety of the Heraclidae ⓘ |
| sourceType | dramatic literature rather than cult myth ⓘ |
| symbolism |
courage
ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of Heracles ⓘ |
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: Macaria Description of subject: Macaria is a figure in Greek mythology known as a daughter of Heracles, associated with themes of sacrifice and deliverance.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.