Agave
E121011
Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agave canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014721 — 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: Agave Context triple: [Semele, sibling, Agave]
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A.
Cactus
Cactus was the Allied codename for Henderson Field, the strategically crucial airfield on Guadalcanal during World War II.
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B.
Palo verde
Palo verde is a small desert tree native to the American Southwest, recognized for its green bark and bright yellow spring blossoms.
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C.
nopal cactus
The nopal cactus is a prickly pear cactus native to the Americas, especially associated with Mexican cuisine, culture, and symbolism.
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D.
Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
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E.
Fouquieria splendens
Fouquieria splendens, commonly known as ocotillo, is a spiny, drought-tolerant desert shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its tall cane-like stems and bright red tubular flowers.
- 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: Agave Target entity description: Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
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A.
Cactus
Cactus was the Allied codename for Henderson Field, the strategically crucial airfield on Guadalcanal during World War II.
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B.
Palo verde
Palo verde is a small desert tree native to the American Southwest, recognized for its green bark and bright yellow spring blossoms.
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C.
nopal cactus
The nopal cactus is a prickly pear cactus native to the Americas, especially associated with Mexican cuisine, culture, and symbolism.
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D.
Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
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E.
Fouquieria splendens
Fouquieria splendens, commonly known as ocotillo, is a spiny, drought-tolerant desert shrub native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, noted for its tall cane-like stems and bright red tubular flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maenad
ⓘ
Theban princess ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Euripides' play "The Bacchae"
ⓘ
surface form:
Euripides' Bacchae
|
| associatedWithCity | Thebes ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Dionysus ⓘ |
| causeOfKillingPentheus | madness sent by Dionysus ⓘ |
| cultContext | Dionysian rites ⓘ |
| deceivedBy | Dionysus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Theban ⓘ |
| father | Cadmus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandfather | Agenor ⓘ |
| grandmother | Telephassa ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ledGroup | Theban Maenads ⓘ |
| literaryType | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| modeOfKillingPentheus | sparagmos ⓘ |
| mother |
Ἁρμονία
ⓘ
surface form:
Harmonia
|
| motherOf | Pentheus ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableAct | killed her son Pentheus in a Dionysus-induced frenzy ⓘ |
| parentOf | Pentheus ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
Bacchant
ⓘ
follower of Dionysus ⓘ |
| roleInBacchae | central tragic figure ⓘ |
| sibling |
Autonoë
ⓘ
Ino ⓘ Polydorus ⓘ Semele ⓘ |
| spouse | Echion ⓘ |
| victimOf | divine punishment by Dionysus ⓘ |
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: Agave Description of subject: Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.