Pericles
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Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pericles canonical | 64 |
| Pericles of Athens | 2 |
| Pericles the Younger | 2 |
| Athenian statesman Pericles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118831 — 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: Pericles Context triple: [Acropolis of Athens, mainConstructionPhaseUnder, Pericles]
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A.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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B.
Menexenus (son)
Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
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C.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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D.
Xenophon
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
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E.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
- 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: Pericles Target entity description: Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
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A.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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B.
Menexenus (son)
Menexenus (son) is known in ancient Greek tradition as a son of the philosopher Socrates.
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C.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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D.
Xenophon
Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
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E.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian statesman
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ancient Greek person ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activeIn | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian democracy
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Delian League ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | plague ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| country | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 495 BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 429 BCE ⓘ |
| describedAs | first citizen of Athens ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greeks ⓘ |
| father | Xanthippus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Athenian political institutions
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development of direct democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Periclean building program
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influential public speeches ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Alcmaeonid family ⓘ |
| mother | Agariste ⓘ |
| notableFor |
building program on the Acropolis
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leadership during the Golden Age of Athens ⓘ leadership in the early years of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ promotion of Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| oversawConstructionOf |
the Parthenon
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surface form:
Parthenon
Propylaea ⓘ other Acropolis monuments ⓘ |
| partner | Aspasia of Miletus ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Aeschylus
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Anaxagoras ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ Phidias ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Athens ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
leading statesman of Athens
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strategos of Athens ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| residence | Athens ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Age of Pericles ⓘ |
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: Pericles Description of subject: Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Persians
subject surface form:
Athens
subject surface form:
Cleon