island of Aeaea
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The island of Aeaea is the mythical home of the enchantress Circe in Greek mythology, where she famously transformed Odysseus’s men into animals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| island of Aeaea canonical | 4 |
| island of Circe | 2 |
| island of Circe (Aiaia) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203690 — 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: island of Aeaea Context triple: [Circe, residence, island of Aeaea]
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A.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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B.
Amorgos
Amorgos is a Greek island in the Cyclades known for its dramatic cliffs, clear blue waters, and traditional whitewashed villages.
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C.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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D.
Ikaria
Ikaria is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea known for its rugged landscape, traditional lifestyle, and the exceptional longevity of its inhabitants.
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E.
Scheria
Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
- 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: island of Aeaea Target entity description: The island of Aeaea is the mythical home of the enchantress Circe in Greek mythology, where she famously transformed Odysseus’s men into animals.
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A.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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B.
Amorgos
Amorgos is a Greek island in the Cyclades known for its dramatic cliffs, clear blue waters, and traditional whitewashed villages.
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C.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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D.
Ikaria
Ikaria is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea known for its rugged landscape, traditional lifestyle, and the exceptional longevity of its inhabitants.
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E.
Scheria
Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
location in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythical island ⓘ |
| afterEvent |
Circe
ⓘ
surface form:
Odysseus remained for about a year with Circe
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| appearsIn |
myth of Odysseus
ⓘ
myth of the Argonauts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Circe
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ companions of Odysseus ⓘ |
| category |
Circe
ⓘ
surface form:
Circe in mythology
Locations in the Odyssey ⓘ Mythological islands ⓘ |
| country | mythical place ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| event | transformation of Odysseus's men into animals ⓘ |
| feature |
forests
ⓘ
palace of Circe ⓘ wild animals enchanted by Circe ⓘ |
| genre | mythological geography ⓘ |
| governedBy | Circe ⓘ |
| guidesFrom | Circe directs Odysseus to the Underworld ⓘ |
| hasNameForm |
Aegiale
ⓘ
surface form:
Aeaea (Latinized form)
Αἰαία (Ancient Greek) ⓘ |
| hasResident |
nymphs
ⓘ
servants of Circe ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of sorceress islands in literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the home of the enchantress Circe
ⓘ
being the place where Odysseus's men were turned into swine ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
site of magical transformation
ⓘ
symbol of temptation and danger ⓘ |
| locatedInNarrative |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean Sea (mythical)
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeSequence |
visited after the Laestrygonian episode in the Odyssey
ⓘ
visited before the journey to the Underworld in the Odyssey ⓘ |
| notableIn |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| partOf | Odyssean wanderings ⓘ |
| primaryInhabitant | Circe ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
island of Ithaca
ⓘ
surface form:
Ithaca (as Odysseus's destination)
Hades ⓘ
surface form:
Underworld (Hades)
|
| roleInMyth |
place of enchantment and transformation
ⓘ
stopping point in Odysseus's journey home from Troy ⓘ |
| sometimesIdentifiedWith | island of Circeo (Monte Circeo region, Italy) in later tradition ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionContext | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| uncertainRealWorldLocation | yes ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Argonauts
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ |
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: island of Aeaea Description of subject: The island of Aeaea is the mythical home of the enchantress Circe in Greek mythology, where she famously transformed Odysseus’s men into animals.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
island of Circe (Aiaia)
this entity surface form:
island of Circe
this entity surface form:
island of Circe