Tisamenus
E173106
Tisamenus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and associated with the lineage of heroes involved in the wars of the Epigoni.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tisamenus canonical | 2 |
| Tisamenus (in some traditions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1488084 — 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: Tisamenus Context triple: [Thersander, child, Tisamenus]
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A.
Maleae
Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
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B.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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C.
Alphitonia
Alphitonia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as ash or soap trees, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Asia.
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D.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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E.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Tisamenus Target entity description: Tisamenus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and associated with the lineage of heroes involved in the wars of the Epigoni.
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A.
Maleae
Maleae is a tribe of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) that includes many economically important fruit-bearing genera such as apples and pears.
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B.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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C.
Alphitonia
Alphitonia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs, commonly known as ash or soap trees, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Asia.
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D.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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E.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInContext |
myths related to Theban cycle
ⓘ
stories about the Epigoni ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Epigoni
ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ war of the Epigoni ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Theban mythology characters ⓘ |
| cityOfAssociation | Thebes ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greek mythology
|
| familyBackground | Theban royal lineage ⓘ |
| genre | heroic legend ⓘ |
| hasLineageType | heroic lineage ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Theban royal family
ⓘ
surface form:
royal house of Thebes
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | descendant of Theban royal house ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to the wars of the Epigoni
ⓘ
descent from Theban royalty ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | legendary person ⓘ |
| partOf |
Theban cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Theban mythological cycle
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| relatedTo | heroes of the Epigoni ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | generation after the original Theban heroes ⓘ |
| tradition | oral epic tradition ⓘ |
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: Tisamenus Description of subject: Tisamenus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and associated with the lineage of heroes involved in the wars of the Epigoni.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.