Helen of Troy
E24191
Helen of Troy is a legendary figure from Greek mythology renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helen of Troy canonical | 49 |
| Helen | 6 |
| Helen of Sparta | 2 |
| Queen of Sparta | 2 |
| Helen of Sparta (in some traditions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156641 — 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: Helen of Troy Context triple: [Zeus, child, Helen of Troy]
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A.
Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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B.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Artemis
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth, often depicted as a virgin huntress and protector of young women and animals.
- 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: Helen of Troy Target entity description: Helen of Troy is a legendary figure from Greek mythology renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.
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A.
Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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B.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Artemis
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth, often depicted as a virgin huntress and protector of young women and animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan War figure
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| abductedBy | Paris ⓘ |
| abductedFrom | Sparta ⓘ |
| abductionMotif | elopement with Paris ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cypria
ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
Little Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
Oresteia (indirectly) ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Trojan War ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sparta
ⓘ
Troy ⓘ |
| beautyComparedTo | goddesses ⓘ |
| causeOf |
Trojan War
ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan War (in myth)
|
| child |
Hermione
ⓘ
Megapenthes (mythological) ⓘ Nicostratus ⓘ Pleistrus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| epithet |
Helen
ⓘ
surface form:
Helen of Sparta
the most beautiful woman in the world ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Helen ⓘ |
| husband | Menelaus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western art
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Western drama ⓘ Western literature ⓘ |
| lover | Paris ⓘ |
| maritalStatusBeforeAbduction | married to Menelaus ⓘ |
| mother | Leda ⓘ |
| mythicCycle |
Trojan cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan Cycle
|
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extraordinary beauty
ⓘ
role in causing the Trojan War ⓘ |
| origin | Sparta ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | cause of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| sibling |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Timandra ⓘ |
| spouse |
Menelaus
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
destructive power of desire
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idealized beauty ⓘ |
| title |
Helen of Troy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Queen of Sparta
|
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: Helen of Troy Description of subject: Helen of Troy is a legendary figure from Greek mythology renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Paris (Orlando Bloom)
this entity surface form:
Helen of Sparta
subject surface form:
Paris (Orlando Bloom)