Conon
E371767
4th-century BCE Greek person
5th-century BCE Greek person
Athenian admiral
ancient Greek military leader
naval commander
Conon was a prominent 5th–4th century BCE Athenian admiral best known for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3591248 — 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: Conon Context triple: [Athenian navy, commander, Conon]
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A.
Pelineon
Pelineon is a prominent mountain located on the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.
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B.
Lebbaeus
Lebbaeus is an alternative name traditionally associated with the apostle Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament.
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C.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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D.
Stylius
Stylius is a consumer products brand likely focused on personal or household items within the Consumer Products Division’s portfolio.
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E.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
- 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: Conon Target entity description: Conon was a prominent 5th–4th century BCE Athenian admiral best known for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
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A.
Pelineon
Pelineon is a prominent mountain located on the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.
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B.
Lebbaeus
Lebbaeus is an alternative name traditionally associated with the apostle Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament.
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C.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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D.
Stylius
Stylius is a consumer products brand likely focused on personal or household items within the Consumer Products Division’s portfolio.
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E.
Mordaunt
Mordaunt is a vengeful and fanatical antagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ d'Artagnan romances, known as the ruthless son of Milady de Winter who seeks to destroy the musketeers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BCE Greek person
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5th-century BCE Greek person ⓘ Athenian admiral ⓘ ancient Greek military leader ⓘ naval commander ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Achaemenid Empire
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surface form:
Persian Empire
|
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| country | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| culture | Classical Greek culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 4th century BCE
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late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| helpedRebuild |
Athenian fleet
ⓘ
Long Walls of Athens ⓘ
surface form:
Long Walls between Athens and Piraeus
|
| historicalSource |
Cornelius Nepos
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Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commanding the Persian fleet at the Battle of Cnidus
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rebuilding Athenian naval power after the Peloponnesian War ⓘ rebuilding the Long Walls of Athens ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Athenian navy ⓘ |
| notableEvent | escape after the Athenian defeat at Aegospotami ⓘ |
| notableVictory | Battle of Cnidus ⓘ |
| occupation |
admiral
ⓘ
strategos ⓘ |
| opponent |
Sparta
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Spartan navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Aegospotami
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Battle of Cnidus ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ Athens ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Spartan
ⓘ
pro-Athenian ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
Athenian commander at Aegospotami
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co-commander of Persian fleet at Cnidus ⓘ |
| strategicContribution | restoration of Athenian maritime strength in the early 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Pharnabazus II
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surface form:
Persian satrap Pharnabazus II
|
| timePeriod |
4th century BCE
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5th century BCE ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Pharnabazus II ⓘ |
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: Conon Description of subject: Conon was a prominent 5th–4th century BCE Athenian admiral best known for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.