Datis
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Datis was a Persian military commander of the Achaemenid Empire who led the expedition against Greece that culminated in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Datis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3662736 — 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: Datis Context triple: [Battle of Marathon, commander, Datis]
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A.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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B.
Ariabignes
Ariabignes was a Persian prince and naval commander, son of King Darius I, who was killed while leading Persian forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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C.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Agrius
Agrius is a figure from Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the sorceress Circe.
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E.
Laodamas
Laodamas is a prince in Greek mythology, best known as the favored son of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey.
- 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: Datis Target entity description: Datis was a Persian military commander of the Achaemenid Empire who led the expedition against Greece that culminated in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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A.
Ariaeus
Ariaeus was a Persian military commander who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II.
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B.
Ariabignes
Ariabignes was a Persian prince and naval commander, son of King Darius I, who was killed while leading Persian forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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C.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Agrius
Agrius is a figure from Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the sorceress Circe.
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E.
Laodamas
Laodamas is a prince in Greek mythology, best known as the favored son of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid military commander
ⓘ
Persian military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| birthDate | unknown ⓘ |
| campaignEndedWith | Persian defeat at the Battle of Marathon ⓘ |
| captured | Eretria ⓘ |
| citizenship | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| coCommanderWith |
Artaphernes
ⓘ
surface form:
Artaphernes (the younger)
|
| commanded | Persian expedition against Greece in 490 BC ⓘ |
| commandedOperationAgainst | Eretria ⓘ |
| conflict |
Greco-Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian–Greek conflict
|
| deathCause | unknown ⓘ |
| deathDate | after 490 BC (approximate) ⓘ |
| employer | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| floruit | 490 BC ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid Persia
|
| militaryBranch |
Persian army
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid army
|
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableWork | Persian expedition that culminated in the Battle of Marathon ⓘ |
| objective |
punish Athens for aiding the Ionian Revolt
ⓘ
punish Eretria for aiding the Ionian Revolt ⓘ |
| opponent |
Athens
ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger ⓘ Plataea ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Marathon
ⓘ
Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
First Persian invasion of Greece
Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
works of Herodotus
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surface form:
Herodotus, Histories
|
| timePeriod |
early 5th century BC
ⓘ
late 6th century BC ⓘ |
| transportedPrisonersTo | Persia ⓘ |
| usedForcesType |
cavalry
ⓘ
fleet ⓘ infantry ⓘ triremes ⓘ |
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: Datis Description of subject: Datis was a Persian military commander of the Achaemenid Empire who led the expedition against Greece that culminated in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.