Cecropidae
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Cecropidae is the legendary Athenian royal family or clan descended from the mythic king Cecrops in ancient Greek mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cecropidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4238065 — 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: Cecropidae Context triple: [Boutes, familyConnection, Cecropidae]
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A.
Bombycilloidea
Bombycilloidea is a superfamily of passerine birds that includes waxwings and several related, primarily frugivorous and insectivorous songbird families found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Monarchidae
Monarchidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in Australasia, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Symphyta
Symphyta is a suborder of sawflies and related insects characterized by their broad waist and plant-feeding larvae that often resemble caterpillars.
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D.
Chlopsidae
Chlopsidae is a family of small, often burrowing eels commonly known as false morays, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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E.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
- 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: Cecropidae Target entity description: Cecropidae is the legendary Athenian royal family or clan descended from the mythic king Cecrops in ancient Greek mythology.
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A.
Bombycilloidea
Bombycilloidea is a superfamily of passerine birds that includes waxwings and several related, primarily frugivorous and insectivorous songbird families found across the Northern Hemisphere.
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B.
Monarchidae
Monarchidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in Australasia, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Symphyta
Symphyta is a suborder of sawflies and related insects characterized by their broad waist and plant-feeding larvae that often resemble caterpillars.
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D.
Chlopsidae
Chlopsidae is a family of small, often burrowing eels commonly known as false morays, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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E.
Regulidae
Regulidae is a family of tiny, insectivorous passerine birds known as kinglets, found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere’s forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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legendary clan ⓘ mythical royal family ⓘ |
| appearsInSource |
Apollodorus
NERFINISHED
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Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Athenian autochthony
ⓘ
Athenian royal genealogy ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Athena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poseidon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Greek mythological families
ⓘ
Mythological kings of Athens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culturalSignificance |
legitimization of Athenian kingship
ⓘ
symbol of Athenian identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aegeus
NERFINISHED
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Akamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Cecrops NERFINISHED ⓘ Creusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Erechtheus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ion NERFINISHED ⓘ Medon NERFINISHED ⓘ Orithyia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandion I NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandion II NERFINISHED ⓘ Philomela NERFINISHED ⓘ Procne NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalStatus |
autocthonous lineage
ⓘ
legendary ⓘ |
| hasProgenitor | Cecrops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedMyth |
contest of Athena and Poseidon for Athens
ⓘ
foundation myths of Athens ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cecrops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
founding dynasty of Athens
ⓘ
royal house of Athens ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | mythic prehistory of Athens ⓘ |
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: Cecropidae Description of subject: Cecropidae is the legendary Athenian royal family or clan descended from the mythic king Cecrops in ancient Greek mythology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.