Neleus
E452687
Neleus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Poseidon who became king of Pylos and fathered the heroic lineage that included Nestor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neleus canonical | 7 |
| Neleus (through Tyro and Poseidon) | 1 |
| Tyro's son Neleus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4564171 — 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: Neleus Context triple: [Tyro, motherOf, Neleus]
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A.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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B.
Rigmor
Rigmor is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, particularly used in Norway and Denmark.
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C.
Hebrus
Hebrus is the ancient name of the Maritsa River, a major waterway flowing through the Balkans in Southeast Europe.
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D.
Vallader
Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
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E.
Nelion
Nelion is one of the main twin summits of Mount Kenya, renowned among climbers for its challenging rock routes and high-altitude alpine terrain.
- 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: Neleus Target entity description: Neleus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Poseidon who became king of Pylos and fathered the heroic lineage that included Nestor.
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A.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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B.
Rigmor
Rigmor is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, particularly used in Norway and Denmark.
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C.
Hebrus
Hebrus is the ancient name of the Maritsa River, a major waterway flowing through the Balkans in Southeast Europe.
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D.
Vallader
Vallader is a major dialect of the Romansh language spoken primarily in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region and used in local literature and education.
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E.
Nelion
Nelion is one of the main twin summits of Mount Kenya, renowned among climbers for its challenging rock routes and high-altitude alpine terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | division of Tyro’s children between Pelias and Neleus ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Iolkos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Neleus
NERFINISHED
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Neleid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthplace | Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | refusal to purify Heracles for the murder of Iphitus ⓘ |
| child |
Astycratia
NERFINISHED
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Astyoche NERFINISHED ⓘ Deimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Epilaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurybius NERFINISHED ⓘ Evagoras NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Periclymenus NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrasius NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisidice NERFINISHED ⓘ Pylaon NERFINISHED ⓘ Taurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrasymedes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed by Heracles ⓘ |
| domain | Messenia region (through Pylos) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | mythic age before the Trojan War ⓘ |
| father | Poseidon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Cretheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Tyro’s mother unknown or disputed in sources ⓘ |
| killedAt | Pylos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Tyro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythRole |
ancestor of Nestor
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founder of the Neleid line at Pylos ⓘ |
| mythSource |
Apollodorus
NERFINISHED
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Homeric tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Antilochus
NERFINISHED
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Peisistratus (mythological son of Nestor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ruled | Pylos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Pelias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Chloris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Pylos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Neleus Description of subject: Neleus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Poseidon who became king of Pylos and fathered the heroic lineage that included Nestor.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neleus (through Tyro and Poseidon)
this entity surface form:
Tyro's son Neleus