Salmoneus
E454470
Salmoneus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Elis known for his hubristic attempt to imitate Zeus and for being the father of Tyro.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Salmoneus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4564174 — 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: Salmoneus Context triple: [Tyro, daughterOf, Salmoneus]
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A.
Cretheus
Cretheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Iolcus and ancestor of the hero Jason.
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B.
Oenomaus
Oenomaus is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Pisa and the father of Hippodamia, whose deadly chariot races led to the famous contest won by Pelops.
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C.
Cranaus
Cranaus is a legendary early king of Athens in Greek mythology, often associated with the city's primeval history before the time of more famous rulers like Erechtheus and Theseus.
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D.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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E.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- 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: Salmoneus Target entity description: Salmoneus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Elis known for his hubristic attempt to imitate Zeus and for being the father of Tyro.
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A.
Cretheus
Cretheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Iolcus and ancestor of the hero Jason.
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B.
Oenomaus
Oenomaus is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Pisa and the father of Hippodamia, whose deadly chariot races led to the famous contest won by Pelops.
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C.
Cranaus
Cranaus is a legendary early king of Athens in Greek mythology, often associated with the city's primeval history before the time of more famous rulers like Erechtheus and Theseus.
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D.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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E.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| afterlifeLocation | Tartarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Aeneid, Book 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city of Salmone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
divine punishment
ⓘ
thunderbolt of Zeus ⓘ |
| child |
Deioneus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perieres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Aeolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Tyro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandparent |
Hellen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orseis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempting to imitate Zeus
ⓘ
hubris against Zeus ⓘ punishment by Zeus ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil, Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
punishment of impiety
ⓘ
warning against hubris ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| offense |
claiming honors due to Zeus
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dragging bronze cauldrons to imitate thunder ⓘ hurling torches to imitate lightning ⓘ impious imitation of Zeus ⓘ ordering subjects to worship him as Zeus ⓘ |
| parent |
Aeolus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enarete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Elis ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Deucalion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pyrrha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alcyone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Calyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Canace NERFINISHED ⓘ Cretheus NERFINISHED ⓘ Deioneus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perieres NERFINISHED ⓘ Perimede NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisidice NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Alcidice 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: Salmoneus Description of subject: Salmoneus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Elis known for his hubristic attempt to imitate Zeus and for being the father of Tyro.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.