Arcas
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Arcas is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Callisto, who became the eponymous ancestor of the Arcadians and was later associated with the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arcas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4647854 — 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: Arcas Context triple: [Erato, consort, Arcas]
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A.
Arcop
Arcop was a prominent Canadian architectural firm known for its modernist designs and major cultural and institutional projects across Canada.
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B.
Arkasa
Arkasa is a coastal village on the Greek island of Karpathos, known for its scenic beaches and nearby ancient archaeological sites.
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C.
Arki
Arki is a small, sparsely populated Greek island in the Aegean Sea, known for its quiet beaches and traditional fishing community.
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D.
Arka
Arka is a Polish sports club best known for its professional football team based in the port city of Gdynia.
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E.
Oni
Oni is a small town in the Racha region of northwestern Georgia, known for its mountainous surroundings and traditional Georgian architecture.
- 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: Arcas Target entity description: Arcas is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Callisto, who became the eponymous ancestor of the Arcadians and was later associated with the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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A.
Arcop
Arcop was a prominent Canadian architectural firm known for its modernist designs and major cultural and institutional projects across Canada.
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B.
Arkasa
Arkasa is a coastal village on the Greek island of Karpathos, known for its scenic beaches and nearby ancient archaeological sites.
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C.
Arki
Arki is a small, sparsely populated Greek island in the Aegean Sea, known for its quiet beaches and traditional fishing community.
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D.
Arka
Arka is a Polish sports club best known for its professional football team based in the port city of Gdynia.
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E.
Oni
Oni is a small town in the Racha region of northwestern Georgia, known for its mountainous surroundings and traditional Georgian architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| afterlifeForm | constellation ⓘ |
| associatedWithConstellation |
Ursa Major
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ursa Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Arcadians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Arcadian mythology
ⓘ
Characters in Greek mythology ⓘ Children of Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childOf |
Callisto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToDeity |
Artemis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToMotive | bear transformation ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymousAncestorOf | Arcadians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Lycaon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greekName | Ἀρκάς NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Aphidas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Autolaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Azan NERFINISHED ⓘ Diomeneia NERFINISHED ⓘ Elatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyperippe NERFINISHED ⓘ Triphylus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Arcadians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias’ Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythCycle |
Arcadian myths
ⓘ
Callisto myth ⓘ |
| mythRole |
culture hero
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eponymous hero ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Greek ἄρκτος meaning bear ⓘ |
| relative | Lycaon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledOver | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Chrysogeneia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laodamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Meganeira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtPeople |
agriculture
ⓘ
baking bread ⓘ making clothes ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| transformedBy | Zeus 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: Arcas Description of subject: Arcas is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Callisto, who became the eponymous ancestor of the Arcadians and was later associated with the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.