Neoptolemus
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Neoptolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Achilles who played a crucial role in the fall of Troy and its aftermath.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neoptolemus canonical | 18 |
| Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus), son of Achilles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4648745 — 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: Neoptolemus Context triple: [Nostoi, featuresCharacter, Neoptolemus]
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A.
Neoptolemus I of Epirus
Neoptolemus I of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king of Epirus and an important figure in the dynastic politics of northwestern Greece.
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B.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
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C.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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D.
Leonnatus
Leonnatus was a Macedonian nobleman and general who served under Alexander the Great and later emerged as one of the Diadochi, the rival successors who contested control of Alexander’s empire.
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E.
Telephus
Telephus is a hero in Greek mythology, a son of Heracles who became king of Mysia and played a crucial role in the events leading up to the Trojan War.
- 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: Neoptolemus Target entity description: Neoptolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Achilles who played a crucial role in the fall of Troy and its aftermath.
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A.
Neoptolemus I of Epirus
Neoptolemus I of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king of Epirus and an important figure in the dynastic politics of northwestern Greece.
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B.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
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C.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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D.
Leonnatus
Leonnatus was a Macedonian nobleman and general who served under Alexander the Great and later emerged as one of the Diadochi, the rival successors who contested control of Alexander’s empire.
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E.
Telephus
Telephus is a hero in Greek mythology, a son of Heracles who became king of Mysia and played a crucial role in the events leading up to the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek epic
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological hero ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Pyrrhus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Euripides’ Andromache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Euripides’ Hecuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophocles’ Philoctetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Phthia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scyros NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject | Trojan Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtToTroyBy | Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Orestes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| cultType | hero cult ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enslaved | Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | Pyrrhus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedDynasty | Molossian kings of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Peleus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Thetis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killed |
Astyanax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polites NERFINISHED ⓘ Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Orestes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| married | Hermione NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Deidamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherInLaw | Helen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Achilles’ alias Pyrrhus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspring |
Molossus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pergamus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pielus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspringWith | Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Trojan War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sack of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDeath | dispute over Hermione ⓘ |
| receivedAsPrize | Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | key Greek warrior at the fall of Troy ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | instrument of Troy’s final destruction ⓘ |
| ruled | Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookAsConcubine | Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedAt | Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | spear ⓘ |
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: Neoptolemus Description of subject: Neoptolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Achilles who played a crucial role in the fall of Troy and its aftermath.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nostoi
this entity surface form:
Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus), son of Achilles
subject surface form:
Andromache (play)