Parysatis
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Parysatis was a powerful and influential Achaemenid Persian queen, known for her political intrigue and dominance at the court of her husband Darius II and their son Artaxerxes II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parysatis canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4730700 — 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: Parysatis Context triple: [Artaxerxes II, mother, Parysatis]
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A.
Parysatis II
Parysatis II was a Persian noblewoman, likely of Achaemenid royal lineage, who became one of the wives of Alexander the Great during his campaigns in Asia.
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B.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
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C.
Lydia of Croesus
Lydia of Croesus was the ancient kingdom in western Anatolia ruled by King Croesus, famed for its immense wealth and early use of coinage.
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D.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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E.
Barsine
Barsine, better known as Stateira II, was a Persian princess and the daughter of Darius III who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives.
- 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: Parysatis Target entity description: Parysatis was a powerful and influential Achaemenid Persian queen, known for her political intrigue and dominance at the court of her husband Darius II and their son Artaxerxes II.
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A.
Parysatis II
Parysatis II was a Persian noblewoman, likely of Achaemenid royal lineage, who became one of the wives of Alexander the Great during his campaigns in Asia.
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B.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
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C.
Lydia of Croesus
Lydia of Croesus was the ancient kingdom in western Anatolia ruled by King Croesus, famed for its immense wealth and early use of coinage.
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D.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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E.
Barsine
Barsine, better known as Stateira II, was a Persian princess and the daughter of Darius III who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid queen
ⓘ
Persian noblewoman ⓘ |
| activeDuringReignOf |
Artaxerxes II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegedAction |
involvement in court executions
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revenge against those who harmed Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Rebellion of Cyrus the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Persian ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticTitle | Mother of the King ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dominance at the court of Darius II
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influence at the court of Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Artaxerxes II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrus the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxathres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempts to secure the throne for Cyrus the Younger
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court intrigue ⓘ influence over Darius II ⓘ political influence at the Achaemenid court ⓘ ruthless treatment of rivals ⓘ |
| opposed | Artaxerxes II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBySource |
Ctesias of Cnidus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xenophon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInWork |
Anabasis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| relative |
Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Artaxerxes II NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxathres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Babylon
NERFINISHED
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Persepolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spousePosition | King of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseReign | Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsPrincipalQueen | Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Cyrus the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BC
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5th century BC ⓘ |
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: Parysatis Description of subject: Parysatis was a powerful and influential Achaemenid Persian queen, known for her political intrigue and dominance at the court of her husband Darius II and their son Artaxerxes II.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.