Labdacus
E483667
Labdacus is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek legend, best known as the father of Laius and grandfather of Oedipus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Labdacus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4956358 — 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: Labdacus Context triple: [Laius, predecessor, Labdacus]
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A.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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B.
Arcadio
Arcadio is a character in Gabriel García Márquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," a member of the Buendía family who briefly rules Macondo as a harsh and inexperienced dictator.
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C.
Lucciana
Lucciana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France, known for hosting Bastia – Poretta Airport and its proximity to the island’s northeastern coast.
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D.
Viadrus
Viadrus is the ancient Latin name historically used to refer to the Oder River in Central Europe.
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E.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
- 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: Labdacus Target entity description: Labdacus is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek legend, best known as the father of Laius and grandfather of Oedipus.
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A.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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B.
Arcadio
Arcadio is a character in Gabriel García Márquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," a member of the Buendía family who briefly rules Macondo as a harsh and inexperienced dictator.
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C.
Lucciana
Lucciana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of Corsica, France, known for hosting Bastia – Poretta Airport and its proximity to the island’s northeastern coast.
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D.
Viadrus
Viadrus is the ancient Latin name historically used to refer to the Oder River in Central Europe.
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E.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
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Theban king ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Theban myths ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Theban cycle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theban royal family ⓘ |
| childOf | Polydorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathInMyth | died before birth of Oedipus ⓘ |
| descendantOf | Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymOf | Labdacids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicityInMyth | Theban ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Laius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | mythological ⓘ |
| genre | mythology ⓘ |
| grandchildOf | Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHouse | House of Labdacus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIssue | Laius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being father of Laius
ⓘ
being grandfather of Oedipus ⓘ early ruler of Thebes ⓘ |
| languageOfMyth | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Thebes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Labdacids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Labdacids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfRule | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Polydorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Cadmus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harmonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laius NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | unknown ⓘ |
| successor | Laius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInMythology | generation after Cadmus ⓘ |
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: Labdacus Description of subject: Labdacus is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek legend, best known as the father of Laius and grandfather of Oedipus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.