House of El
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The House of El is the prominent Kryptonian family lineage in DC Comics best known for producing Superman and other key heroes from the planet Krypton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of El canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6189927 — 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: House of El Context triple: [Jor-El, family, House of El]
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A.
House of Mar
The House of Mar was a prominent medieval Scottish noble family that held the historic Earldom of Mar and played a significant role in the politics of northeast Scotland.
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B.
House of Cadmus
The House of Cadmus is the legendary royal lineage in Greek mythology founded by the hero Cadmus of Thebes, marked by divine connections and a recurring cycle of curses and tragic fates.
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C.
House of West
The House of West was an English noble family prominent in the late medieval and early modern periods, producing several barons including the De La Warr line.
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D.
Joanine dynasty
The Joanine dynasty was a branch of Portugal’s House of Aviz that ruled during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, overseeing a period of maritime expansion and cultural flourishing.
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E.
House of Mark
The House of Mark was a medieval German noble family that ruled the County (later Duchy) of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: House of El Target entity description: The House of El is the prominent Kryptonian family lineage in DC Comics best known for producing Superman and other key heroes from the planet Krypton.
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A.
House of Mar
The House of Mar was a prominent medieval Scottish noble family that held the historic Earldom of Mar and played a significant role in the politics of northeast Scotland.
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B.
House of Cadmus
The House of Cadmus is the legendary royal lineage in Greek mythology founded by the hero Cadmus of Thebes, marked by divine connections and a recurring cycle of curses and tragic fates.
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C.
House of West
The House of West was an English noble family prominent in the late medieval and early modern periods, producing several barons including the De La Warr line.
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D.
Joanine dynasty
The Joanine dynasty was a branch of Portugal’s House of Aviz that ruled during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, overseeing a period of maritime expansion and cultural flourishing.
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E.
House of Mark
The House of Mark was a medieval German noble family that ruled the County (later Duchy) of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics concept
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Kryptonian noble house ⓘ fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Action Comics
NERFINISHED
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Krypton TV series NERFINISHED ⓘ Superman comics NERFINISHED ⓘ live-action Superman films ⓘ various DC animated series ⓘ |
| associatedSymbol | S-shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
hope
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legacy ⓘ survival of Krypton’s heritage ⓘ |
| familyNameMeaning | "El" is often interpreted as "of God" or "God" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceUniverseEra | Golden Age / early Superman stories (as Superman’s Kryptonian family) ⓘ |
| genre | superhero fiction ⓘ |
| homeworld | Krypton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Kryptonian ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Clark Kent
NERFINISHED
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Jon Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ various future Els in alternate timelines ⓘ |
| notableMatriarch | Lara Lor-Van NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Dru-Zod (in some continuities by marriage or blood)
NERFINISHED
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Jon Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Samuel Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ Jor-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Kal-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Kara Zor-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Kon-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Lara Lor-Van NERFINISHED ⓘ Seg-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Superboy NERFINISHED ⓘ Supergirl NERFINISHED ⓘ Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ Val-Zod NERFINISHED ⓘ Zor-El NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePatriarch | Jor-El NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planetDestroyed | Krypton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
central Kryptonian bloodline of heroes
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progenitors of Superman ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| relatedHouse |
House of Rao (religious association)
NERFINISHED
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House of Zod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingMembersAfterDestruction |
Kal-El
NERFINISHED
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Kara Zor-El NERFINISHED ⓘ various alternate-universe Els ⓘ |
| symbolMeaning | hope (in many modern continuities) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: House of El Description of subject: The House of El is the prominent Kryptonian family lineage in DC Comics best known for producing Superman and other key heroes from the planet Krypton.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.