Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
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Lynceus, in the marriage-related tradition of the Danaids, is the Argive prince who alone survived the mass slaying of the sons of Aegyptus and became a progenitor of later Argive kings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6303889 — 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: Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids) Context triple: [Hypermnestra, sibling, Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)]
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A.
wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia
The wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia is a famed event in Greek mythology celebrated by all the gods and marked by the gifting of the cursed necklace of Harmonia.
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B.
The Danaides
The Danaides is a 1903 mythological painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the fifty daughters of Danaus condemned in the underworld to eternally pour water into bottomless vessels.
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C.
Megacles (through marriage)
Megacles (through marriage) was an Athenian aristocrat of the influential Alcmaeonid family, connected by marriage to the prominent statesman Xanthippus.
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D.
daughters of King Cocalus
The daughters of King Cocalus are figures in Greek mythology known for murdering King Minos, often by scalding him in a bath, after he pursued the inventor Daedalus to their father's court in Sicily.
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E.
the Heliadae
The Heliadae are a group of sons of the sun god Helios and the nymph Rhode in Greek mythology, known as early rulers and culture-bringers on the island of Rhodes.
- 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: Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids) Target entity description: Lynceus, in the marriage-related tradition of the Danaids, is the Argive prince who alone survived the mass slaying of the sons of Aegyptus and became a progenitor of later Argive kings.
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A.
wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia
The wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia is a famed event in Greek mythology celebrated by all the gods and marked by the gifting of the cursed necklace of Harmonia.
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B.
The Danaides
The Danaides is a 1903 mythological painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the fifty daughters of Danaus condemned in the underworld to eternally pour water into bottomless vessels.
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C.
Megacles (through marriage)
Megacles (through marriage) was an Athenian aristocrat of the influential Alcmaeonid family, connected by marriage to the prominent statesman Xanthippus.
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D.
daughters of King Cocalus
The daughters of King Cocalus are figures in Greek mythology known for murdering King Minos, often by scalding him in a bath, after he pursued the inventor Daedalus to their father's court in Sicily.
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E.
the Heliadae
The Heliadae are a group of sons of the sun god Helios and the nymph Rhode in Greek mythology, known as early rulers and culture-bringers on the island of Rhodes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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mythological figure ⓘ prince of Argos ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
marriage tradition of the Danaids
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myth of the Danaids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Abas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Argive prince who alone survived the mass slaying of the sons of Aegyptus
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ancestor of later Argive kings ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Argive ⓘ |
| father | Abas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Greek heroic legend ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Aegyptus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danaus NERFINISHED ⓘ the Danaids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfNarrative | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | house of Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Danaid cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Argive tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | only surviving husband among the sons of Aegyptus ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
became progenitor of later Argive kings
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survived the mass slaying of the sons of Aegyptus ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Argos ⓘ |
| progenitorOf |
Abas
NERFINISHED
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Acrisius NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Proetus NERFINISHED ⓘ line of Argive kings ⓘ |
| spouse | Hypermnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids) Description of subject: Lynceus, in the marriage-related tradition of the Danaids, is the Argive prince who alone survived the mass slaying of the sons of Aegyptus and became a progenitor of later Argive kings.
Referenced by (1)
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