Almus (son of Sisyphus)
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Almus, son of the trickster king Sisyphus in Greek mythology, is a relatively obscure Corinthian prince sometimes associated with the founding of the Boeotian town Almones (or Almos).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Almus (son of Sisyphus) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6882991 — 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: Almus (son of Sisyphus) Context triple: [Children of Sisyphus, notableSiblingGroupOf, Almus (son of Sisyphus)]
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Sisyphus
Sisyphus is a figure from Greek mythology, a cunning king eternally condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down each time.
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B.
Ornytion (son of Sisyphus)
Ornytion, in Greek mythology, is a lesser-known Corinthian prince and son of the trickster king Sisyphus, sometimes associated with early dynastic lines and regional foundation legends.
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C.
Thersander (son of Sisyphus)
Thersander, son of Sisyphus, is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the several sons of the crafty king of Corinth.
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D.
Aesacus
Aesacus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Priam of Troy known for his tragic love story and transformation into a seabird.
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E.
Triptolemus
Triptolemus is a figure in Greek mythology closely associated with Demeter, often depicted as the hero who spread the knowledge of agriculture to humankind.
- 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: Almus (son of Sisyphus) Target entity description: Almus, son of the trickster king Sisyphus in Greek mythology, is a relatively obscure Corinthian prince sometimes associated with the founding of the Boeotian town Almones (or Almos).
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A.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus is a figure from Greek mythology, a cunning king eternally condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down each time.
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B.
Ornytion (son of Sisyphus)
Ornytion, in Greek mythology, is a lesser-known Corinthian prince and son of the trickster king Sisyphus, sometimes associated with early dynastic lines and regional foundation legends.
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C.
Thersander (son of Sisyphus)
Thersander, son of Sisyphus, is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the several sons of the crafty king of Corinth.
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D.
Aesacus
Aesacus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Priam of Troy known for his tragic love story and transformation into a seabird.
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E.
Triptolemus
Triptolemus is a figure in Greek mythology closely associated with Demeter, often depicted as the hero who spread the knowledge of agriculture to humankind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Corinthian prince
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figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological prince ⓘ |
| associatedToponym |
Almones
NERFINISHED
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Almos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boeotia
NERFINISHED
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Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ town of Almones ⓘ town of Almos ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Greek religion and myth ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| father | Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| mother | Merope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | minor character ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Almon
NERFINISHED
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Almos NERFINISHED ⓘ Halmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Bellerophon
NERFINISHED
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Glaucus (son of Sisyphus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Merope NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Boeotia
NERFINISHED
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Corinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
eponymous founder of Almones
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eponymous founder of Almos ⓘ |
| sibling |
Glaucus (son of Sisyphus)
NERFINISHED
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Halmus (possible variant of name) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ornytion NERFINISHED ⓘ Thersander (son of Sisyphus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMention | scholia on classical authors ⓘ |
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: Almus (son of Sisyphus) Description of subject: Almus, son of the trickster king Sisyphus in Greek mythology, is a relatively obscure Corinthian prince sometimes associated with the founding of the Boeotian town Almones (or Almos).
Referenced by (1)
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