Acastus
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Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acastus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7021378 — 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: Acastus Context triple: [Argonauts, hasMember, Acastus]
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A.
Choisya
Choisya is a small genus of aromatic evergreen shrubs, commonly known as Mexican orange blossom, cultivated for their fragrant white flowers and glossy foliage in ornamental gardens.
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B.
Swinglea
Swinglea is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for thorny shrubs or small trees sometimes used as ornamentals or hedges in tropical regions.
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C.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
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E.
Lavatera
Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
- 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: Acastus Target entity description: Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
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A.
Choisya
Choisya is a small genus of aromatic evergreen shrubs, commonly known as Mexican orange blossom, cultivated for their fragrant white flowers and glossy foliage in ornamental gardens.
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B.
Swinglea
Swinglea is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for thorny shrubs or small trees sometimes used as ornamentals or hedges in tropical regions.
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C.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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D.
Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a small genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees known for their unusual, fleshy, often blue pod-like fruits and is native to regions of East and South Asia.
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E.
Lavatera
Lavatera is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as tree mallows, valued in gardens for their showy, hibiscus-like blooms and fast-growing, shrubby habit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Argonaut
ⓘ
hero ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| action | abandoned Peleus on Mount Pelion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argonauts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golden Fleece NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Dioscuri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ Peleus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfEnmity | Astydameia’s false accusation against Peleus ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in attack by Peleus and his allies ⓘ |
| enemy | Peleus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Pelias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeCity | Iolcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother |
Anaxibia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philomache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic myth ⓘ |
| notableMyth | story of Peleus and Astydameia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Quest for the Golden Fleece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pelias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Chiron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
attempted to kill Peleus
ⓘ
host of Peleus ⓘ |
| ship | Argo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alcestis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anthea NERFINISHED ⓘ Antinoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Asteropeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Diodice NERFINISHED ⓘ Evadne NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippothoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Medusa (daughter of Pelias) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pherusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisidice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyginus, Fabulae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Astydameia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hippolyte (mythology) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Iolcus ⓘ |
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: Acastus Description of subject: Acastus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of King Pelias of Iolcus and one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.