Socratic family
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The Socratic family refers to the immediate household and descendants of the classical Athenian philosopher Socrates, including his wife Xanthippe and their sons such as Lamprocles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Socratic family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T548854 — 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: Socratic family Context triple: [Lamprocles, family, Socratic family]
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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Cleanthes of Assos
Cleanthes of Assos was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, successor to Zeno of Citium as head of the Stoic school, known for his piety, moral rigor, and the famous "Hymn to Zeus."
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E.
Meno
Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
- 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: Socratic family Target entity description: The Socratic family refers to the immediate household and descendants of the classical Athenian philosopher Socrates, including his wife Xanthippe and their sons such as Lamprocles.
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A.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
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B.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Cleanthes of Assos
Cleanthes of Assos was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, successor to Zeno of Citium as head of the Stoic school, known for his piety, moral rigor, and the famous "Hymn to Zeus."
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E.
Meno
Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family
ⓘ
historical family ⓘ |
| childOfHead |
Lamprocles
ⓘ
Menexenus (son) ⓘ
surface form:
Menexenus (son of Socrates)
Sophroniscus (son of Socrates) ⓘ |
| country | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
later biographical traditions about Socrates
ⓘ
writings of Plato ⓘ writings of Xenophon ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Athenian Greek ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Lamprocles
ⓘ
Menexenus (son) ⓘ
surface form:
Menexenus (son of Socrates)
Socrates ⓘ Sophroniscus (son of Socrates) ⓘ Xanthippe ⓘ |
| headOfFamily | Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with classical Athenian philosophy
ⓘ
being the household of Socrates ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Socrates ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Lamprocles
ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ Xanthippe ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Athens ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| socialClass | Athenian citizen family ⓘ |
| spouseOfHead | Xanthippe ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BCE
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5th century BCE ⓘ |
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: Socratic family Description of subject: The Socratic family refers to the immediate household and descendants of the classical Athenian philosopher Socrates, including his wife Xanthippe and their sons such as Lamprocles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.