Electra
E9702
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electra canonical | 32 |
| Electra (Pleiad) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34881 — 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: Electra Context triple: [Atlas, children, Electra]
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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C.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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D.
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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E.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
- 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: Electra Target entity description: Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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A.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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B.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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C.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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D.
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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E.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleiad
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Mount Ida (through Dardanus traditions)
ⓘ
Samothrace (through Iasion traditions) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pleiades
ⓘ
surface form:
constellation Pleiades
Alcyone ⓘ
surface form:
star Electra (17 Tauri)
|
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Children of Atlas ⓘ Pleiades ⓘ
surface form:
Pleiades (Greek mythology)
|
| childOf |
Atlas
ⓘ
Pleione ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
celestial nymph
ⓘ
star-nymph ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ethnicOriginInMyth | Oceanid-Titan lineage ⓘ |
| family | Titanides ⓘ |
| father | Atlas ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pleiades ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
Hesiodic Catalogue of Women ⓘ
surface form:
Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women (fragmentary)
scholia on Homer ⓘ |
| mother | Pleione ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of the Titans ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “amber” or “shining” in Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableRole |
ancestor of the Romans via Trojan lineage in later tradition
ⓘ
ancestor of the Trojan royal line through Dardanus ⓘ |
| offspring |
Dardanus
ⓘ
Iasion ⓘ |
| offspringWith |
Uranus
ⓘ
surface form:
Jupiter
Zeus ⓘ |
| parent |
Dardanus
ⓘ
Iasion ⓘ |
| partner |
Jupiter
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
founding myths of Troy
ⓘ
genealogy of Aeneas via Dardanus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alcyone
ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ |
| worshipContext | Greek hero and star cults ⓘ |
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: Electra Description of subject: Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Atlas
this entity surface form:
Electra (Pleiad)