Artaxerxes II
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Artaxerxes II was a long-reigning 4th-century BCE Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, known for internal revolts and conflicts with Greek city-states during his rule.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artaxerxes II canonical | 24 |
| Artaxerxes II of Persia | 18 |
| Artaxerxes | 1 |
| Artaxerxes Mnemon | 1 |
| King Artaxerxes II | 1 |
| Persian King Artaxerxes II | 1 |
| Persian king Artaxerxes II | 1 |
| royal decree of Artaxerxes II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685385 — 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: Artaxerxes II Context triple: [Achaemenid Empire, ruler, Artaxerxes II]
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A.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
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B.
Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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C.
Darius III
Darius III was the final king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for his defeat by Alexander the Great, which led to the empire’s collapse.
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D.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Cambyses I
Cambyses I was a 6th-century BCE king of Anshan and an early Achaemenid ruler best known as the father of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire.
- 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: Artaxerxes II Target entity description: Artaxerxes II was a long-reigning 4th-century BCE Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, known for internal revolts and conflicts with Greek city-states during his rule.
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A.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
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B.
Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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C.
Darius III
Darius III was the final king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for his defeat by Alexander the Great, which led to the empire’s collapse.
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D.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Cambyses I
Cambyses I was a 6th-century BCE king of Anshan and an early Achaemenid ruler best known as the father of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid king
ⓘ
Persian monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Artaxerxes II
ⓘ
surface form:
Artaxerxes Mnemon
|
| birthName | Arses ⓘ |
| burialPlace | likely Persepolis region ⓘ |
| capital |
Babylon
ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ Susa ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| child |
Ariaspes
ⓘ
Artaxerxes III ⓘ Artaxerxes III ⓘ
surface form:
Ochos (Artaxerxes III)
|
| conflict |
Corinthian War
ⓘ
surface form:
Corinthian War (indirectly via Persian support)
Egyptian revolts ⓘ Cyrus the Younger’s revolt ⓘ
surface form:
Revolt of Cyrus the Younger
Cyrus the Younger’s revolt ⓘ
surface form:
Satraps’ Revolt
Spartan–Persian War ⓘ |
| country | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 358 BCE ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Persia ⓘ |
| dynasty | Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ |
| epithet | Mnemon ⓘ |
| father |
Darius II of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Darius II
|
| givenName |
Artaxerxes II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Artaxerxes
|
| knownFor |
diplomatic use of Persian wealth in Greek politics
ⓘ
longest reign of any Achaemenid king ⓘ numerous internal revolts ⓘ |
| language |
Imperial Aramaic
ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ |
| mother | Parysatis ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ |
| opponent | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| patronDeity |
Ahura Mazda
ⓘ
Anahita ⓘ Mithras ⓘ
surface form:
Mithra
|
| policy | intervention in Greek city-state affairs ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Darius II of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Darius II
|
| realm |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt (at times)
Mesopotamia ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| regnalName | Artaxerxes II self-link ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 358 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 404 BCE ⓘ |
| relative | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Stateira (queen)
ⓘ
various concubines ⓘ |
| successor | Artaxerxes III ⓘ |
| treaty | Peace of Antalcidas ⓘ |
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: Artaxerxes II Description of subject: Artaxerxes II was a long-reigning 4th-century BCE Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, known for internal revolts and conflicts with Greek city-states during his rule.
Referenced by (48)
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes
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Artaxerxes Mnemon
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Persian king Artaxerxes II
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Persian King Artaxerxes II
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royal decree of Artaxerxes II
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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King Artaxerxes II
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Retreat of the Ten Thousand
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Ten Thousand
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia
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Artaxerxes II of Persia