Laocoön’s sons
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Laocoön’s sons are the two young figures from Greek mythology who, alongside their father Laocoön, are famously shown being attacked by sea serpents in the renowned Hellenistic sculpture group.
All labels observed (1)
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| Laocoön’s sons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17200431 — 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: Laocoön’s sons Context triple: [Laocoön and His Sons, depicts, Laocoön’s sons]
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A.
Laocoön
Laocoön is a dramatic oil painting by El Greco that reinterprets the ancient Trojan myth with his characteristic elongated figures and intense, otherworldly atmosphere.
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B.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Procles
Procles is a legendary descendant of Heracles and one of the twin founders of the Spartan royal dynasties in ancient Greek mythology.
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D.
Dioskouroi
Dioskouroi refers to the twin brothers Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology, revered as protective deities of sailors and patrons of horsemanship and athleticism.
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E.
Meleager of Gadara
Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.
- 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: Laocoön’s sons Target entity description: Laocoön’s sons are the two young figures from Greek mythology who, alongside their father Laocoön, are famously shown being attacked by sea serpents in the renowned Hellenistic sculpture group.
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A.
Laocoön
Laocoön is a dramatic oil painting by El Greco that reinterprets the ancient Trojan myth with his characteristic elongated figures and intense, otherworldly atmosphere.
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B.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Procles
Procles is a legendary descendant of Heracles and one of the twin founders of the Spartan royal dynasties in ancient Greek mythology.
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D.
Dioskouroi
Dioskouroi refers to the twin brothers Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology, revered as protective deities of sailors and patrons of horsemanship and athleticism.
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E.
Meleager of Gadara
Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.