Polyphemus
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Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops in Greek mythology best known for trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave and being outwitted and blinded by them.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polyphemus canonical | 14 |
| Polyphemus (fictional gas giant) | 1 |
| Thoosa's son Polyphemus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156832 — 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: Polyphemus Context triple: [Homer's Odyssey, featuresCharacter, Polyphemus]
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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D.
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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E.
Alcinous
Alcinous is the wise and hospitable king of the Phaeacians in Greek mythology who shelters and aids Odysseus on his journey home.
- 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: Polyphemus Target entity description: Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops in Greek mythology best known for trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave and being outwitted and blinded by them.
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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D.
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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E.
Alcinous
Alcinous is the wise and hospitable king of the Phaeacians in Greek mythology who shelters and aids Odysseus on his journey home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cyclops
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological giant ⓘ |
| alignment | hostile to mortals ⓘ |
| antagonistOf | Odysseus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| appearsInBook |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey Book 9
|
| artDepiction | one-eyed giant with club and sheep ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Mount Etna
ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ |
| blindedBy | Odysseus ⓘ |
| callsUpon | Poseidon ⓘ |
| captured |
Odysseus
ⓘ
companions of Odysseus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| curseEffect |
delayed return of Odysseus to Ithaca
ⓘ
loss of Odysseus’s companions ⓘ |
| curses | Odysseus ⓘ |
| deceivedBy | false name Nobody ⓘ |
| escapeMethodOfVictims | clinging to undersides of sheep ⓘ |
| eyeCount | one ⓘ |
| father | Poseidon ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| injury | loss of eye ⓘ |
| keeps |
flock of sheep
ⓘ
goats ⓘ |
| kills | Acis ⓘ |
| killsAndEats | companions of Odysseus ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterTradition | lover of Galatea ⓘ |
| mother | Thoosa ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic journey obstacle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being blinded by Odysseus
ⓘ
episode in Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave ⓘ |
| occupation | shepherd ⓘ |
| parent |
Poseidon
ⓘ
Thoosa ⓘ |
| residence |
cave
ⓘ
island near Sicily ⓘ |
| rivalOf | Acis ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Homer ⓘ |
| sourceWork |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| species |
Cyclopes
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyclops
|
| trickedBy | Odysseus ⓘ |
| victimOf | blinding by Odysseus ⓘ |
| weapon |
boulder
ⓘ
huge club ⓘ |
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: Polyphemus Description of subject: Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops in Greek mythology best known for trapping Odysseus and his men in a cave and being outwitted and blinded by them.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Galatea (sea nymph)
this entity surface form:
Polyphemus (fictional gas giant)
this entity surface form:
Thoosa's son Polyphemus