Meleager
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Meleager was a short-reigning Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, briefly ruling after the death of his brother Ptolemy Keraunos in the early 3rd century BCE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meleager canonical | 2 |
| Meleager (king of Macedon) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4348780 — 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: Meleager Context triple: [Ptolemy I Soter, child, Meleager]
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A.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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B.
Eurytus
Eurytus is a famed archer-king in Greek mythology, known as the ruler of Oechalia and a rival of Heracles in archery and in love.
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C.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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D.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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E.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
- 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: Meleager Target entity description: Meleager was a short-reigning Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, briefly ruling after the death of his brother Ptolemy Keraunos in the early 3rd century BCE.
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A.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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B.
Eurytus
Eurytus is a famed archer-king in Greek mythology, known as the ruler of Oechalia and a rival of Heracles in archery and in love.
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C.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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D.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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E.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic king
ⓘ
Ptolemaic ruler ⓘ monarch of Egypt ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic ⓘ |
| deathAfter | Ptolemy Keraunos ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Ptolemaic dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagid dynasty
|
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| givenName | Meleager ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | poorly attested ruler ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ptolemaic dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagid dynasty
|
| notableFor | brief rule in Egypt after the death of Ptolemy Keraunos ⓘ |
| politicalContext | successor struggles after the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ptolemy Keraunos ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Egypt ⓘ |
| reignDuration | short ⓘ |
| reignEnd | early 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | early 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sibling | Ptolemy Keraunos ⓘ |
| successorType | short-lived successor to Ptolemy Keraunos ⓘ |
| title |
Basileus
ⓘ
King of Egypt ⓘ |
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: Meleager Description of subject: Meleager was a short-reigning Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, briefly ruling after the death of his brother Ptolemy Keraunos in the early 3rd century BCE.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Meleager
linked to: Meleager