Alexander
E472509
Alexander is another name for Paris, the Trojan prince in Greek mythology whose abduction of Helen sparked the Trojan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4826280 — 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: Alexander Context triple: [Paris, alsoKnownAs, Alexander]
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A.
Alexander
Alexander is a common male given name of Greek origin, meaning "defender of men."
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B.
Alexander
Alexander was one of the sons of Herod the Great, a Judean prince whose execution reflected the intense dynastic and political turmoil of Herod’s reign.
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C.
Alexander
Alexander, also known as Wamsutta, was a 17th-century Wampanoag leader and the eldest son of Massasoit, who played a key role in early relations between Native Americans and English colonists in New England.
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D.
Alexander
"Alexander" is an epic historical drama film directed by Oliver Stone that chronicles the life and conquests of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was a 4th-century BCE king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history and spread Greek culture across the Near East.
- 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: Alexander Target entity description: Alexander is another name for Paris, the Trojan prince in Greek mythology whose abduction of Helen sparked the Trojan War.
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A.
Alexander
Alexander is a common male given name of Greek origin, meaning "defender of men."
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B.
Alexander
Alexander was one of the sons of Herod the Great, a Judean prince whose execution reflected the intense dynastic and political turmoil of Herod’s reign.
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C.
Alexander
Alexander, also known as Wamsutta, was a 17th-century Wampanoag leader and the eldest son of Massasoit, who played a key role in early relations between Native Americans and English colonists in New England.
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D.
Alexander
"Alexander" is an epic historical drama film directed by Oliver Stone that chronicles the life and conquests of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was a 4th-century BCE king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history and spread Greek culture across the Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan prince
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| abducted | Helen ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Paris ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cypria
ⓘ
Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
Posthomerica ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Judgement of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
judgment of Paris
Trojan War ⓘ abduction of Helen ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Mount Ida
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ Troy ⓘ |
| awardedObject | Golden Apple ⓘ |
| awardedTo | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| causeOf | Trojan War ⓘ |
| childOf |
Hecuba
ⓘ
Priam ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ |
| favoredBy | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| greekName |
Πάρις
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
Ἀλέξανδρος ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Troy ⓘ |
| hasProphecy | would bring ruin to Troy ⓘ |
| killedBy | Philoctetes ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| loverOf |
Helen
ⓘ
Oenone ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Priam
ⓘ
linked to:
Priam's house
|
| portrayedAs |
archer
ⓘ
handsome youth ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| raisedBy | shepherds ⓘ |
| raisedOn | Mount Ida ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Cassandra
ⓘ
Deiphobus ⓘ Hector ⓘ Polyxena ⓘ Troilus ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Helen ⓘ |
| tookFrom | Menelaus ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | hero ⓘ |
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: Alexander Description of subject: Alexander is another name for Paris, the Trojan prince in Greek mythology whose abduction of Helen sparked the Trojan War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.