Ptolemy son of Dorymenes
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Ptolemy son of Dorymenes was a Seleucid military officer and general active during the early Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ptolemy son of Dorymenes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4875752 — 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: Ptolemy son of Dorymenes Context triple: [Battle of Emmaus, commander, Ptolemy son of Dorymenes]
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A.
Ptolemy son of Abubus
Ptolemy son of Abubus was a Hellenistic-era Jewish official and son-in-law of Simon Thassi who infamously betrayed and murdered him in a bid for power during the Hasmonean period.
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Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and established the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Ptolemaios Philadelphos
Ptolemaios Philadelphos is the Greek regnal name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenistic king who ruled Egypt during the 3rd century BCE and significantly developed the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its cultural institutions.
- 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: Ptolemy son of Dorymenes Target entity description: Ptolemy son of Dorymenes was a Seleucid military officer and general active during the early Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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A.
Ptolemy son of Abubus
Ptolemy son of Abubus was a Hellenistic-era Jewish official and son-in-law of Simon Thassi who infamously betrayed and murdered him in a bid for power during the Hasmonean period.
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B.
Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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C.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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D.
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and established the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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E.
Ptolemaios Philadelphos
Ptolemaios Philadelphos is the Greek regnal name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenistic king who ruled Egypt during the 3rd century BCE and significantly developed the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its cultural institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic military officer
ⓘ
Seleucid general ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Seleucid monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Seleucid kings
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| country | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic ⓘ |
| employer | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| father | Dorymenes ⓘ |
| floruit | mid-2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment | Greek ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Seleucid army
ⓘ
linked to:
Seleucid royal army
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| notableFor | service as a Seleucid general during the early Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| religion | Hellenistic paganism ⓘ |
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: Ptolemy son of Dorymenes Description of subject: Ptolemy son of Dorymenes was a Seleucid military officer and general active during the early Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.