Νικόμαχος
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Νικόμαχος is an ancient Greek name most famously associated with Nicomachus of Gerasa, a mathematician and philosopher known for his influential works on arithmetic and number theory.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Νικομάχος | 1 |
| Νικόμαχος canonical | 1 |
| Νικόμαχος ο Γερασηνός | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5153487 — 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: Νικόμαχος Context triple: [Nicomachus, hasNameInGreek, Νικόμαχος]
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A.
Coroebus
Coroebus is a high-class Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket for Godolphin.
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B.
Protomachus
Protomachus was an Athenian naval commander during the Peloponnesian War, noted for his role in leading forces at the Battle of Arginusae.
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C.
Aristomachus
Aristomachus is a figure in Greek mythology, a descendant of Heracles and a member of the Heraclid royal lineage involved in the legendary return to the Peloponnese.
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D.
Jason of Pherae
Jason of Pherae was a powerful 4th-century BC Thessalian leader and military commander who unified much of Thessaly and briefly emerged as a major rival to other Greek powers before his assassination.
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E.
Alexander of Pherae
Alexander of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, notorious in ancient sources for his cruelty and oppressive rule.
- 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: Νικόμαχος Target entity description: Νικόμαχος is an ancient Greek name most famously associated with Nicomachus of Gerasa, a mathematician and philosopher known for his influential works on arithmetic and number theory.
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A.
Coroebus
Coroebus is a high-class Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket for Godolphin.
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B.
Protomachus
Protomachus was an Athenian naval commander during the Peloponnesian War, noted for his role in leading forces at the Battle of Arginusae.
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C.
Aristomachus
Aristomachus is a figure in Greek mythology, a descendant of Heracles and a member of the Heraclid royal lineage involved in the legendary return to the Peloponnese.
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D.
Jason of Pherae
Jason of Pherae was a powerful 4th-century BC Thessalian leader and military commander who unified much of Thessaly and briefly emerged as a major rival to other Greek powers before his assassination.
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E.
Alexander of Pherae
Alexander of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, notorious in ancient sources for his cruelty and oppressive rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
ancient mathematics
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ancient philosophy ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek masculine given names
ⓘ
Greek masculine given names ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
μάχη (battle)
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νίκη (victory) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasAnglicizedForm | Nicomachus ⓘ |
| hasLatinTransliteration |
Nicomachus
ⓘ
Nikomachos ⓘ
linked to:
Nicomachus
|
| hasVariantForm |
Νικομάχος
ⓘ
linked to:
Νικόμαχος
|
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meaning |
he who fights for victory
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victorious in battle ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicomachus
Nicomachus (son of Aristotle) ⓘ
linked to:
Nicomachus
Nicomachus of Gerasa ⓘ Νικόμαχος ο Γερασηνός ⓘ
linked to:
Νικόμαχος
|
| timePeriodOfCommonUse |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
Ancient Greek culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| writtenInScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
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: Νικόμαχος Description of subject: Νικόμαχος is an ancient Greek name most famously associated with Nicomachus of Gerasa, a mathematician and philosopher known for his influential works on arithmetic and number theory.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Νικόμαχος
linked to: Νικόμαχος