Ocean
E514371
Ocean is a mythological personification of the world-encircling river in Greek mythology, often depicted as a Titan associated with the vast waters surrounding the Earth.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363673 — 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: Ocean Context triple: [Prometheus Unbound, containsCharacter, Ocean]
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A.
World Ocean
The World Ocean is the interconnected system of Earth's major oceanic divisions that together form a single, continuous body of saltwater covering most of the planet's surface.
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B.
Oceano
Oceano is a small coastal community in California known for its dunes, beaches, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Océan
Océan was a prominent French ship of the line that served as a flagship in major naval engagements during the age of sail.
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D.
Oceanic
Oceanic is a major branch of the Austronesian language family comprising hundreds of languages spoken across the Pacific islands, including much of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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E.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a long-running American magazine and multi-platform media outlet known for its in-depth journalism, cultural commentary, and analysis of politics and current events.
- 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: Ocean Target entity description: Ocean is a mythological personification of the world-encircling river in Greek mythology, often depicted as a Titan associated with the vast waters surrounding the Earth.
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A.
World Ocean
The World Ocean is the interconnected system of Earth's major oceanic divisions that together form a single, continuous body of saltwater covering most of the planet's surface.
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B.
Oceano
Oceano is a small coastal community in California known for its dunes, beaches, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Océan
Océan was a prominent French ship of the line that served as a flagship in major naval engagements during the age of sail.
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D.
Oceanic
Oceanic is a major branch of the Austronesian language family comprising hundreds of languages spoken across the Pacific islands, including much of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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E.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is a long-running American magazine and multi-platform media outlet known for its in-depth journalism, cultural commentary, and analysis of politics and current events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek deity
ⓘ
Titan ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
all rivers on Earth
ⓘ
all seas on Earth ⓘ fresh water ⓘ |
| category |
Sea and river gods in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Titans in Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Titans of Greek mythology
|
| consort | Tethys ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
outer boundary of the cosmos
ⓘ
source of all waters ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| didNotJoin |
Titanomachy against Zeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Titanomachy
|
| domain |
water
ⓘ
world-encircling river ⓘ |
| epithet | world-encircling river ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| greekName | Ὠκεανός ⓘ |
| iconography |
bearded man with horns or crab-claws
ⓘ
figure emerging from water ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
Homeric poetry ⓘ |
| offspring |
Oceanids
ⓘ
Potamoi ⓘ river gods ⓘ |
| parents |
Gaia
ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ |
| residence | encircling river at the edge of the world ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
boundary of the known world
ⓘ
encircles the Earth with a great river ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent | Oceanus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Coeus
ⓘ
Crius ⓘ Cronus ⓘ Hyperion ⓘ Iapetus ⓘ Mnemosyne ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Rhea ⓘ Tethys ⓘ Theia ⓘ Themis ⓘ |
| spouseType |
Titaness
ⓘ
sea goddess ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the outer sea
ⓘ
the vast waters surrounding the Earth ⓘ |
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: Ocean Description of subject: Ocean is a mythological personification of the world-encircling river in Greek mythology, often depicted as a Titan associated with the vast waters surrounding the Earth.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ocean