Ascalaphe
E561659
Ascalaphe is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as the informer who revealed Persephone’s eating of pomegranate seeds and was punished by being transformed into an owl.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ascalaphe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6015718 — 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: Ascalaphe Context triple: [Proserpine, hasCharacter, Ascalaphe]
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
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D.
Prothous
Prothous is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- 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: Ascalaphe Target entity description: Ascalaphe is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as the informer who revealed Persephone’s eating of pomegranate seeds and was punished by being transformed into an owl.
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
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D.
Prothous
Prothous is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
minor deity in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hades
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Metamorphoses into animals in mythology ⓘ Underworld figures in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| consequenceOfReport | Persephone bound to underworld for part of each year ⓘ |
| domain | chthonic deities and spirits ⓘ |
| father |
Acheron
ⓘ
linked to:
Acheron River
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing Persephone to remain partly in the underworld
ⓘ
revealing that Persephone ate pomegranate seeds ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ |
| moralAssociation |
betrayal
ⓘ
informing ⓘ |
| mother | Orphne ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ascalaphus
ⓘ
Askalaphos ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explains part of the mythic cause of the seasons ⓘ |
| occupation | underworld attendant ⓘ |
| parent |
Acheron
ⓘ
linked to:
Acheron River
Orphne ⓘ |
| punishment | transformation into an owl ⓘ |
| reportedEvent | Persephone eating pomegranate seeds ⓘ |
| reportedTo | Hades ⓘ |
| residence | underworld ⓘ |
| role | informer ⓘ |
| served | Hades ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation | owl ⓘ |
| transformationBy |
Demeter
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ |
| transformationCause | betrayal of Persephone’s secret ⓘ |
| transformedInto | owl ⓘ |
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: Ascalaphe Description of subject: Ascalaphe is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as the informer who revealed Persephone’s eating of pomegranate seeds and was punished by being transformed into an owl.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.