Karkinos
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Karkinos is the giant crab from Greek mythology that aided the Hydra against Heracles and was placed among the stars as the constellation Cancer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karkinos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175021 — 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: Karkinos Context triple: [Cancer, associatedMythology, Karkinos]
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A.
Chrysalde
Chrysalde is a prudent, clear-sighted friend of Arnolphe in Molière’s comedy *L’École des femmes*, who serves as a voice of reason and critic of Arnolphe’s obsessive jealousy and control.
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B.
Carnide
Carnide is a civil parish and residential neighborhood in northern Lisbon, Portugal, known for its mix of historic village core and modern urban developments.
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C.
The Scorpion
"The Scorpion" is a dramatic musical track from Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 2002 science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis.
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D.
Nemesis
Nemesis is the Greek goddess of retribution and divine justice, known for punishing hubris and restoring moral balance.
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E.
Nemesis
Nemesis is a towering, bioengineered monster from the Resident Evil franchise, known for relentlessly hunting survivors with heavy weaponry and near-invulnerable strength.
- 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: Karkinos Target entity description: Karkinos is the giant crab from Greek mythology that aided the Hydra against Heracles and was placed among the stars as the constellation Cancer.
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A.
Chrysalde
Chrysalde is a prudent, clear-sighted friend of Arnolphe in Molière’s comedy *L’École des femmes*, who serves as a voice of reason and critic of Arnolphe’s obsessive jealousy and control.
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B.
Carnide
Carnide is a civil parish and residential neighborhood in northern Lisbon, Portugal, known for its mix of historic village core and modern urban developments.
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C.
The Scorpion
"The Scorpion" is a dramatic musical track from Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 2002 science fiction film Star Trek: Nemesis.
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D.
Nemesis
Nemesis is a towering, bioengineered monster from the Resident Evil franchise, known for relentlessly hunting survivors with heavy weaponry and near-invulnerable strength.
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E.
Nemesis
Nemesis is a novel by Philip Roth that explores themes of fate, guilt, and moral responsibility through the story of a polio outbreak in 1940s Newark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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giant crab ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of the Twelve Labors of Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedConstellation | Cancer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hydra
ⓘ
Lernaean Hydra ⓘ
linked to:
LernaeanHydra
|
| battleSite | Lerna ⓘ |
| bodyPartAttacked | shell ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
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Constellations in Greek mythology ⓘ Greek legendary creatures ⓘ Mythological crabs ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | crushed by Heracles ⓘ |
| celestialLocation | zodiac ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | crab ⓘ |
| honoredBy | Hera ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Heracles
ⓘ
Herakles ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles
|
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Hera ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | crab ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | minor adversary of Heracles ⓘ |
| opposed |
Heracles
ⓘ
Herakles ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles
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| placedAmongStarsBy | Hera ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Second Labor of Heracles ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | aided the Hydra in its battle against Heracles ⓘ |
| sideTakenInBattle | Hydra ⓘ |
| symbolizes | constellation Cancer in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| transformedInto | constellation Cancer ⓘ |
| zodiacSign | Cancer ⓘ |
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: Karkinos Description of subject: Karkinos is the giant crab from Greek mythology that aided the Hydra against Heracles and was placed among the stars as the constellation Cancer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.