Phorcides
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Phorcides is an alternate name for the Graeae, the trio of gray-haired sisters from Greek mythology who share a single eye and tooth among them.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phorcides canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6217020 — 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: Phorcides Context triple: [Graeae, alsoKnownAs, Phorcides]
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A.
Thrasymedes
Thrasymedes is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Nestor who fought as a warrior in the Trojan War.
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B.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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C.
Ariphron
Ariphron was an Athenian statesman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the elder brother of the famous orator Pericles.
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D.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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E.
Dagisthaeus
Dagisthaeus was a 6th-century Byzantine general known for leading imperial forces during the Lazic War against the Sasanian Empire.
- 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: Phorcides Target entity description: Phorcides is an alternate name for the Graeae, the trio of gray-haired sisters from Greek mythology who share a single eye and tooth among them.
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A.
Thrasymedes
Thrasymedes is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Nestor who fought as a warrior in the Trojan War.
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B.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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C.
Ariphron
Ariphron was an Athenian statesman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the elder brother of the famous orator Pericles.
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D.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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E.
Dagisthaeus
Dagisthaeus was a 6th-century Byzantine general known for leading imperial forces during the Lazic War against the Sasanian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figures in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological group ⓘ |
| alsoCalled | Graiai ⓘ |
| alternateNameOf | Graeae ⓘ |
| appearsInMyth |
Perseus and Medusa myth
ⓘ
linked to:
Perseus cycle
|
| associatedWith | Perseus ⓘ |
| describedAs | old women from birth ⓘ |
| etymologicallyDerivedFrom | Phorcys ⓘ |
| eyeSharedBy |
Deino
ⓘ
Enyo ⓘ Pemphredo ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| guarded | path to the Gorgons ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
monstrous appearance
ⓘ
prophetic knowledge ⓘ |
| hasEthnicContext | Greek ⓘ |
| hasHairColor | gray ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Deino
ⓘ
Enyo ⓘ Pemphredo ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 3 ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Ceto
ⓘ
Phorcys ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
later Greek mythographic traditions ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Classical mythology ⓘ |
| providesInformationTo | Perseus ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Gorgons ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | informants coerced by Perseus ⓘ |
| sharesObject |
single eye
ⓘ
single tooth ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Gorgons ⓘ |
| toothSharedBy |
Deino
ⓘ
Enyo ⓘ Pemphredo ⓘ |
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: Phorcides Description of subject: Phorcides is an alternate name for the Graeae, the trio of gray-haired sisters from Greek mythology who share a single eye and tooth among them.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.