Abas
E584493
Abas is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Hypermnestra and a king of Argos in some traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abas canonical | 17 |
| Abas (sometimes given) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6303904 — 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: Abas Context triple: [Hypermnestra, offspring, Abas]
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A.
Abasha
Abasha is a small town in western Georgia’s Samegrelo region, known as a local administrative and cultural center.
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B.
Abasa
Abasa is the 80th chapter of the Qur'an, known for its admonition regarding a moment when the Prophet Muhammad frowned at a blind man seeking guidance.
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C.
Abbenes
Abbenes is a small village in the Dutch province of North Holland, situated within the municipality of Haarlemmermeer.
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D.
Aberaman
Aberaman is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, historically associated with coal mining and forming part of the greater Aberdare area.
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E.
Argobba
Argobba is an endangered South Semitic language spoken by the Argobba people in central Ethiopia.
- 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: Abas Target entity description: Abas is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Hypermnestra and a king of Argos in some traditions.
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A.
Abasha
Abasha is a small town in western Georgia’s Samegrelo region, known as a local administrative and cultural center.
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B.
Abasa
Abasa is the 80th chapter of the Qur'an, known for its admonition regarding a moment when the Prophet Muhammad frowned at a blind man seeking guidance.
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C.
Abbenes
Abbenes is a small village in the Dutch province of North Holland, situated within the municipality of Haarlemmermeer.
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D.
Aberaman
Aberaman is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, historically associated with coal mining and forming part of the greater Aberdare area.
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E.
Argobba
Argobba is an endangered South Semitic language spoken by the Argobba people in central Ethiopia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal man ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Argos
ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ |
| child |
Acrisius
ⓘ
Idas (in some accounts) ⓘ
linked to:
Idas
Lyncaea (in some accounts) ⓘ Proetus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argos ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Hyginus, Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Hyginus’ Fabulae
Pausanias, Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
|
| ethnicGroup | Argive ⓘ |
| father | Lynceus ⓘ |
| genre | Greek heroic legend ⓘ |
| grandfather | Danaus ⓘ |
| grandmother | Europa (wife of Danaus) ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Epaphus
ⓘ
Io ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Danaë
ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ Perseus ⓘ |
| languageOfNarrative | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Hypermnestra ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | link between the line of Danaus and the Perseid dynasty ⓘ |
| notableEvent | division of his kingdom between Acrisius and Proetus ⓘ |
| notableFact |
grandson of Danaus, leader of the Danaids
ⓘ
in some genealogies, regarded as an ancestor of many Argive heroes ⓘ |
| notableWork | foundation of the worship of Hera at Argos (attributed in some traditions) ⓘ |
| partOf | royal house of Argos ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Argos (traditionally)
ⓘ
linked to:
Argos
|
| placeOfDeath |
Argos (traditionally)
ⓘ
linked to:
Argos
|
| positionHeld | king of Argos ⓘ |
| sibling | none (only surviving son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra) ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aglaia (in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aglaea
Ocalea ⓘ |
| timeInMythology | generation before Acrisius and Proetus ⓘ |
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: Abas Description of subject: Abas is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Hypermnestra and a king of Argos in some traditions.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)