Philip III of Macedon
E647580
Philip III of Macedon was a mentally disabled son of Philip II and half-brother of Alexander the Great who served as a nominal king of Macedon after Alexander’s death while real power was held by regents and generals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip III of Macedon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7163253 — 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: Philip III of Macedon Context triple: [Philip, borneBy, Philip III of Macedon]
-
A.
Philip IV of Macedon
Philip IV of Macedon was a short-reigning king of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon from the Antipatrid dynasty, ruling briefly in the late 4th century BC before being succeeded by Cassander.
-
B.
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon was the 4th-century BCE king who transformed Macedonia into a dominant military power and laid the foundations for his son Alexander the Great’s vast empire.
-
C.
Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I of Macedon was a prominent Hellenistic king and military leader, known for his ambitious campaigns, naval innovations, and role in the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander the Great’s death.
-
D.
Philip V of Macedon
Philip V of Macedon was a 3rd–2nd century BC king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and conflicts with Rome that helped pave the way for Roman domination of Greece.
-
E.
Alexander III of Macedon
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world through his military conquests across Greece, Persia, Egypt, and into India.
- 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: Philip III of Macedon Target entity description: Philip III of Macedon was a mentally disabled son of Philip II and half-brother of Alexander the Great who served as a nominal king of Macedon after Alexander’s death while real power was held by regents and generals.
-
A.
Philip IV of Macedon
Philip IV of Macedon was a short-reigning king of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon from the Antipatrid dynasty, ruling briefly in the late 4th century BC before being succeeded by Cassander.
-
B.
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon was the 4th-century BCE king who transformed Macedonia into a dominant military power and laid the foundations for his son Alexander the Great’s vast empire.
-
C.
Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I of Macedon was a prominent Hellenistic king and military leader, known for his ambitious campaigns, naval innovations, and role in the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander the Great’s death.
-
D.
Philip V of Macedon
Philip V of Macedon was a 3rd–2nd century BC king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and conflicts with Rome that helped pave the way for Roman domination of Greece.
-
E.
Alexander III of Macedon
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedon who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world through his military conquests across Greece, Persia, Egypt, and into India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
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: Philip III of Macedon Description of subject: Philip III of Macedon was a mentally disabled son of Philip II and half-brother of Alexander the Great who served as a nominal king of Macedon after Alexander’s death while real power was held by regents and generals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.