Polypemon
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Polypemon is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the father of the notorious bandit Sinis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polypemon canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7324692 — 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: Polypemon Context triple: [Sinis, parent, Polypemon]
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A.
Ambrysus
Ambrysus was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known for its strategic location and role in classical Greek history.
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B.
Gorgophonus
Gorgophonus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the sons of King Electryon of Mycenae and thus a member of the royal lineage connected to Heracles.
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C.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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D.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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E.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
- 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: Polypemon Target entity description: Polypemon is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the father of the notorious bandit Sinis.
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A.
Ambrysus
Ambrysus was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known for its strategic location and role in classical Greek history.
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B.
Gorgophonus
Gorgophonus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the sons of King Electryon of Mycenae and thus a member of the royal lineage connected to Heracles.
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C.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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D.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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E.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandit
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ human ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Sinis ⓘ |
| hasChild | Sinis ⓘ |
| hasCulture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasParent | Polypemon ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Sinis ⓘ |
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: Polypemon Description of subject: Polypemon is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the father of the notorious bandit Sinis.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Theseus and Procrustes