Ulster Cycle
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The Ulster Cycle is a collection of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the exploits of the warrior Cú Chulainn and the kings and heroes of the ancient province of Ulster.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7591949 — 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: Ulster Cycle Context triple: [Celtic mythology, hasPart, Ulster Cycle]
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Fenian cycle
The Fenian cycle is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and his band of hunters, the Fianna.
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Mabinogion
The Mabinogion is a renowned collection of medieval Welsh prose tales blending mythology, folklore, and early Arthurian legend.
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Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that together narrate the full mythological saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is covered in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
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Irish mythology
Irish mythology is the body of ancient Celtic legends, sagas, and folklore from Ireland, featuring gods, heroes, and supernatural beings preserved in medieval manuscripts and oral tradition.
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Arthurian legend
Arthurian legend is the body of medieval stories and later adaptations centered on King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the mythical realm of Camelot.
- 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: Ulster Cycle Target entity description: The Ulster Cycle is a collection of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the exploits of the warrior Cú Chulainn and the kings and heroes of the ancient province of Ulster.
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A.
Fenian cycle
The Fenian cycle is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and his band of hunters, the Fianna.
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B.
Mabinogion
The Mabinogion is a renowned collection of medieval Welsh prose tales blending mythology, folklore, and early Arthurian legend.
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C.
Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that together narrate the full mythological saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is covered in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
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D.
Irish mythology
Irish mythology is the body of ancient Celtic legends, sagas, and folklore from Ireland, featuring gods, heroes, and supernatural beings preserved in medieval manuscripts and oral tradition.
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E.
Arthurian legend
Arthurian legend is the body of medieval stories and later adaptations centered on King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the mythical realm of Camelot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
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: Ulster Cycle Description of subject: The Ulster Cycle is a collection of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the exploits of the warrior Cú Chulainn and the kings and heroes of the ancient province of Ulster.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Connachta (ancient people)
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