Talus
E682868
Talus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Adrastus, the king of Argos and leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7699394 — 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: Talus Context triple: [Adrastus, father, Talus]
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A.
Talus
Talus is a relentless, iron manservant and enforcer of justice who accompanies Sir Artegall in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem "The Faerie Queene."
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B.
Pilon
Pilon is a central character in John Steinbeck's novel "Tortilla Flat," known as a roguish yet good-hearted paisano whose misadventures explore themes of friendship, poverty, and morality.
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C.
Tibás
Tibás is an urban canton in Costa Rica known for being part of the Greater San José metropolitan area and home to the popular football club Deportivo Saprissa.
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D.
Lo-Toga
Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken on the Torres Islands in northern Vanuatu.
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E.
Caviglia
Caviglia is an Italian surname most notably associated with the early 19th-century Egyptologist and explorer Giovanni Battista Caviglia.
- 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: Talus Target entity description: Talus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Adrastus, the king of Argos and leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
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A.
Talus
Talus is a relentless, iron manservant and enforcer of justice who accompanies Sir Artegall in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem "The Faerie Queene."
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B.
Pilon
Pilon is a central character in John Steinbeck's novel "Tortilla Flat," known as a roguish yet good-hearted paisano whose misadventures explore themes of friendship, poverty, and morality.
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C.
Tibás
Tibás is an urban canton in Costa Rica known for being part of the Greater San José metropolitan area and home to the popular football club Deportivo Saprissa.
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D.
Lo-Toga
Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken on the Torres Islands in northern Vanuatu.
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E.
Caviglia
Caviglia is an Italian surname most notably associated with the early 19th-century Egyptologist and explorer Giovanni Battista Caviglia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argive royal family
ⓘ
linked to:
Perseid dynasty
House of Adrastus ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Children of Adrastus ⓘ |
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFather | Adrastus ⓘ |
| hasFatherRole | leader of the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| hasFatherTitle | king of Argos ⓘ |
| hasGrandfather | Polybus of Sicyon ⓘ |
| hasGrandmother |
Merope (wife of Polybus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Merope (daughter of Oenopion)
|
| hasHomeCity | Argos ⓘ |
| hasMother | Amphithea ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Polybus of Sicyon ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Aegiale
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegialeia
Aegialeus ⓘ Argeia ⓘ Deipyle ⓘ |
| hasUncle | Aegialeus (son of Adrastus) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | myths concerning Adrastus ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | minor figure ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Talas
ⓘ
Talos ⓘ |
| notableFor | being son of Adrastus ⓘ |
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: Talus Description of subject: Talus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of Adrastus, the king of Argos and leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.