Aegina (nymph)
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Aegina is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of the river god Asopus and the mother of the hero Aeacus, and as the divine namesake of the island of Aegina.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aegina (daughter of Asopus) | 1 |
| Aegina (nymph) canonical | 1 |
| Salamis (mythological figure) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8224411 — 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: Aegina (nymph) Context triple: [Aigina, mythologicalEponym, Aegina (nymph)]
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Hippodameia
Hippodameia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as a daughter of the Trojan hero Anchises.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Δανάη
Δανάη is the Greek form of the name Danaë, best known from Greek mythology as the mother of Perseus.
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E.
Alcione
Alcione is the nickname of the Italian World War II-era Cant Z.1007 medium bomber aircraft.
- 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: Aegina (nymph) Target entity description: Aegina is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of the river god Asopus and the mother of the hero Aeacus, and as the divine namesake of the island of Aegina.
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Hippodameia
Hippodameia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as a daughter of the Trojan hero Anchises.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Δανάη
Δανάη is the Greek form of the name Danaë, best known from Greek mythology as the mother of Perseus.
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E.
Alcione
Alcione is the nickname of the Italian World War II-era Cant Z.1007 medium bomber aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
nymph ⓘ |
| abductedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | river Asopus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
island of Aegina
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegina
|
| category |
Naiad
ⓘ
linked to:
Naiads
|
| child | Aeacus ⓘ |
| consort | Zeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| eponymOf | island of Aegina ⓘ |
| father | Asopus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
eponymous heroine
ⓘ
mother of a king ⓘ |
| languageOfMyths | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
Pindar's odes ⓘ |
| mother |
Aeacus
ⓘ
Metope ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mother of Aeacus
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giving her name to the island of Aegina ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Aeacus
ⓘ
Asopus ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| offspring | Aeacus ⓘ |
| parent |
Asopus
ⓘ
Metope ⓘ |
| residence |
island of Aegina
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegina
|
| sibling |
Aulis (nymph)
ⓘ
Chalcis (nymph) ⓘ Corcyra (nymph) ⓘ Ismene (nymph) ⓘ Peirene (nymph) ⓘ
linked to:
Peirene
Plataea (nymph) ⓘ Salamis (nymph) ⓘ Sinope ⓘ Tanagra (nymph) ⓘ Thebe (nymph) ⓘ Thespia (nymph) ⓘ
linked to:
Thespia
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| waterDeityType | river nymph ⓘ |
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: Aegina (nymph) Description of subject: Aegina is a nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the daughter of the river god Asopus and the mother of the hero Aeacus, and as the divine namesake of the island of Aegina.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aegina (nymph)