Monophthalmus
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Monophthalmus is the epithet meaning "One-Eyed," famously borne by the Hellenistic ruler Antigonus I, one of Alexander the Great’s successors.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monophthalmus canonical | 2 |
| Monophthalmos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8345697 — 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: Monophthalmus Context triple: [Antigonus I Monophthalmus, epithet, Monophthalmus]
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A.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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B.
Neomonachus
Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Rhyticeros
Rhyticeros is a genus of large, primarily forest-dwelling hornbills found in Southeast Asia and nearby islands, characterized by prominent bills and casques.
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E.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
- 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: Monophthalmus Target entity description: Monophthalmus is the epithet meaning "One-Eyed," famously borne by the Hellenistic ruler Antigonus I, one of Alexander the Great’s successors.
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A.
Moropus
Moropus is an extinct genus of horse-like, clawed herbivorous mammals that lived in North America during the Miocene epoch.
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B.
Neomonachus
Neomonachus is a genus of monk seals that includes the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and the extinct Caribbean monk seal, both members of the true seal family.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Rhyticeros
Rhyticeros is a genus of large, primarily forest-dwelling hornbills found in Southeast Asia and nearby islands, characterized by prominent bills and casques.
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E.
Rhynchotus
Rhynchotus is a genus of South American tinamous, ground-dwelling birds known for their plump bodies, short wings, and secretive behavior in grassland and scrub habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | epithet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexander the Great
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| describesPhysicalTrait | having one eye ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| meaning | One-Eyed ⓘ |
| usedAsHonorificOrNickname | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor | Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ |
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: Monophthalmus Description of subject: Monophthalmus is the epithet meaning "One-Eyed," famously borne by the Hellenistic ruler Antigonus I, one of Alexander the Great’s successors.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Monophthalmus