Philetaerus (son of Attalus I)
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Philetaerus was a Hellenistic prince of the Attalid dynasty in Pergamon, known primarily as a son of King Attalus I of Pergamon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philetaerus (son of Attalus I) canonical | 4 |
| Philetaerus (Attalid prince) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8474162 — 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: Philetaerus (son of Attalus I) Context triple: [Attalus I of Pergamon, child, Philetaerus (son of Attalus I)]
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A.
Attalus (father of Attalus I)
Attalus (father of Attalus I) was a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon and the paternal ancestor of King Attalus I, one of the early rulers who helped establish Pergamon as a significant Hellenistic kingdom.
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B.
Eumenes II
Eumenes II was a Hellenistic king of Pergamon in the 2nd century BCE, noted for expanding his kingdom’s power and transforming Pergamon into a major cultural and artistic center.
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C.
Attalus III
Attalus III was the last king of Pergamon, known for bequeathing his prosperous kingdom to the Roman Republic upon his death in 133 BCE.
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D.
Attalus II Philadelphus
Attalus II Philadelphus was a 2nd-century BCE king of Pergamon known for his diplomatic skill, close alliance with Rome, and significant cultural and architectural patronage in the Hellenistic world.
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E.
Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucus IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 187 to 175 BC, known for his relatively quiet reign focused on paying heavy war indemnities to Rome after his father Antiochus III’s defeat.
- 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: Philetaerus (son of Attalus I) Target entity description: Philetaerus was a Hellenistic prince of the Attalid dynasty in Pergamon, known primarily as a son of King Attalus I of Pergamon.
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A.
Attalus (father of Attalus I)
Attalus (father of Attalus I) was a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon and the paternal ancestor of King Attalus I, one of the early rulers who helped establish Pergamon as a significant Hellenistic kingdom.
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B.
Eumenes II
Eumenes II was a Hellenistic king of Pergamon in the 2nd century BCE, noted for expanding his kingdom’s power and transforming Pergamon into a major cultural and artistic center.
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C.
Attalus III
Attalus III was the last king of Pergamon, known for bequeathing his prosperous kingdom to the Roman Republic upon his death in 133 BCE.
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D.
Attalus II Philadelphus
Attalus II Philadelphus was a 2nd-century BCE king of Pergamon known for his diplomatic skill, close alliance with Rome, and significant cultural and architectural patronage in the Hellenistic world.
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E.
Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucus IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 187 to 175 BC, known for his relatively quiet reign focused on paying heavy war indemnities to Rome after his father Antiochus III’s defeat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Attalid dynasty member
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Hellenistic prince ⓘ |
| associatedPolity | Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| dynasty | Attalid dynasty ⓘ |
| father | Attalus I of Pergamon ⓘ |
| name | Philetaerus ⓘ |
| notableFamilyRole | son of King Attalus I of Pergamon ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Pergamon ⓘ |
| region | Asia Minor ⓘ |
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: Philetaerus (son of Attalus I) Description of subject: Philetaerus was a Hellenistic prince of the Attalid dynasty in Pergamon, known primarily as a son of King Attalus I of Pergamon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Philetaerus (son of Attalus I)