Dirce
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Dirce is a figure from Greek mythology, known as the wife of Lycus who was punished by being tied to a wild bull by Amphion and Zethus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dirce canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9402320 — 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: Dirce Context triple: [Farnese Bull sculpture collection, depicts, Dirce]
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A.
Lamía
Lamía is a city in central Greece that serves as the capital of the regional unit of Phthiotis and a key transport and administrative hub in the region.
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B.
Hecale
Hecale is a lost epyllion (short epic poem) by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus that recounted Theseus’ visit to an old woman named Hecale and was influential in later Greek and Roman literature.
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C.
Erinome
Erinome is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s outer group of distant satellites.
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D.
Amphithea
Amphithea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Anticlea, who in turn is the mother of Odysseus.
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E.
Iphthime
Iphthime is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Icarius and sister of Penelope who appears in Homer’s Odyssey in a dream sent by Athena to comfort Penelope.
- 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: Dirce Target entity description: Dirce is a figure from Greek mythology, known as the wife of Lycus who was punished by being tied to a wild bull by Amphion and Zethus.
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A.
Lamía
Lamía is a city in central Greece that serves as the capital of the regional unit of Phthiotis and a key transport and administrative hub in the region.
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B.
Hecale
Hecale is a lost epyllion (short epic poem) by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus that recounted Theseus’ visit to an old woman named Hecale and was influential in later Greek and Roman literature.
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C.
Erinome
Erinome is a small, irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s outer group of distant satellites.
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D.
Amphithea
Amphithea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Anticlea, who in turn is the mother of Odysseus.
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E.
Iphthime
Iphthime is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Icarius and sister of Penelope who appears in Homer’s Odyssey in a dream sent by Athena to comfort Penelope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of Amphion and Zethus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thebes
ⓘ
spring of Dirce ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek legend
ⓘ
Theban mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | dragged to death by a bull ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Farnese Bull
ⓘ
linked to:
Farnese Bull sculpture collection
|
| enemyOf | Antiope ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| GreekName | Δίρκη ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
spring near Thebes called Dirce
ⓘ
linked to:
river Asopus in Boeotia
|
| hasRepresentation |
Farnese Bull sculpture
ⓘ
linked to:
Farnese Bull sculpture collection
|
| knownFor | being punished by Amphion and Zethus ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by being tied to a wild bull ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Theban cycle ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonist to Antiope ⓘ |
| notableEvent | tied to a wild bull and dragged to death ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | cruel to Antiope ⓘ |
| punishedBy |
Amphion
ⓘ
linked to:
Amphion of Orchomenus
Zethus ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage | Antiope ⓘ |
| spouse | Lycus ⓘ |
| victimOf | revenge by Amphion and Zethus ⓘ |
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: Dirce Description of subject: Dirce is a figure from Greek mythology, known as the wife of Lycus who was punished by being tied to a wild bull by Amphion and Zethus.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.