Menides
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Menides was an ancient Greek from Antioch on the Maeander, known primarily as the father of Alexandros mentioned in historical records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menides canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10180613 — 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: Menides Context triple: [Alexandros son of Menides from Antioch on the Maeander, father, Menides]
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A.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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B.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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C.
Melesias
Melesias is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Laches," portrayed as a concerned Athenian father seeking guidance on the proper education of his son.
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D.
Tmolos
Tmolos is a minor Greek mountain god associated with the mountain range in Lydia, often linked to rustic divinities and local cults.
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E.
Almyros
Almyros is a coastal town in central Greece, near the Pagasetic Gulf, known for its agricultural production and proximity to both seaside and mountainous landscapes.
- 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: Menides Target entity description: Menides was an ancient Greek from Antioch on the Maeander, known primarily as the father of Alexandros mentioned in historical records.
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A.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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B.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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C.
Melesias
Melesias is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Laches," portrayed as a concerned Athenian father seeking guidance on the proper education of his son.
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D.
Tmolos
Tmolos is a minor Greek mountain god associated with the mountain range in Lydia, often linked to rustic divinities and local cults.
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E.
Almyros
Almyros is a coastal town in central Greece, near the Pagasetic Gulf, known for its agricultural production and proximity to both seaside and mountainous landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Alexandros ⓘ |
| floruit | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the father of Alexandros mentioned in historical records ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Antioch on the Maeander ⓘ |
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: Menides Description of subject: Menides was an ancient Greek from Antioch on the Maeander, known primarily as the father of Alexandros mentioned in historical records.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.