Galatea
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Galatea is a figure from Greek mythology whose name is shared by several characters, most famously the sea nymph loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Galatea canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10734865 — 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: Galatea Context triple: [Eudora, sibling, Galatea]
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A.
Galatea
Galatea is a small inner moon of Neptune known for its role in shaping the planet’s ring arcs through gravitational interactions.
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B.
Galatea
Galatea is a mythologically themed painting by French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau, depicting the sea nymph Galatea in his characteristically ornate and dreamlike style.
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C.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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D.
The Triumph of Galatea
The Triumph of Galatea is a celebrated fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael, depicting the sea nymph Galatea in a dynamic mythological seascape.
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E.
The Triumph of Galatea
The Triumph of Galatea is a mythological painting by French Rococo artist Carle Van Loo depicting the sea nymph Galatea in a graceful, idealized classical scene.
- 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: Galatea Target entity description: Galatea is a figure from Greek mythology whose name is shared by several characters, most famously the sea nymph loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
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A.
Galatea
Galatea is a small inner moon of Neptune known for its role in shaping the planet’s ring arcs through gravitational interactions.
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B.
Galatea
Galatea is a mythologically themed painting by French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau, depicting the sea nymph Galatea in his characteristically ornate and dreamlike style.
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C.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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D.
The Triumph of Galatea
The Triumph of Galatea is a celebrated fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael, depicting the sea nymph Galatea in a dynamic mythological seascape.
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E.
The Triumph of Galatea
The Triumph of Galatea is a mythological painting by French Rococo artist Carle Van Loo depicting the sea nymph Galatea in a graceful, idealized classical scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nereid
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character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ sea nymph ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hellenistic poetry
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ Roman poetry ⓘ myth of Acis and Polyphemus ⓘ
linked to:
Acis and Galatea
|
| appearsInWorkBy |
Ovid
ⓘ
Theocritus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mediterranean Sea
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Sicily ⓘ river Acis ⓘ sea ⓘ |
| causesEvent | transformation of Acis into a river god ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceOn |
European painting
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literature ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
beautiful young woman
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riding a sea creature ⓘ |
| depictedWithAttribute | white skin ⓘ |
| featuredInArtwork |
Raphael’s The Triumph of Galatea
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linked to:
Raphael’s Galatea fresco
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| hasLover | Acis ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Doris
ⓘ
Nereus ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Galateia
ⓘ
linked to:
Galatea (sea nymph)
|
| languageOfLaterSources | Latin ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| lovedBy | Polyphemus ⓘ |
| loves | Acis ⓘ |
| memberOf | Nereids ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | she who is milk-white ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Ancient Greek language ⓘ |
| numberOfSisters | 49 ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Polyphemus ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Nereids in Greek religion
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linked to:
Nereids
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| relatedTo |
Poseidon
ⓘ
sea deities of Greek mythology ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
beloved of Acis
ⓘ
object of Polyphemus’s unrequited love ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith |
multiple figures in Greek mythology
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statue loved by Pygmalion in later tradition ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | local sea divinity ⓘ |
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: Galatea Description of subject: Galatea is a figure from Greek mythology whose name is shared by several characters, most famously the sea nymph loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
river Acis
subject linked to:
Act II
subject linked to:
Italian cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo by George Frideric Handel