Marpessa
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Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marpessa canonical | 6 |
| Marpessa (by Alcippe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T669668 — 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: Marpessa Context triple: [Apollo, lover, Marpessa]
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A.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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B.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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C.
Mara
Mara is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and politics.
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D.
Sophroniscus
Sophroniscus was an Athenian stonemason and sculptor best known as the father of the philosopher Socrates.
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E.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
- 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: Marpessa Target entity description: Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.
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A.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
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B.
Hersilia
Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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C.
Mara
Mara is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and politics.
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D.
Sophroniscus
Sophroniscus was an Athenian stonemason and sculptor best known as the father of the philosopher Socrates.
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E.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal woman in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| abductedBy |
Apollo
ⓘ
Idas ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
| associatedHero | Idas ⓘ |
| associatedWith | love contest between Apollo and Idas ⓘ |
| child |
Cleopatra VII
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleopatra
Cleopatra Alcyone ⓘ |
| choseAsHusband | Idas ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| father | Evenus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandfather | Ares ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent | dispute between Apollo and Idas ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the object of a contest between Apollo and Idas ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| madeChoiceBetween |
Apollo
ⓘ
Idas ⓘ |
| mortalStatus | mortal ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic legend ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Ares
ⓘ
Cleopatra ⓘ Evenus ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
choice between mortal and immortal lover
ⓘ
conflict between god and hero over a woman ⓘ |
| partner | Idas ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Apollo ⓘ |
| reasonForChoice | fear that Apollo would abandon her when she grew old ⓘ |
| rejectedLover | Apollo ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Pausanias, Description of Greece
|
| spouse | Idas ⓘ |
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: Marpessa Description of subject: Marpessa is a figure in Greek mythology known as a mortal woman whose beauty led to a famous love contest between the god Apollo and the hero Idas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.