Phthia of Macedon
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Phthia of Macedon was a Macedonian noblewoman and queen, best known as the wife of Aeacides of Epirus and the mother of the famed Hellenistic king Pyrrhus of Epirus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phthia of Epirus | 1 |
| Phthia of Macedon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10854533 — 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: Phthia of Macedon Context triple: [Pyrrhus of Epirus, mother, Phthia of Macedon]
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
City of Pella
The City of Pella is a small Iowa community known for its strong Dutch heritage, historic architecture, and vibrant annual celebrations.
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C.
Heraclea Lyncestis
Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Macedonian city, later a significant Roman and Byzantine center, located near modern Bitola in North Macedonia.
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D.
Coronea
Coronea was an ancient city of Boeotia in central Greece, known for its strategic location and role in several classical Greek battles.
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E.
Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
- 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: Phthia of Macedon Target entity description: Phthia of Macedon was a Macedonian noblewoman and queen, best known as the wife of Aeacides of Epirus and the mother of the famed Hellenistic king Pyrrhus of Epirus.
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
City of Pella
The City of Pella is a small Iowa community known for its strong Dutch heritage, historic architecture, and vibrant annual celebrations.
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C.
Heraclea Lyncestis
Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Macedonian city, later a significant Roman and Byzantine center, located near modern Bitola in North Macedonia.
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D.
Coronea
Coronea was an ancient city of Boeotia in central Greece, known for its strategic location and role in several classical Greek battles.
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E.
Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macedonian person
ⓘ
ancient Greek noblewoman ⓘ queen consort ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aeacid dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Pyrrhus of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childOccupation | king of Epirus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ancient Macedonians ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| husband | Aeacides of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| motherOf | Pyrrhus of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Macedonian noblewoman
ⓘ
Queen of Epirus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Pyrrhus of Epirus
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being the wife of Aeacides of Epirus ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen consort of Epirus ⓘ |
| residence |
Epirus
NERFINISHED
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Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Aeacides of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | king of Epirus ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BC ⓘ |
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: Phthia of Macedon Description of subject: Phthia of Macedon was a Macedonian noblewoman and queen, best known as the wife of Aeacides of Epirus and the mother of the famed Hellenistic king Pyrrhus of Epirus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Phthia of Epirus