Calliphon of Croton
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Calliphon of Croton was an ancient Greek physician and Pythagorean associated with the medical school of Croton in Magna Graecia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calliphon of Croton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11277146 — 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: Calliphon of Croton Context triple: [Democedes of Croton, father, Calliphon of Croton]
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A.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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B.
Melanippus
Melanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
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C.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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D.
Philomelus
Philomelus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the goddess Demeter.
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E.
Anaxibius
Anaxibius is an ancient Greek figure known primarily through his familial connection as the paternal nephew of Pleistrus.
- 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: Calliphon of Croton Target entity description: Calliphon of Croton was an ancient Greek physician and Pythagorean associated with the medical school of Croton in Magna Graecia.
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A.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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B.
Melanippus
Melanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
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C.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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D.
Philomelus
Philomelus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the goddess Demeter.
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E.
Anaxibius
Anaxibius is an ancient Greek figure known primarily through his familial connection as the paternal nephew of Pleistrus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pythagorean
ⓘ
Pythagorean philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ ancient Greek physician ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Croton
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Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| associatedWith | medical school of Croton ⓘ |
| citizenship | Croton ⓘ |
| country | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a Pythagorean physician ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
physician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pythagorean community of Croton
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linked to:
Pythagoreanism
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| philosophicalSchool | Pythagoreanism ⓘ |
| region | Southern Italy ⓘ |
| religiousPhilosophicalTradition | Pythagoreanism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | classical antiquity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Calliphon of Croton Description of subject: Calliphon of Croton was an ancient Greek physician and Pythagorean associated with the medical school of Croton in Magna Graecia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.