Sugriva
E115376
Sugriva is the exiled monkey king in the Hindu epic Ramayana who allies with Rama to defeat the demon king Ravana and reclaim his own throne.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sugriva canonical | 41 |
| King of Kishkindha | 1 |
| KingSugriva | 1 |
| Sugriva (Sukhrip) | 1 |
| Sugriva (through Vanara lineage) | 1 |
| Sugriva and Vali | 1 |
| prince of Kishkindha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902477 — 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: Sugriva Context triple: [Ramayana, mainCharacter, Sugriva]
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A.
Vibhishana
Vibhishana is a virtuous rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for abandoning his brother Ravana to ally with Rama and uphold dharma.
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B.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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E.
Hanuman
Hanuman is a revered Hindu deity known for his immense strength, unwavering devotion to Lord Rama, and central role in the epic Ramayana.
- 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: Sugriva Target entity description: Sugriva is the exiled monkey king in the Hindu epic Ramayana who allies with Rama to defeat the demon king Ravana and reclaim his own throne.
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A.
Vibhishana
Vibhishana is a virtuous rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for abandoning his brother Ravana to ally with Rama and uphold dharma.
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B.
Rama
Rama is a major Hindu deity and the virtuous prince-king of Ayodhya, revered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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C.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya was an early Javanese king traditionally regarded as the founder of the Mataram (Medang) Kingdom and the Sanjaya dynasty in Central Java.
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D.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya is the charioteer and seer in the Mahabharata who, granted divine vision, narrates the events of the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
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E.
Hanuman
Hanuman is a revered Hindu deity known for his immense strength, unwavering devotion to Lord Rama, and central role in the epic Ramayana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ramayana character
ⓘ
Vanara king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| allyOf | Rama ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ramayana ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Kishkindha region (often identified with parts of Karnataka, India) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hanuman ⓘ |
| brother | Vali ⓘ |
| commands | Vanara army ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| devoteeOf | Rama ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Ravana
ⓘ
Vali ⓘ |
| formsAllianceAt |
Rishyamukha
ⓘ
linked to:
Rishyamukha mountain
|
| friendOf | Rama ⓘ |
| genre | Itihasa (epic history) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Kishkindha ⓘ |
| languageTradition | Sanskrit epics ⓘ |
| leads |
Vanara forces in the war against Ravana
ⓘ
linked to:
battle of Lanka
|
| moralTheme |
justice in regaining rightful kingship
ⓘ
loyalty to allies ⓘ |
| notableAct |
forming a pact of mutual assistance with Rama
ⓘ
helping in the search for Sita ⓘ participating in the siege of Lanka ⓘ |
| ordersSearchFor | Sita ⓘ |
| patronOf | Hanuman ⓘ |
| placeOfExile |
Rishyamukha
ⓘ
linked to:
Rishyamukha mountain
|
| portrayedAs | initially fearful and later courageous ⓘ |
| promisesTo | help Rama find Sita ⓘ |
| reasonForExile | conflict with his brother Vali ⓘ |
| receivesPromiseFrom | Rama to kill Vali ⓘ |
| regainsThroneFrom | Vali ⓘ |
| regainsThroneWithHelpOf | Rama ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInWar | ally of Rama in the Lanka campaign ⓘ |
| sendsToSouth | Hanuman ⓘ |
| species | Vanara ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ruma
ⓘ
Tara ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Hanuman
ⓘ
Lakshmana ⓘ
linked to:
Vibhishana
Rama ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Ramcharitmanas
ⓘ
Valmiki Ramayana ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
|
| title | King of Kishkindha ⓘ |
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: Sugriva Description of subject: Sugriva is the exiled monkey king in the Hindu epic Ramayana who allies with Rama to defeat the demon king Ravana and reclaim his own throne.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sugriva
linked to: Sugriva
subject linked to:
Rishyamukha (indirectly, through Sugriva’s exile)
subject linked to:
Rishyamukha (indirectly, through Sugriva’s exile)
subject linked to:
battle of Lanka
subject linked to:
Pampa lake
linked to: Sugriva
subject linked to:
Kishkindha region (often identified with parts of Karnataka, India)
subject linked to:
Kishkindha region (often identified with parts of Karnataka, India)
subject linked to:
Ram
subject linked to:
Anjani (mother of Hanuman)
linked to: Sugriva