Parjanya
E448501
Parjanya is a figure in Hindu tradition known as the father of Nanda, the foster father of Lord Krishna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parjanya canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512536 — 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: Parjanya Context triple: [Nanda, father, Parjanya]
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A.
Rano
Rano is a historic town and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria, located within Kano State.
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B.
Perjeta
Perjeta is a monoclonal antibody drug used in combination therapies to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
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C.
Muanda
Muanda is a coastal town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo situated near the mouth of the Congo River on the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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E.
Perdika
Perdika is a small coastal village on the Greek island of Aegina, known for its traditional tavernas, fishing harbor, and views toward the islet of Moni.
- 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: Parjanya Target entity description: Parjanya is a figure in Hindu tradition known as the father of Nanda, the foster father of Lord Krishna.
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A.
Rano
Rano is a historic town and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria, located within Kano State.
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B.
Perjeta
Perjeta is a monoclonal antibody drug used in combination therapies to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
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C.
Muanda
Muanda is a coastal town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo situated near the mouth of the Congo River on the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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E.
Perdika
Perdika is a small coastal village on the Greek island of Aegina, known for its traditional tavernas, fishing harbor, and views toward the islet of Moni.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological figure
ⓘ
person in Hindu tradition ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Gokula
ⓘ
linked to:
Gokul
Vraja ⓘ
linked to:
Vraj
|
| associatedWith | Krishna ⓘ |
| child | Nanda ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| familyRole | patriarch of Nanda’s family ⓘ |
| father | Parjanya ⓘ |
| fosterFather | Nanda ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageContext | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Hindu Puranic literature ⓘ |
| notableFor | being father of Nanda, foster father of Krishna ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
father of Nanda
ⓘ
foster father of Krishna ⓘ |
| tradition | Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Krishna-bhakti traditions ⓘ |
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: Parjanya Description of subject: Parjanya is a figure in Hindu tradition known as the father of Nanda, the foster father of Lord Krishna.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.