Samba
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Samba is a figure in Hindu mythology, traditionally known as a son of the god Krishna and his wife Jambavati, whose life is associated with various legends and curses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samba canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512583 — 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: Samba Context triple: [Jambavati, child, Samba]
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A.
Samba
Samba is an open-source software suite that enables file and print sharing and domain services between Unix/Linux systems and Windows clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
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B.
Samba
Samba is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars alongside Omar Sy and Tahar Rahim in a story about immigration and social inequality in contemporary France.
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C.
Samba
Samba is one of the four ESA Cluster mission spacecraft designed to study Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.
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D.
Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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E.
Sampla
Sampla is a town and municipal council in the Rohtak district of Haryana, India, known for its agricultural trade and proximity to the state capital region.
- 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: Samba Target entity description: Samba is a figure in Hindu mythology, traditionally known as a son of the god Krishna and his wife Jambavati, whose life is associated with various legends and curses.
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A.
Samba
Samba is an open-source software suite that enables file and print sharing and domain services between Unix/Linux systems and Windows clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
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B.
Samba
Samba is one of the four ESA Cluster mission spacecraft designed to study Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind.
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C.
Samba
Samba is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg stars alongside Omar Sy and Tahar Rahim in a story about immigration and social inequality in contemporary France.
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D.
Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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E.
Sampla
Sampla is a town and municipal council in the Rohtak district of Haryana, India, known for its agricultural trade and proximity to the state capital region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological character
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ son of Krishna ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Yadava clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Yadava
|
| associatedPlace | Prabhasa ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Dvaraka ⓘ Kauravas ⓘ Krishna’s later life legends ⓘ Samba Sun temple at Multan (in some accounts) ⓘ
linked to:
Sun Temple Multan
Vrishni dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Yadu dynasty
curse of sages at Prabhasa ⓘ iron pestle that destroyed the Yadavas ⓘ mocking of sages ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | curse-related calamity ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
impetuous
ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ |
| culture | Indian ⓘ |
| cureFrom | leprosy ⓘ |
| father | Krishna ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Vasudeva
ⓘ
linked to:
Krishna
|
| grandmother |
Rohini (by family association)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rohini
|
| knownFor |
abduction of Duryodhana's daughter Lakshmana
ⓘ
being cursed with leprosy ⓘ causing destruction of the Yadava clan ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Brahma Purana ⓘ Harivamsa ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ |
| mother | Jambavati ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exemplifies consequences of arrogance and mockery of sages ⓘ |
| penanceTo | Surya ⓘ |
| performed | austerities to Surya ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | agent of Yadava destruction ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charudeshna
ⓘ
Pradyumna ⓘ other sons of Krishna ⓘ |
| spouse | Lakshmana (daughter of Duryodhana) ⓘ |
| title | Samba, son of Jambavati ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | Sun god (Surya) in some 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: Samba Description of subject: Samba is a figure in Hindu mythology, traditionally known as a son of the god Krishna and his wife Jambavati, whose life is associated with various legends and curses.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.