Lakshmana Kumara
E449040
Lakshmana Kumara is a relatively obscure figure in the Mahabharata, known primarily as the nephew of the Kuru teacher Kripa.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lakshmana Kumara canonical | 4 |
| Lakshman | 1 |
| Laxmana Kumara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4516663 — 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: Lakshmana Kumara Context triple: [Kripa, uncleOf, Lakshmana Kumara]
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A.
Lakshmana
Lakshmana is a devoted younger brother of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana, renowned for his unwavering loyalty, courage, and selfless service.
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B.
Bhima
Bhima is a powerful warrior prince from the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his immense strength, loyalty, and pivotal role among the Pandava brothers.
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C.
Bhima
Bhima is a major river in western India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Krishna River.
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D.
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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E.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
- 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: Lakshmana Kumara Target entity description: Lakshmana Kumara is a relatively obscure figure in the Mahabharata, known primarily as the nephew of the Kuru teacher Kripa.
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A.
Lakshmana
Lakshmana is a devoted younger brother of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana, renowned for his unwavering loyalty, courage, and selfless service.
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B.
Bhima
Bhima is a powerful warrior prince from the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his immense strength, loyalty, and pivotal role among the Pandava brothers.
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C.
Bhima
Bhima is a major river in western India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Krishna River.
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D.
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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E.
Shatrughna
Shatrughna is a prince of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the devoted younger brother of Rama and the twin of Lakshmana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hinduism ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Lakshmanakumara ⓘ |
| nephewOf | Kripa ⓘ |
| notability | relatively obscure figure in the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Kripa ⓘ |
| roleInEpic | minor character ⓘ |
| tradition | Indian epic tradition ⓘ |
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: Lakshmana Kumara Description of subject: Lakshmana Kumara is a relatively obscure figure in the Mahabharata, known primarily as the nephew of the Kuru teacher Kripa.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lakshmana Kumara
subject linked to:
Laxman Kumara of Duryodhana
subject linked to:
Laxman Kumara of Duryodhana
linked to: Lakshmana Kumara