Drupada
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Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drupada canonical | 12 |
| King Drupada | 2 |
| Drupad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515568 — 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: Drupada Context triple: [Pandavas, supportedBy, Drupada]
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A.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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B.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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C.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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D.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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E.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
- 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: Drupada Target entity description: Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
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A.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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B.
Akrura
Akrura is a revered figure in Hindu mythology, known as a devout Yadava charioteer and ally of Krishna who played a key role in bringing him to Mathura.
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C.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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D.
King Shantanu
King Shantanu is a legendary monarch of the Kuru dynasty in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the father of Bhishma and a key ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
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E.
Meghnad
Meghnad is a given name most notably associated with Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha, renowned for his pioneering work on thermal ionization and stellar spectra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Drupada Description of subject: Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.