Subala
E482489
Subala is a king of Gandhara in the Mahabharata, known as the father of Gandhari and maternal grandfather of the Kauravas.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4959766 — 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: Subala Context triple: [Duryodhana, grandfather, Subala]
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Tsilivi
Tsilivi is a popular seaside resort village on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its sandy beach, family-friendly atmosphere, and vibrant tourist facilities.
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Maiana
Maiana is a low-lying coral atoll in the central Pacific nation of Kiribati, known for its traditional village life and vulnerability to sea-level rise.
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Walili
Walili, better known as Volubilis, is an ancient Roman and early Islamic city in present-day Morocco that served as the first capital of the Idrisid dynasty.
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Kuanua
Kuanua is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Tolai people of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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Biloela
Biloela is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, known as an agricultural and administrative centre for the surrounding Central Queensland 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: Subala Target entity description: Subala is a king of Gandhara in the Mahabharata, known as the father of Gandhari and maternal grandfather of the Kauravas.
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A.
Tsilivi
Tsilivi is a popular seaside resort village on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its sandy beach, family-friendly atmosphere, and vibrant tourist facilities.
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B.
Maiana
Maiana is a low-lying coral atoll in the central Pacific nation of Kiribati, known for its traditional village life and vulnerability to sea-level rise.
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C.
Walili
Walili, better known as Volubilis, is an ancient Roman and early Islamic city in present-day Morocco that served as the first capital of the Idrisid dynasty.
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D.
Kuanua
Kuanua is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Tolai people of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Biloela
Biloela is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, known as an agricultural and administrative centre for the surrounding Central Queensland region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWithEpic | Kurukshetra War background ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gandharan
ⓘ
linked to:
Gandhara civilization
|
| fatherInLawOf | Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Gandhari
ⓘ
Shakuni ⓘ |
| genre | Hindu epic character ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
the Kauravas
ⓘ
linked to:
Kauravas
|
| hasChild |
1 daughter
ⓘ
100 sons ⓘ Gandhari ⓘ Shakuni ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Gandhari ⓘ |
| hasSon | Shakuni ⓘ |
| kingOf |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamboja–Gandhara region
|
| languageContext | Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Itihasa ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfatherOf |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Dushasana ⓘ the Kauravas ⓘ
linked to:
Kauravas
|
| nameVariant | King Subala ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being father of Gandhari
ⓘ
being maternal grandfather of the Kauravas ⓘ |
| region |
Gandhara
ⓘ
linked to:
Kamboja–Gandhara region
|
| relatedToDynasty | Gandhara royal family ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | father-in-law of Dhritarashtra ⓘ |
| sourceText | Critical tradition of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| spouse |
Subali
ⓘ
linked to:
Subala
|
| timePeriod |
mythological Dvapara Yuga
ⓘ
linked to:
Dvapara Yuga
|
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: Subala Description of subject: Subala is a king of Gandhara in the Mahabharata, known as the father of Gandhari and maternal grandfather of the Kauravas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Subala