Shalya
E482492
Shalya is a king and formidable warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for serving as the final commander of the Kaurava army and for his complex loyalties and tragic role in the Kurukshetra war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shalya canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4959799 — 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: Shalya Context triple: [Duryodhana, armyCommander, Shalya]
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A.
Kudryavy
Kudryavy is an active stratovolcano located on Iturup Island in Russia’s Kuril Island chain, known for its persistent fumarolic activity and gas emissions.
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B.
Gorely
Gorely is an active stratovolcano complex on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its multiple craters, frequent eruptions, and striking acidic crater lakes.
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C.
Yunak
Yunak is a rural district and town in Turkey known for its agricultural economy and location within the Central Anatolia region.
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D.
Yura
Yura is a common Slavic diminutive form of the male given name Yuri (or Yuriy), often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Bulganin
Bulganin is the surname of Nikolai Bulganin, a prominent Soviet politician who served as Premier of the Soviet Union during the 1950s.
- 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: Shalya Target entity description: Shalya is a king and formidable warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for serving as the final commander of the Kaurava army and for his complex loyalties and tragic role in the Kurukshetra war.
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A.
Kudryavy
Kudryavy is an active stratovolcano located on Iturup Island in Russia’s Kuril Island chain, known for its persistent fumarolic activity and gas emissions.
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B.
Gorely
Gorely is an active stratovolcano complex on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its multiple craters, frequent eruptions, and striking acidic crater lakes.
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C.
Yunak
Yunak is a rural district and town in Turkey known for its agricultural economy and location within the Central Anatolia region.
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D.
Yura
Yura is a common Slavic diminutive form of the male given name Yuri (or Yuriy), often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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E.
Bulganin
Bulganin is the surname of Nikolai Bulganin, a prominent Soviet politician who served as Premier of the Soviet Union during the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mahabharata character
ⓘ
charioteer ⓘ mythological king ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Kauravas
ⓘ
Madra kingdom ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duryodhana
ⓘ
Karna ⓘ Kauravas ⓘ Madra warriors ⓘ Pandavas ⓘ Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
honor-bound
ⓘ
proud ⓘ skilled in warfare ⓘ valorous ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Madra ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| killedBy | Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being final commander of the Kaurava army
ⓘ
complex loyalties in the Kurukshetra War ⓘ duel with Yudhishthira ⓘ exceptional charioteering skills ⓘ tragic death in battle ⓘ |
| literaryWork | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| maternalUncleOf |
Nakula
ⓘ
Sahadeva ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King
ⓘ
commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army ⓘ |
| predecessor | Karna as commander of the Kaurava army ⓘ |
| relative |
Nakula
ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ Sahadeva ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| servedAs | charioteer of Karna ⓘ |
| sibling | Madri ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Kauravas ⓘ |
| successor | none, as he was the last Kaurava commander ⓘ |
| textualAppearance |
Bhishma Parva
ⓘ
linked to:
Bhīṣma Parva
Drona Parva ⓘ Karna Parva ⓘ Sauptika Parva ⓘ Shalya Parva ⓘ Udyoga Parva ⓘ |
| title | King of Madra ⓘ |
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: Shalya Description of subject: Shalya is a king and formidable warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for serving as the final commander of the Kaurava army and for his complex loyalties and tragic role in the Kurukshetra war.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.