Trishira
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Trishira is a lesser-known rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, depicted as one of the valiant but ultimately slain sons of the demon king Ravana.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5010254 — 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: Trishira Context triple: [Ravana, child, Trishira]
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A.
Tristubh
Tristubh is a principal Vedic poetic meter characterized by verses of four lines with eleven syllables each, widely used in ancient Sanskrit hymns.
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B.
Trishul
Trishul is a prominent three-peaked Himalayan mountain massif in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India, popular among mountaineers and known for its distinctive trident-like shape.
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C.
Trikaal
Trikaal is an Indian period drama film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal, set in pre-independence Goa and exploring the complexities of a Portuguese-Indian family's life.
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D.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
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E.
Santragachi
Santragachi is a prominent residential and transport hub in the Howrah region of West Bengal, known especially for its major railway junction and nearby lake that attracts migratory birds.
- 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: Trishira Target entity description: Trishira is a lesser-known rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, depicted as one of the valiant but ultimately slain sons of the demon king Ravana.
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A.
Tristubh
Tristubh is a principal Vedic poetic meter characterized by verses of four lines with eleven syllables each, widely used in ancient Sanskrit hymns.
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B.
Trishul
Trishul is a prominent three-peaked Himalayan mountain massif in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India, popular among mountaineers and known for its distinctive trident-like shape.
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C.
Trikaal
Trikaal is an Indian period drama film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal, set in pre-independence Goa and exploring the complexities of a Portuguese-Indian family's life.
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D.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
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E.
Santragachi
Santragachi is a prominent residential and transport hub in the Howrah region of West Bengal, known especially for its major railway junction and nearby lake that attracts migratory birds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Ramayana
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ rakshasa ⓘ |
| alignment | Rakshasa side ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hindu epic Ramayana
ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
Ramayana ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | war between Rama and Ravana ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lanka
ⓘ
Ravana's dynasty ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | minor character in the Ramayana ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| deathContext | killed in the battle of Lanka ⓘ |
| deathType | slain in battle ⓘ |
| describedAs |
lesser-known son of Ravana
ⓘ
valiant warrior ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | rakshasa clan ⓘ |
| familyRole | prince of Lanka ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
Lakshmana
ⓘ
Rama ⓘ Vanara army ⓘ |
| hasFather |
Ravana
ⓘ
Ravana, king of Lanka ⓘ
linked to:
Ravana
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMother | Mandodari ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | rakshasa ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
rakshasa prince
ⓘ
son of Ravana ⓘ |
| killedBy | Rama ⓘ |
| kingdomAffiliation | Lanka ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Itihasa (epic) narrative ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | opponent of Rama ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| nameInDevanagari |
त्रिशिर
ⓘ
linked to:
Trishira
|
| narrativeFunction | supporting antagonist in the Ramayana war ⓘ |
| opposes | dharma upholding forces of Rama ⓘ |
| partOf | Ravana's lineage ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | warrior on Ravana's side in the Lanka war ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Akshayakumara
ⓘ
Atikaya ⓘ Atikaya and other sons of Ravana ⓘ Devantaka ⓘ Indrajit ⓘ Narantaka ⓘ |
| sourceTextTradition |
Valmiki Ramayana and later Ramayana traditions
ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
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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: Trishira Description of subject: Trishira is a lesser-known rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, depicted as one of the valiant but ultimately slain sons of the demon king Ravana.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.