Keshi
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Keshi is a horse-demon in Hindu mythology best known for being slain by the god Krishna (also called Kesava).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keshi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5010392 — 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: Keshi Context triple: [Kesava, associatedWithDemon, Keshi]
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A.
Kesh
Kesh is the Sikh practice of maintaining uncut hair, symbolizing spiritual devotion and respect for the natural form given by God.
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B.
Kesh
Kesh was a historic Central Asian city in present-day Uzbekistan, known as the birthplace of the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane).
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C.
Kirsha
Kirsha is a central character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Midaq Alley," known as the café owner whose personal life and hidden desires reflect the social and moral tensions of mid-20th-century Cairo.
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D.
Kiana
Kiana is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered a modern variant of names like Kiana or Kianna.
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E.
Kiya
Kiya was a lesser-known wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, often associated with the Amarna period and subject to scholarly debate regarding her origins and role at court.
- 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: Keshi Target entity description: Keshi is a horse-demon in Hindu mythology best known for being slain by the god Krishna (also called Kesava).
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A.
Kesh
Kesh is the Sikh practice of maintaining uncut hair, symbolizing spiritual devotion and respect for the natural form given by God.
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B.
Kesh
Kesh was a historic Central Asian city in present-day Uzbekistan, known as the birthplace of the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane).
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C.
Kirsha
Kirsha is a central character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Midaq Alley," known as the café owner whose personal life and hidden desires reflect the social and moral tensions of mid-20th-century Cairo.
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D.
Kiana
Kiana is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered a modern variant of names like Kiana or Kianna.
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E.
Kiya
Kiya was a lesser-known wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, often associated with the Amarna period and subject to scholarly debate regarding her origins and role at court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asura
ⓘ
demon ⓘ mythological being ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Harivamsa ⓘ Vishnu Purana ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | horse ⓘ |
| category |
Asuras
ⓘ
linked to:
Asura
Demons in Hindu mythology ⓘ Krishna-related characters ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Kesava
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| epithetRelation | slaying of Keshi is source of Krishna epithet Kesava ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Kesava
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| killedByMethod | Krishna tore open his mouth ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locationOfMythicEvent | Vrindavan ⓘ |
| mythology | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the long-haired one ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | symbolizes destructive forces overcome by Krishna ⓘ |
| notableFor | being slain by Krishna ⓘ |
| opponentOf | cowherd community of Vrindavan ⓘ |
| opposesDeity |
Vishnu in his Krishna avatar
ⓘ
linked to:
Gopinath form of Krishna
|
| relatedEpithetOfKrishna | Kesava ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | demon sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna ⓘ |
| sentBy | Kamsa ⓘ |
| speciesForm | horse-demon ⓘ |
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: Keshi Description of subject: Keshi is a horse-demon in Hindu mythology best known for being slain by the god Krishna (also called Kesava).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.