Murthy
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Murthy is a common Indian surname, notably borne by N. R. Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys and a prominent figure in the global IT industry.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5542569 — 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: Murthy Context triple: [N. R. Narayana Murthy, familyName, Murthy]
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A.
Murasoli
Murasoli is the official Tamil-language newspaper and party organ of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, India.
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B.
Shriever
Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
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C.
Shardik
Shardik is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams that centers on a giant bear revered as a god and explores themes of power, faith, and empire.
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D.
Mardian
Mardian is a minor eunuch and servant in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his loyalty to Cleopatra.
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E.
Srakan
Srakan is a settlement located within Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
- 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: Murthy Target entity description: Murthy is a common Indian surname, notably borne by N. R. Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys and a prominent figure in the global IT industry.
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A.
Murasoli
Murasoli is the official Tamil-language newspaper and party organ of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, India.
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B.
Shriever
Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
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C.
Shardik
Shardik is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams that centers on a giant bear revered as a god and explores themes of power, faith, and empire.
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D.
Mardian
Mardian is a minor eunuch and servant in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his loyalty to Cleopatra.
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E.
Srakan
Srakan is a settlement located within Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
information technology company ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Padma Shri
ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ |
| category |
Kannada-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of Hindu origin ⓘ Surnames of Indian origin ⓘ Telugu-language surnames ⓘ |
| coFounder | N. R. Narayana Murthy ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-08-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
ⓘ
National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru ⓘ
linked to:
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore
|
| etymologyDerivedFrom | Sanskrit word ‘murti’ meaning ‘idol’ or ‘form’ ⓘ |
| familyName | Murthy ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| founded | Infosys ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy
ⓘ
linked to:
N. R. Narayana Murthy
|
| givenName | Narayana ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Kannada
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Moorthy
ⓘ
linked to:
Murthy
Murti ⓘ |
| industry | information technology services ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Infosys
ⓘ
pioneering the Indian IT services industry ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
C. N. R. Rao’s wife Indumati Rao (née Murthy)
ⓘ
Kavita Murthy ⓘ
linked to:
Kavita Krishnamurti
N. R. Narayana Murthy ⓘ Sudha Murty ⓘ V. K. Murthy ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Infosys into a global IT services company ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sidlaghatta, Karnataka, India
ⓘ
linked to:
Sidlaghatta
|
| positionHeld |
CEO of Infosys
ⓘ
Chairman of Infosys ⓘ Chief Mentor of Infosys ⓘ |
| spouse | Sudha Murty ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Brahmin communities in South India
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Hindu communities in South India ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | India ⓘ |
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: Murthy Description of subject: Murthy is a common Indian surname, notably borne by N. R. Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys and a prominent figure in the global IT industry.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.