Kehama
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Kehama is the powerful and tyrannical sorcerer-rajah who serves as the central antagonist in Robert Southey’s epic poem "The Curse of Kehama."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kehama canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5706535 — 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: Kehama Context triple: [The Curse of Kehama, hasMainCharacter, Kehama]
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A.
Kouloukonas
Kouloukonas is a mountain range in the Rethymno region of Crete, Greece, known for its rugged terrain and traditional Cretan landscapes.
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B.
Kalloni
Kalloni is a town on the Greek island of Lesbos, known for its large bay, salt pans, and rich birdlife.
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C.
Kutaisi
Kutaisi is one of Georgia’s major cities, historically significant and formerly a capital, located in the western part of the country.
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D.
Balasinor
Balasinor is a town in Gujarat, India, known for its nearby dinosaur fossil park and rich paleontological significance.
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E.
Nalut
Nalut is a town in western Libya situated in the Nafusa Mountains, known for its Amazigh (Berber) heritage and historic hilltop granaries.
- 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: Kehama Target entity description: Kehama is the powerful and tyrannical sorcerer-rajah who serves as the central antagonist in Robert Southey’s epic poem "The Curse of Kehama."
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A.
Kouloukonas
Kouloukonas is a mountain range in the Rethymno region of Crete, Greece, known for its rugged terrain and traditional Cretan landscapes.
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B.
Kalloni
Kalloni is a town on the Greek island of Lesbos, known for its large bay, salt pans, and rich birdlife.
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C.
Kutaisi
Kutaisi is one of Georgia’s major cities, historically significant and formerly a capital, located in the western part of the country.
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D.
Balasinor
Balasinor is a town in Gujarat, India, known for its nearby dinosaur fossil park and rich paleontological significance.
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E.
Nalut
Nalut is a town in western Libya situated in the Nafusa Mountains, known for its Amazigh (Berber) heritage and historic hilltop granaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ rajah ⓘ sorcerer ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Curse of Kehama ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
despotism
ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ hubris ⓘ |
| characterType |
powerful sorcerer
ⓘ
tyrannical ruler ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Southey ⓘ |
| fateInStory | ultimately defeated ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Curse of Kehama (1810) ⓘ |
| governs | Hindoo kingdom (fictional) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Romantic era
ⓘ
linked to:
Romanticism
|
| medium | epic poem ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | evil ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire for apotheosis
ⓘ
quest for absolute power ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of blasphemous pride
ⓘ
embodiment of tyranny ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Hindoo ⓘ |
| opposesCharacter |
Kailyal
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Ladurlad ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central antagonist ⓘ |
| settingContext | mythic India ⓘ |
| usesPower |
curses
ⓘ
dark magic ⓘ |
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: Kehama Description of subject: Kehama is the powerful and tyrannical sorcerer-rajah who serves as the central antagonist in Robert Southey’s epic poem "The Curse of Kehama."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.