Goshtasp
E563104
Goshtasp is a legendary Kayanian king in Persian mythology, best known as the father of the hero Esfandiyar and a patron of Zoroaster.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goshtasp canonical | 10 |
| King Goshtasp | 1 |
| Vishtaspa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5942842 — 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: Goshtasp Context triple: [Esfandiyar, father, Goshtasp]
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A.
Shahpur
Shahpur is a notable town in Bihar, India, recognized as one of the main urban centers of Bhojpur district.
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B.
Khusrav
Khusrav is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically borne by princes and notable figures in Central and South Asia.
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C.
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III was the final shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, whose reign marked the end of pre-Islamic imperial Iran following the Arab-Muslim conquests.
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D.
Ardashir I
Ardashir I was the founder and first king of the Sasanian Empire, who overthrew the Parthians and established a powerful Persian dynasty in the early 3rd century.
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E.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
- 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: Goshtasp Target entity description: Goshtasp is a legendary Kayanian king in Persian mythology, best known as the father of the hero Esfandiyar and a patron of Zoroaster.
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A.
Shahpur
Shahpur is a notable town in Bihar, India, recognized as one of the main urban centers of Bhojpur district.
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B.
Khusrav
Khusrav is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically borne by princes and notable figures in Central and South Asia.
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C.
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III was the final shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, whose reign marked the end of pre-Islamic imperial Iran following the Arab-Muslim conquests.
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D.
Ardashir I
Ardashir I was the founder and first king of the Sasanian Empire, who overthrew the Parthians and established a powerful Persian dynasty in the early 3rd century.
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E.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kayanian king
ⓘ
legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Hystaspes
ⓘ
Vishtaspa ⓘ Wištāsp ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh
ⓘ
linked to:
Shahnameh
|
| associatedWith |
Esfandiyar’s seven labors
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Labors of Esfandiyar
Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| culture |
Iranian mythology
ⓘ
Persian mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian mythology
|
| dynasty | Kayanian dynasty ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Esfandiyar
ⓘ
Isfandiyar ⓘ
linked to:
Esfandiyar
|
| genre | epic literature ⓘ |
| kingdom | Kayanian realm ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition |
Avestan
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
Middle Persian ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Persian language
New Persian ⓘ
linked to:
Western Persian
|
| mentionedIn |
Avesta
ⓘ
Middle Persian literature ⓘ Shahnameh ⓘ Zand texts ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | legendary rather than historical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of the hero Esfandiyar
ⓘ
his role in the spread of Zoroastrianism in legend ⓘ supporting the preaching of Zoroaster ⓘ |
| region | Greater Iran ⓘ |
| reignLocation |
Iran
ⓘ
Kayanian Iran ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Zoroastrianism (legendary)
ⓘ
linked to:
Zoroastrianism
|
| religiousRole | royal supporter of Zoroaster ⓘ |
| roleInReligion | patron of Zoroaster ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hutaosa
ⓘ
Hutosa ⓘ
linked to:
Hutaosa
|
| timePeriod | mythic pre-Islamic Iran ⓘ |
| tradition |
Zoroastrian tradition
ⓘ
epic Persian tradition ⓘ |
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: Goshtasp Description of subject: Goshtasp is a legendary Kayanian king in Persian mythology, best known as the father of the hero Esfandiyar and a patron of Zoroaster.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Goshtasp