Sharma
E569129
Sharma is a common Indian surname found across various regions and communities, particularly among those of Brahmin heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sharma canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6103291 — 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: Sharma Context triple: [Rohit Sharma, familyName, Sharma]
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A.
Shyam
Shyam is the young protagonist of the classic Marathi autobiographical novel "Shyamchi Aai," depicting his deep bond with his mother and his moral and emotional growth.
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B.
Suraj Sharma
Suraj Sharma is an Indian actor best known for his breakout performance as the shipwrecked teenager Pi Patel in Ang Lee’s acclaimed film "Life of Pi."
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C.
Sampati
Sampati is a character in the Indian epic Ramayana, a vulture-king known for being Jatayu’s elder brother who aids Rama’s allies by revealing Sita’s whereabouts.
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D.
Subhash
Subhash is one of the central protagonists of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Lowland," depicted as a thoughtful, reserved brother whose life diverges sharply from his more radical sibling’s amid political turmoil in India.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- 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: Sharma Target entity description: Sharma is a common Indian surname found across various regions and communities, particularly among those of Brahmin heritage.
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A.
Shyam
Shyam is the young protagonist of the classic Marathi autobiographical novel "Shyamchi Aai," depicting his deep bond with his mother and his moral and emotional growth.
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B.
Suraj Sharma
Suraj Sharma is an Indian actor best known for his breakout performance as the shipwrecked teenager Pi Patel in Ang Lee’s acclaimed film "Life of Pi."
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C.
Sampati
Sampati is a character in the Indian epic Ramayana, a vulture-king known for being Jatayu’s elder brother who aids Rama’s allies by revealing Sita’s whereabouts.
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D.
Subhash
Subhash is one of the central protagonists of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel "The Lowland," depicted as a thoughtful, reserved brother whose life diverges sharply from his more radical sibling’s amid political turmoil in India.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Brahmin community
ⓘ
Hindu ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyFrom | Sanskrit word "śarman" ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | traditionally male lineage surname ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bengali
ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
Nepali ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
comfort
ⓘ
joy ⓘ protection ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
India
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to:
भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप
|
| hasVariant |
Sarma
ⓘ
Sarmah ⓘ Sharmma ⓘ |
| isCategoryOf |
Brahmin surnames
ⓘ
Hindu surnames ⓘ Indian family names ⓘ |
| isCommonIn |
Central India
ⓘ
North India ⓘ
linked to:
northern India
Northern Nepal ⓘ Western India ⓘ |
| isPrevalentAmong |
Hindu Brahmins
ⓘ
linked to:
Brahmins
Hindu upper-caste communities ⓘ |
| isTransliteratedAs |
Sarma
ⓘ
Sharma ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
family name
ⓘ
last name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
Brahmins
ⓘ
non-Brahmin communities ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| isUsedInDiaspora |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isWrittenInDevanagari | "शर्मा" ⓘ |
| isWrittenInScript |
Devanagari
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
|
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: Sharma Description of subject: Sharma is a common Indian surname found across various regions and communities, particularly among those of Brahmin heritage.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.