Arundhati Devi
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Bengali-language film director
Bengali-language writer
Indian actress
film director
person
screenwriter
Arundhati Devi was an Indian actress, filmmaker, and writer known for her work in Bengali cinema and contributions to mid-20th-century Indian film and literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arundhati Devi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7772206 — 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: Arundhati Devi Context triple: [Tapan Sinha, spouse, Arundhati Devi]
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A.
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi was a renowned Indian writer and social activist known for her powerful Bengali fiction highlighting the struggles and rights of marginalized and tribal communities.
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B.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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C.
Krishna Sobti
Krishna Sobti was a celebrated Indian Hindi-language novelist and short story writer known for her bold narrative style, exploration of gender and partition, and major contributions to modern Hindi literature.
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D.
Nayantara Sahgal
Nayantara Sahgal is an Indian writer and political commentator known for her English-language novels and non-fiction works that critically examine Indian politics, democracy, and the legacy of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
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E.
Padma Desai
Padma Desai was a prominent Indian-born American economist and Columbia University professor known for her influential work on Soviet and Russian economic reform and development economics.
- 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: Arundhati Devi Target entity description: Arundhati Devi was an Indian actress, filmmaker, and writer known for her work in Bengali cinema and contributions to mid-20th-century Indian film and literature.
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A.
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi was a renowned Indian writer and social activist known for her powerful Bengali fiction highlighting the struggles and rights of marginalized and tribal communities.
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B.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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C.
Krishna Sobti
Krishna Sobti was a celebrated Indian Hindi-language novelist and short story writer known for her bold narrative style, exploration of gender and partition, and major contributions to modern Hindi literature.
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D.
Nayantara Sahgal
Nayantara Sahgal is an Indian writer and political commentator known for her English-language novels and non-fiction works that critically examine Indian politics, democracy, and the legacy of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
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E.
Padma Desai
Padma Desai was a prominent Indian-born American economist and Columbia University professor known for her influential work on Soviet and Russian economic reform and development economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film director
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Bengali-language writer ⓘ Indian actress ⓘ film director ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | mid-20th-century Indian cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bengali people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bengali literature
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cinema ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
art film
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social drama ⓘ |
| industry | Bengali cinema ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Bengali ⓘ |
| mediumOfExpression |
film
ⓘ
prose ⓘ |
| movement | Bengali cinema golden age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Bengali cinema
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contributions to Indian literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Basu Paribar
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Bhagini Nivedita ⓘ
linked to:
Sister Nivedita
Bicharak ⓘ Bicharak (screenplay) ⓘ Chhuti ⓘ Ganga ⓘ Jatugriha ⓘ Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar ⓘ Kancher Swarga ⓘ Megh ⓘ Nimantran ⓘ Nirjan Saikate ⓘ Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha ⓘ Punascha ⓘ Shyamali ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian film industry ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Kolkata
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linked to:
Calcutta
West Bengal ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Arundhati Devi Description of subject: Arundhati Devi was an Indian actress, filmmaker, and writer known for her work in Bengali cinema and contributions to mid-20th-century Indian film and literature.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.