Arnuwanda II
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Arnuwanda II was a short-reigning Hittite king of the late 14th century BCE, known primarily as the son and heir of the powerful ruler Suppiluliuma I during a period of plague and political instability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arnuwanda II canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8266083 — 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: Arnuwanda II Context triple: [Suppiluliuma I, successor, Arnuwanda II]
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A.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects, including the royal palace at Kalhu (Nimrud).
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B.
Amar-Sin
Amar-Sin was a king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, known for his extensive building projects and efforts to consolidate and expand his empire.
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C.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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D.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon was a 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for rebuilding Babylon and expanding Assyrian power into Egypt and the Levant.
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E.
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his extensive military campaigns, monumental building projects, and detailed royal inscriptions such as the Black Obelisk.
- 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: Arnuwanda II Target entity description: Arnuwanda II was a short-reigning Hittite king of the late 14th century BCE, known primarily as the son and heir of the powerful ruler Suppiluliuma I during a period of plague and political instability.
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A.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects, including the royal palace at Kalhu (Nimrud).
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B.
Amar-Sin
Amar-Sin was a king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, known for his extensive building projects and efforts to consolidate and expand his empire.
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C.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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D.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon was a 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for rebuilding Babylon and expanding Assyrian power into Egypt and the Levant.
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E.
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his extensive military campaigns, monumental building projects, and detailed royal inscriptions such as the Black Obelisk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hittite king
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| capital |
Hattusa
ⓘ
linked to:
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
|
| causeOfDeath | plague ⓘ |
| conflict | continuation of wars initiated by Suppiluliuma I in Syria ⓘ |
| country | Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Hittite New Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
New Hittite period
|
| era | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hittites ⓘ |
| father | Suppiluliuma I ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Hittite plague prayers of Mursili II
ⓘ
linked to:
Plague Prayers of Mursili II
Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite archives
|
| knownFor |
being the son and heir of Suppiluliuma I
ⓘ
dying early in a plague that struck the Hittite royal family ⓘ leaving the throne to his brother Mursili II ⓘ |
| language | Hittite ⓘ |
| mother | Henti ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
reign during a major plague in the Hittite Empire
ⓘ
reign during a period of political instability ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of the Hittites ⓘ |
| predecessor | Suppiluliuma I ⓘ |
| realm | Anatolia ⓘ |
| reignDuration | short reign ⓘ |
| reignEnd | late 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | late 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Hittite religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite mythology
|
| sibling | Mursili II ⓘ |
| spouse | Ašmunikal ⓘ |
| successor | Mursili II ⓘ |
| title |
Great King
ⓘ
Labarna ⓘ |
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: Arnuwanda II Description of subject: Arnuwanda II was a short-reigning Hittite king of the late 14th century BCE, known primarily as the son and heir of the powerful ruler Suppiluliuma I during a period of plague and political instability.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
subject linked to:
Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
subject linked to:
Suppiluliuma
subject linked to:
Suppiluliuma