Ur-Baba
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Ur-Baba was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the late 3rd millennium BCE, known as the predecessor of the famous governor Gudea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ur-Baba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8925983 — 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: Ur-Baba Context triple: [Gudea, follows, Ur-Baba]
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A.
Tahmuras
Tahmuras is a legendary king in Iranian mythology, famed in the Shahnameh for subduing demons and advancing civilization during the early mythical dynasties.
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B.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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C.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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D.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
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E.
Hamura
Hamura is a city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Tama River.
- 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: Ur-Baba Target entity description: Ur-Baba was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the late 3rd millennium BCE, known as the predecessor of the famous governor Gudea.
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A.
Tahmuras
Tahmuras is a legendary king in Iranian mythology, famed in the Shahnameh for subduing demons and advancing civilization during the early mythical dynasties.
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B.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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C.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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D.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
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E.
Hamura
Hamura is a city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Tama River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of Lagash
ⓘ
Sumerian ruler ⓘ ensi ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Ur-Bau
ⓘ
linked to:
Bau
|
| associatedWithDeity |
Bau
ⓘ
Ningirsu ⓘ
linked to:
Ninurta
|
| category |
3rd-millennium BC Sumerian people
ⓘ
Governors in Mesopotamia ⓘ Rulers of Lagash ⓘ
linked to:
Lugalanda
|
| civilization | Sumer ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| era |
Neo-Sumerian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Third Dynasty of Ur period
post-Akkadian period ⓘ |
| floruit | circa 2100 BCE ⓘ |
| governmentType | city-state rulership ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionsIn | cuneiform script ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being predecessor of Gudea
ⓘ
building activities in Lagash ⓘ dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian language ⓘ |
| name | Ur-Baba ⓘ |
| politicalEntity |
State of Lagash
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagash
|
| positionHeld | ensi of Lagash ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Gudea ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Mesopotamia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Mesopotamia
|
| religion | Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| ruledCityState | Lagash ⓘ |
| successor | Gudea ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| title |
ensi
ⓘ
governor ⓘ |
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: Ur-Baba Description of subject: Ur-Baba was a ruler (ensi) of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash in the late 3rd millennium BCE, known as the predecessor of the famous governor Gudea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.