Thuya
E904042
Thuya was an influential noblewoman of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, best known as the mother of Queen Tiye and grandmother of Pharaoh Akhenaten.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thuya canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11086638 — 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: Thuya Context triple: [Mutemwia, relativeByMarriage, Thuya]
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A.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs commonly known as arborvitae, widely used in ornamental landscaping and hedging.
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B.
Tanne
Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
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C.
Scidrus
Scidrus was an ancient Greek colonial settlement in southern Italy associated with the wealthy city of Sybaris.
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D.
Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria is a genus of large, evergreen coniferous trees native to East Asia, best known for the Japanese cedar widely used in timber and ornamental planting.
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E.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
- 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: Thuya Target entity description: Thuya was an influential noblewoman of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, best known as the mother of Queen Tiye and grandmother of Pharaoh Akhenaten.
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A.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs commonly known as arborvitae, widely used in ornamental landscaping and hedging.
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B.
Tanne
Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
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C.
Scidrus
Scidrus was an ancient Greek colonial settlement in southern Italy associated with the wealthy city of Sybaris.
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D.
Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria is a genus of large, evergreen coniferous trees native to East Asia, best known for the Japanese cedar widely used in timber and ornamental planting.
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E.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th Dynasty person
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Thebes ⓘ |
| associatedWithPharaoh | Amenhotep III ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
KV46
ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| burialWith | Yuya ⓘ |
| catalogCode | CG 51002 (mummy) ⓘ |
| child |
Anen
ⓘ
Tiye ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| culture | ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| discoveredInTombBy | James Quibell ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
18th Dynasty of Egypt
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandchild | Akhenaten ⓘ |
| grandmotherOf |
Pharaoh Akhenaten
ⓘ
linked to:
Akhenaten
|
| hasMummy | yes ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Queen Tiye
ⓘ
linked to:
Tiye
|
| mummyLocation |
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
ⓘ
linked to:
Egyptian Museum
|
| notableFor |
being grandmother of Akhenaten
ⓘ
being mother of Queen Tiye ⓘ well‑preserved burial goods in KV46 ⓘ |
| possibleOrigin |
Akhmim region
ⓘ
linked to:
Akhmim
|
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| spouse | Yuya ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | court official ⓘ |
| spouseTitle |
Master of the Horse
ⓘ
Overseer of the Cattle of Min, Lord of Akhmim ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
14th century BCE
ⓘ
reign of Amenhotep III ⓘ |
| title |
Chief of the Entertainers of Amun
ⓘ
Lady of the House ⓘ Singer of Hathor ⓘ
linked to:
Priestess of Hathor
noblewoman ⓘ |
| tombDiscoveryYear | 1905 ⓘ |
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: Thuya Description of subject: Thuya was an influential noblewoman of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, best known as the mother of Queen Tiye and grandmother of Pharaoh Akhenaten.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.