Iravan
E106416
Iravan is a minor hero in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the Naga princess Ulupi, and revered in certain regional traditions for his sacrificial role in the Kurukshetra war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iravan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902902 — 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: Iravan Context triple: [Arjuna, child, Iravan]
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A.
Hamadan
Hamadan is an ancient city in western Iran, historically significant as a major center of Persian Jewish life and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the region.
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B.
Rayy
Rayy was an important medieval city near present-day Tehran that served as a major political, commercial, and intellectual hub during the Islamic Golden Age.
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C.
Tabriz
Tabriz is a historic city in northwestern Iran that has long served as a major political, commercial, and cultural center in the region.
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D.
Nishapur
Nishapur is an ancient city in northeastern Iran that flourished as a major political, commercial, and intellectual hub along the Silk Road, especially during the early Islamic and Abbasid periods.
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E.
Yazd
Yazd is an ancient desert city in central Iran known for its well-preserved mud-brick architecture, Zoroastrian heritage, and historically significant Jewish community.
- 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: Iravan Target entity description: Iravan is a minor hero in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the Naga princess Ulupi, and revered in certain regional traditions for his sacrificial role in the Kurukshetra war.
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A.
Hamadan
Hamadan is an ancient city in western Iran, historically significant as a major center of Persian Jewish life and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the region.
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B.
Rayy
Rayy was an important medieval city near present-day Tehran that served as a major political, commercial, and intellectual hub during the Islamic Golden Age.
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C.
Tabriz
Tabriz is a historic city in northwestern Iran that has long served as a major political, commercial, and cultural center in the region.
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D.
Nishapur
Nishapur is an ancient city in northeastern Iran that flourished as a major political, commercial, and intellectual hub along the Silk Road, especially during the early Islamic and Abbasid periods.
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E.
Yazd
Yazd is an ancient desert city in central Iran known for its well-preserved mud-brick architecture, Zoroastrian heritage, and historically significant Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Mahabharata character ⓘ demigod ⓘ hero ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedFestival | Koovagam festival ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Koovagam ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Draupadi
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| diesIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| fightsIn | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation | Pandavas ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Aravan
ⓘ
Iravat ⓘ
surface form:
Iravanan
Iravat ⓘ Kuttantavar ⓘ
surface form:
Kuttandavar
Kuttantavar ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter |
Cuddalore
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuddalore district
Viluppuram district ⓘ
surface form:
Villupuram district
|
| hasDomain | South Indian folk tradition ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Naga ⓘ |
| hasFather | Arjuna ⓘ |
| hasMother | Ulupi ⓘ |
| hasMythRole |
martyr of Kurukshetra
ⓘ
protector of devotees ⓘ |
| hasParentage | son of Arjuna and Ulupi ⓘ |
| hasSpouseInTradition |
Mohini
ⓘ
transgender bride ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Kshatriya warrior ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
depicted as warrior with sword
ⓘ
depicted with severed head ⓘ |
| knownFor |
patron deity of Koovagam festival
ⓘ
sacrificial role in Kurukshetra war ⓘ |
| languageTradition |
Sanskrit literature
ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ |
| performsAct | self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sacrificedTo |
Devi
ⓘ
surface form:
goddess Kali
|
| sideInWar |
Pandavas
ⓘ
surface form:
Pandava side
|
| worshippedAs | village deity ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Tamil people
ⓘ
transgender communities ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Andhra Pradesh
ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
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: Iravan Description of subject: Iravan is a minor hero in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of the Pandava prince Arjuna and the Naga princess Ulupi, and revered in certain regional traditions for his sacrificial role in the Kurukshetra war.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.