Sumitra
E112940
Sumitra is a queen of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as one of King Dasharatha’s wives and the mother of the princes Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumitra canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902474 — 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: Sumitra Context triple: [Ramayana, mainCharacter, Sumitra]
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A.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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B.
Sarada Devi
Sarada Devi was the wife and spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and a revered Hindu saint known as the Holy Mother in the Ramakrishna movement.
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C.
Bhagirathi Sapre
Bhagirathi Sapre was the mother of Rani Lakshmibai, the famed warrior queen of Jhansi who became a symbol of resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Devaki
Devaki is a revered figure in Hindu mythology best known as the mother of Lord Krishna.
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E.
Vandana
Vandana is the first name of Vandana Shiva, an Indian scholar, environmental activist, and advocate of ecofeminism and sustainable agriculture.
- 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: Sumitra Target entity description: Sumitra is a queen of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as one of King Dasharatha’s wives and the mother of the princes Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
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A.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
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B.
Sarada Devi
Sarada Devi was the wife and spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and a revered Hindu saint known as the Holy Mother in the Ramakrishna movement.
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C.
Bhagirathi Sapre
Bhagirathi Sapre was the mother of Rani Lakshmibai, the famed warrior queen of Jhansi who became a symbol of resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Devaki
Devaki is a revered figure in Hindu mythology best known as the mother of Lord Krishna.
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E.
Vandana
Vandana is the first name of Vandana Shiva, an Indian scholar, environmental activist, and advocate of ecofeminism and sustainable agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Ramayana
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ramayana
ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
surface form:
Valmiki Ramayana
|
| associatedWithDynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithKingdom | Kosala ⓘ |
| childOf | unknown (not clearly specified in major Ramayana recensions) ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| ethicalAlignment | righteous ⓘ |
| familyRole |
co-wife of Kaikeyi
ⓘ
co-wife of Kausalya ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Ramayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Ramayana universe
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givesCounselTo |
Lakshmana
ⓘ
Shatrughna ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Queen of Ayodhya ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna
ⓘ
devotion to dharma ⓘ supporting Rama’s exile ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Lakshmana
ⓘ
Shatrughna ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
noble and composed
ⓘ
supportive mother ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Ayodhya ⓘ |
| roleInEpic | queen and mother of two princes of Ayodhya ⓘ |
| spouse | Dasharatha ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | one of the three principal wives of Dasharatha ⓘ |
| stepMotherOf |
Bharata
ⓘ
Rama ⓘ |
| textualTradition | Hindu epic literature ⓘ |
| timePeriodInNarrative | Treta Yuga ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Hindu tradition ⓘ |
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: Sumitra Description of subject: Sumitra is a queen of Ayodhya in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as one of King Dasharatha’s wives and the mother of the princes Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.