Guru Ram Das
E132101
Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, revered for his spiritual leadership and for laying the foundations of the city of Amritsar and its central shrine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guru Ram Das canonical | 13 |
| Sri Guru Ram Das Ji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1156408 — 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: Guru Ram Das Context triple: [Amritsar, foundedBy, Guru Ram Das]
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A.
Guru Arjan
Guru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru, renowned for compiling the Adi Granth (the core of the Guru Granth Sahib) and for his influential devotional poetry in Punjabi.
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B.
Guru Angad
Guru Angad was the second Sikh Guru, known for consolidating the Sikh community and promoting the Gurmukhi script as the primary medium for Sikh scripture and teachings.
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C.
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual leader, warrior, poet, and philosopher who founded the Khalsa and finalized the Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, as the eternal Guru.
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D.
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Kartar Singh Sarabha was a young Indian revolutionary and key figure in the early 20th-century anti-colonial movement against British rule, celebrated for his role in organizing armed resistance and his martyrdom at the age of 19.
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E.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
- 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: Guru Ram Das Target entity description: Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, revered for his spiritual leadership and for laying the foundations of the city of Amritsar and its central shrine.
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A.
Guru Arjan
Guru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru, renowned for compiling the Adi Granth (the core of the Guru Granth Sahib) and for his influential devotional poetry in Punjabi.
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B.
Guru Angad
Guru Angad was the second Sikh Guru, known for consolidating the Sikh community and promoting the Gurmukhi script as the primary medium for Sikh scripture and teachings.
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C.
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual leader, warrior, poet, and philosopher who founded the Khalsa and finalized the Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, as the eternal Guru.
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D.
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Kartar Singh Sarabha was a young Indian revolutionary and key figure in the early 20th-century anti-colonial movement against British rule, celebrated for his role in organizing armed resistance and his martyrdom at the age of 19.
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E.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian spiritual teacher
ⓘ
Sikh Guru ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Amritsar
ⓘ
Harmandir Sahib ⓘ Rajpura ⓘ
surface form:
Ramdaspur
|
| birthName | Jetha ⓘ |
| child |
Guru Arjan
ⓘ
Shiva ⓘ
surface form:
Mahadev
Prithi Chand ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Gurpurab
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurpurab of Guru Ram Das
|
| contributedTo |
development of Amritsar as a pilgrimage center
ⓘ
excavation and development of the Amrit Sarovar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Punjabi ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Guru Amar Das ⓘ |
| founded |
Amritsar
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Amritsar
Ramdaspur ⓘ |
| givenName | Jetha ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Guru
ⓘ
Guru Ram Das self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji
|
| hasPartInCanon | Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Fourth Nanak ⓘ |
| influenced |
Guru Arjan
ⓘ
Sikh liturgy ⓘ Sikh marriage ceremony ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on devotional worship
ⓘ
humility and service ⓘ organization of Sikh congregations (sangats) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Punjabi language
ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
|
| movement |
Sikhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh Panth
|
| notableFor |
composing Sikh liturgical hymns
ⓘ
founding the city of Amritsar ⓘ laying foundations of Amritsar’s central shrine ⓘ promoting the institution of langar ⓘ strengthening the Sikh community (Panth) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib
ⓘ
Lavan (Sikh marriage hymns) ⓘ |
| numberOfHymnsInGuruGranthSahib | approximately 638 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lahore
ⓘ
Lahore ⓘ
surface form:
Lahore, Punjab
Lahore ⓘ
surface form:
Lahore, present-day Pakistan
|
| placeOfDeath |
Goindwal
ⓘ
Goindwal, Punjab ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Fourth Sikh Guru ⓘ |
| predecessor | Guru Amar Das ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| spouse | Bibi Bhani ⓘ |
| successor | Guru Arjan ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sikhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guru Ram Das Description of subject: Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, revered for his spiritual leadership and for laying the foundations of the city of Amritsar and its central shrine.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji