Krishna
E18565
Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
All labels observed (32)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152492 — 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: Krishna Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Krishna]
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A.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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B.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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C.
Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
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D.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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E.
Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
- 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: Krishna Target entity description: Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
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A.
Krishna
Krishna is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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B.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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C.
Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
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D.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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E.
Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
avatar of Vishnu ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Yadava ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Yadu dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedFigure | Radha ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Vaishnavism
ⓘ
surface form:
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy |
Bhagavad Gita teachings
ⓘ
Bhakti yoga ⓘ Vedanta ⓘ
surface form:
Jnana yoga
Karma yoga ⓘ |
| avatarNumber | eighth avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mathura ⓘ |
| centralText |
Bhagavad Gita
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
surface form:
Bhagavata Purana
Mahabharata ⓘ
surface form:
Harivamsa
Mahabharata ⓘ |
| consort |
Jambavati
ⓘ
Rukmini ⓘ Satyabhama ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
Arjuna
ⓘ
surface form:
Arjuna on a chariot
cowherd companions ⓘ cows ⓘ gopis ⓘ |
| festival |
Holi
ⓘ
Janmashtami ⓘ |
| fosterParents |
Nanda
ⓘ
Yashoda ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Rasa Lila with the gopis
ⓘ
childhood pranks in Vrindavan ⓘ guiding the Pandavas ⓘ lifting Govardhan Hill ⓘ playing the flute ⓘ slaying the tyrant Kamsa ⓘ teaching Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryScriptures | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Dwarka ⓘ |
| parents |
Devaki
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
surface form:
Vasudeva
|
| positionInHinduTrimurtiContext | associated with Vishnu ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
charioteer
ⓘ
divine lover ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| symbol |
flute
ⓘ
peacock feather ⓘ |
| upbringingPlace |
Gokul
ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ |
| weapon | Sudarshana Chakra ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
Supreme God in Vaishnavism
ⓘ
Krishna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Svayam Bhagavan in some traditions
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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: Krishna Description of subject: Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.
Referenced by (321)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form:
Shyam (Krishna)
subject surface form:
Khatu Shyam Ji
this entity surface form:
Lord Krishna
this entity surface form:
Lord Krishna
this entity surface form:
child Krishna (Bala Krishna)
this entity surface form:
Lord Krishna
this entity surface form:
Lord Parthasarathy (Krishna)
this entity surface form:
Lord Krishna as Parthasarathy
this entity surface form:
Krishna as charioteer
this entity surface form:
Sri Krishna
this entity surface form:
Dwarkadhish (King of Dwarka)