Yami
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Yami is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the sister of the death god Yama and often associated with early Vedic narratives about sibling relationships and morality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yami canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1961310 — 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: Yami Context triple: [Yama, relative, Yami]
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A.
Yami (Tao)
Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
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B.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Yotayota
Yotayota is an alternative name for the Yorta Yorta, an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally from the Murray–Goulburn region of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
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E.
Itami
Itami is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for hosting Osaka International Airport (commonly called Itami Airport).
- 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: Yami Target entity description: Yami is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the sister of the death god Yama and often associated with early Vedic narratives about sibling relationships and morality.
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A.
Yami (Tao)
Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
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B.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Yotayota
Yotayota is an alternative name for the Yorta Yorta, an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally from the Murray–Goulburn region of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
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E.
Itami
Itami is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for hosting Osaka International Airport (commonly called Itami Airport).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
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Vedic deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Rigveda ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cosmic order
ⓘ
dharma ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yama
ⓘ
Yama ⓘ
surface form:
death god Yama
early Vedic narratives ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in the Rigveda
ⓘ
Hindu goddesses and female deities ⓘ Vedic deities ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
primordial woman in some Vedic hymns
ⓘ
sister and counterpart of Yama ⓘ |
| culture | Vedic ⓘ |
| dialogueWith | Yama ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
child of Saranyu in some traditions
ⓘ
child of Vivasvat in some traditions ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue hymn character ⓘ |
| moralFunction | figure used to explore moral boundaries ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
incest taboo
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morality ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ sibling relationships ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Yama as twin-like counterpart ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| relativeType | sister of Yama ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | sister of the death god Yama ⓘ |
| sibling | Yama ⓘ |
| symbolism |
human desire
ⓘ
tension between desire and dharma ⓘ |
| textualSource | Rigveda 10.10 (Yama–Yami dialogue hymn) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Vedic period ⓘ |
| tradition | Vedic 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: Yami Description of subject: Yami is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the sister of the death god Yama and often associated with early Vedic narratives about sibling relationships and morality.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.