Shiyali
E416703
Shiyali is the given name of S. R. Ranganathan, the influential Indian mathematician and librarian known as the father of library science in India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiyali canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4163298 — 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: Shiyali Context triple: [S. R. Ranganathan, givenName, Shiyali]
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A.
Nyishi
The Nyishi are one of the major indigenous tribes of northeastern India, known for their distinct language, traditional bamboo and cane craftsmanship, and rich cultural heritage.
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B.
Walili
Walili, better known as Volubilis, is an ancient Roman and early Islamic city in present-day Morocco that served as the first capital of the Idrisid dynasty.
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C.
Sikuani
The Sikuani are an Indigenous people of the Colombian and Venezuelan Llanos, known for their semi-nomadic traditions, rich oral culture, and Guahiboan language.
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D.
Bisha
Bisha is a major inland city in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its agricultural production and strategic location within the Asir region.
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E.
Tharwa
Tharwa is a small rural village in the Australian Capital Territory, located south of Canberra near the Murrumbidgee River.
- 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: Shiyali Target entity description: Shiyali is the given name of S. R. Ranganathan, the influential Indian mathematician and librarian known as the father of library science in India.
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A.
Nyishi
The Nyishi are one of the major indigenous tribes of northeastern India, known for their distinct language, traditional bamboo and cane craftsmanship, and rich cultural heritage.
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B.
Walili
Walili, better known as Volubilis, is an ancient Roman and early Islamic city in present-day Morocco that served as the first capital of the Idrisid dynasty.
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C.
Sikuani
The Sikuani are an Indigenous people of the Colombian and Venezuelan Llanos, known for their semi-nomadic traditions, rich oral culture, and Guahiboan language.
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D.
Bisha
Bisha is a major inland city in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its agricultural production and strategic location within the Asir region.
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E.
Tharwa
Tharwa is a small rural village in the Australian Capital Territory, located south of Canberra near the Murrumbidgee River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification
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Padma Shri ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1892-08-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Shiyali, Madras Presidency, British India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1972-09-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Madras Christian College ⓘ |
| familyName |
S. R. Ranganathan
ⓘ
surface form:
Ranganathan
|
| fieldOfWork |
classification theory
ⓘ
information science ⓘ library science ⓘ |
| fiveLawsOfLibraryScience |
Books are for use
ⓘ
Every book its reader ⓘ Every reader his or her book ⓘ Save the time of the reader ⓘ The library is a growing organism ⓘ |
| givenName | Shiyali self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Five Laws of Library Science
ⓘ
surface form:
Five laws of library science
|
| influenced |
information retrieval theory
ⓘ
library education in India ⓘ modern library classification systems ⓘ |
| knownAs | father of library science in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Colon Classification
ⓘ
surface form:
Colon classification
Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ
surface form:
Five laws of library science
faceted classification ⓘ library science education in India ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| nativeName | ஷியாலி இராமமிர்த ரங்கநாதன் ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Classification and Communication
ⓘ
Colon Classification ⓘ Library Administration ⓘ Prolegomena to Library Classification ⓘ Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ
surface form:
The Five Laws of Library Science
|
| occupation |
librarian
ⓘ
library scientist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Department of Library Science, University of Delhi
ⓘ
librarian of the University of Madras ⓘ professor of library science ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Delhi
ⓘ
Madras, India ⓘ
surface form:
Madras
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shiyali Description of subject: Shiyali is the given name of S. R. Ranganathan, the influential Indian mathematician and librarian known as the father of library science in India.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.