Kamsa
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Kamsa is a tyrannical king in Hindu mythology, best known as the evil uncle and nemesis of Lord Krishna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kamsa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512495 — 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: Kamsa Context triple: [Devaki, sibling, Kamsa]
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A.
Kanuma
Kanuma is a regional harvest festival celebrated mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of the multi-day Makar Sankranti festivities, focusing on cattle worship and agricultural prosperity.
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B.
Shungnak
Shungnak is a small Inupiat village in northwestern Alaska known for its remote location above the Arctic Circle and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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C.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
- 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: Kamsa Target entity description: Kamsa is a tyrannical king in Hindu mythology, best known as the evil uncle and nemesis of Lord Krishna.
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A.
Kanuma
Kanuma is a regional harvest festival celebrated mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of the multi-day Makar Sankranti festivities, focusing on cattle worship and agricultural prosperity.
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B.
Shungnak
Shungnak is a small Inupiat village in northwestern Alaska known for its remote location above the Arctic Circle and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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C.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu mythological figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| afraidOf | prophecy about Devaki’s eighth son ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Jarasandha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Bhagavata Purana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aghasura
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bakāsura NERFINISHED ⓘ Chanura NERFINISHED ⓘ Kesi NERFINISHED ⓘ Putana NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinavarta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brotherInLawOf | Jarasandha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Indian ⓘ |
| deathBy | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesAt | Mathura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Balarama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kills | six sons of Devaki ⓘ |
| kingOf | Mathura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
imprisoning Vasudeva and Devaki
ⓘ
imprisoning his father Ugrasena NERFINISHED ⓘ persecuting the Yadavas ⓘ tyrannical rule ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mathura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalUncleOf |
Balarama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | wrestling match with Krishna and Balarama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the evil uncle of Krishna
ⓘ
being the nemesis of Krishna ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Yadavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordersDeathOf |
Balarama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent | Ugrasena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Devaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasudeva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInText | antagonist in the Krishna narrative ⓘ |
| sendsDemonsAgainst | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Asti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prapti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
adharma
ⓘ
ego ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| usurpsThroneFrom | Ugrasena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kamsa Description of subject: Kamsa is a tyrannical king in Hindu mythology, best known as the evil uncle and nemesis of Lord Krishna.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.