House of Kuru
E449619
The House of Kuru is the royal dynasty at the center of the Indian epic Mahabharata, encompassing figures like the Pandavas and Kauravas and serving as the backdrop for the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Kuru canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4523748 — 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: House of Kuru Context triple: [Dhritarashtra, house, House of Kuru]
-
A.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
-
B.
Malakula
Malakula is one of the largest and most culturally diverse islands of Vanuatu, known for its many distinct languages and traditional customs.
-
C.
Kankia
Kankia is a town and local government area in northern Nigeria, known for its role as an administrative and commercial center within Katsina State.
-
D.
Kashin
Kashin is a historic town in western Russia known for its medieval heritage and location along the Kashinka River.
-
E.
Kasaavin
Kasaavin are a mysterious, energy-based alien species from the Doctor Who universe known for their ability to phase through matter and manipulate technology while serving as covert antagonists.
- 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: House of Kuru Target entity description: The House of Kuru is the royal dynasty at the center of the Indian epic Mahabharata, encompassing figures like the Pandavas and Kauravas and serving as the backdrop for the Kurukshetra War.
-
A.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
-
B.
Malakula
Malakula is one of the largest and most culturally diverse islands of Vanuatu, known for its many distinct languages and traditional customs.
-
C.
Kankia
Kankia is a town and local government area in northern Nigeria, known for its role as an administrative and commercial center within Katsina State.
-
D.
Kashin
Kashin is a historic town in western Russia known for its medieval heritage and location along the Kashinka River.
-
E.
Kasaavin
Kasaavin are a mysterious, energy-based alien species from the Doctor Who universe known for their ability to phase through matter and manipulate technology while serving as covert antagonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mahabharata dynasty
ⓘ
mythological dynasty ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Adi Parva of the Mahabharata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSage | Vyasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralToEvent | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kuru Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Vedic civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Bhagavad Gita
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faction |
Kauravas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | epic tradition ⓘ |
| governedByLawCode | Kshatriya dharma ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Bharata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shantanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChronicler | Vyasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Abhimanyu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amba NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambalika NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambika NERFINISHED ⓘ Arjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhishma NERFINISHED ⓘ Chitrangada NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhritarashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ Dushasana NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandhari NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunti NERFINISHED ⓘ Madri NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandu NERFINISHED ⓘ Parikshit NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Satyavati NERFINISHED ⓘ Shantanu NERFINISHED ⓘ Subhadra NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttara NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttara (Princess of Virata) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vichitravirya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vidura NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ the Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ the Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProgenitor | King Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryCapital | Indraprastha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ Indraprastha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurujangala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| successorDynasty | line of Parikshit ⓘ |
| symbolizes | conflict between dharma and adharma ⓘ |
| themeIn | Hindu epic literature ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic pre-historic age ⓘ |
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: House of Kuru Description of subject: The House of Kuru is the royal dynasty at the center of the Indian epic Mahabharata, encompassing figures like the Pandavas and Kauravas and serving as the backdrop for the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.