Ashwatthama
E451454
Ashwatthama is a legendary warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of Dronacharya and one of the few cursed to remain immortal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashwatthama canonical | 11 |
| Ashvatthama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4515711 — 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: Ashwatthama Context triple: [Kurukshetra War, hasKeyFigure, Ashwatthama]
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A.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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B.
Karna
Karna is a legendary warrior and tragic hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his unmatched archery skills, unwavering loyalty, and complex moral dilemmas.
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C.
Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
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D.
Duryodhana
Duryodhana is the ambitious and antagonistic Kaurava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose rivalry with the Pandavas leads to the devastating Kurukshetra war.
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E.
Sahadeva
Sahadeva is one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his wisdom, knowledge of astrology, and loyalty.
- 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: Ashwatthama Target entity description: Ashwatthama is a legendary warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of Dronacharya and one of the few cursed to remain immortal.
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A.
Indrajit
Indrajit is a powerful warrior prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, famed for his mastery of celestial weapons and for being the formidable son of the demon king Ravana.
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B.
Karna
Karna is a legendary warrior and tragic hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his unmatched archery skills, unwavering loyalty, and complex moral dilemmas.
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C.
Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha is a powerful, magic-wielding rakshasa warrior from the Mahabharata, famed for his crucial role and heroic death in the Kurukshetra War.
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D.
Duryodhana
Duryodhana is the ambitious and antagonistic Kaurava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, whose rivalry with the Pandavas leads to the devastating Kurukshetra war.
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E.
Sahadeva
Sahadeva is one of the five Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his wisdom, knowledge of astrology, and loyalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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mythological character ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
adharma
ⓘ
dharma ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kauravas
NERFINISHED
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Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cursedBy | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curseEffect |
eternal suffering
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immortality ⓘ wandering the earth ⓘ |
| enemy |
Draupadi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Dvapara Yuga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Brahmin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Dronacharya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the Chiranjivis (immortals)
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martial prowess ⓘ use of celestial weapons ⓘ |
| mother | Kripi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ashvatthama
NERFINISHED
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Ashwathama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAct |
killing of the Upapandavas
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night raid on the Pandava camp ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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warrior ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preventedBy | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInKurukshetraWar | commander after Duryodhana’s fall ⓘ |
| sideInKurukshetraWar | Kaurava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
burden of eternal life
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consequences of uncontrolled anger ⓘ |
| teacher | Dronacharya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualSource | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainedAlongside |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
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Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ other Kuru princes ⓘ |
| trainedIn |
archery
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warfare ⓘ |
| usedWeaponAgainst | Uttara’s womb ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
Brahmastra
NERFINISHED
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Narayanastra NERFINISHED ⓘ other divine astras ⓘ |
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: Ashwatthama Description of subject: Ashwatthama is a legendary warrior from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as the son of Dronacharya and one of the few cursed to remain immortal.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ashvatthama