Upaplavya
E453076
Upaplavya is an ancient city mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata as the temporary capital of the Pandavas during the events leading up to the Kurukshetra War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Upaplavya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4519836 — 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: Upaplavya Context triple: [Udyoga Parva, associatedWithPlace, Upaplavya]
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A.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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B.
Vrishni
Vrishni was a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of India, traditionally associated with Lord Krishna and centered around the region of Mathura and Dvaraka.
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C.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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D.
Jalandhari
Jalandhari is a surname most prominently associated with the Pakistani poet and lyricist Hafeez Jalandhari, known for writing the lyrics of Pakistan’s national anthem.
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E.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
- 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: Upaplavya Target entity description: Upaplavya is an ancient city mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata as the temporary capital of the Pandavas during the events leading up to the Kurukshetra War.
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A.
Devaka
Devaka is a figure in Hindu tradition known primarily as the father of Devaki, the mother of the deity Krishna.
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B.
Vrishni
Vrishni was a prominent clan within the ancient Yadava lineage of India, traditionally associated with Lord Krishna and centered around the region of Mathura and Dvaraka.
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C.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
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D.
Jalandhari
Jalandhari is a surname most prominently associated with the Pakistani poet and lyricist Hafeez Jalandhari, known for writing the lyrics of Pakistan’s national anthem.
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E.
Sahastradhara
Sahastradhara is a popular scenic spot near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, known for its waterfalls, caves, and sulfur-rich springs believed to have therapeutic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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mythological location ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Draupadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
Pandava army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
allies of the Pandavas ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hindu epic tradition ⓘ |
| hasUncertainRealWorldLocation | true ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySource | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTextualTradition | ancient India ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | staging ground before the Kurukshetra campaign ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
Krishna’s embassy to the Kaurava court
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peace negotiations between Kauravas and Pandavas ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
assembly place for Pandava allies
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base for diplomatic negotiations before the war ⓘ |
| servedAs | temporary capital of the Pandavas ⓘ |
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: Upaplavya Description of subject: Upaplavya is an ancient city mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata as the temporary capital of the Pandavas during the events leading up to the Kurukshetra War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.