Shantanu
E453692
Shantanu is a legendary king of Hastinapura in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as an ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas and as the husband of Ganga and Satyavati.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shantanu canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4523640 — 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: Shantanu Context triple: [Kauravas, greatGrandfather, Shantanu]
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A.
Nishant
Nishant is a critically acclaimed 1975 Indian parallel cinema film directed by Shyam Benegal that explores themes of feudal oppression and social injustice in rural India.
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B.
Aniruddha
Aniruddha is a prominent figure in Hindu mythology, known as the grandson of Krishna and a heroic member of the Yadava dynasty.
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C.
Savyasachi
Savyasachi is a celebrated epithet of the Mahabharata hero Arjuna, highlighting his legendary ambidextrous skill in archery and combat.
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D.
Satyaki
Satyaki is a heroic warrior and ally of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his valor, loyalty, and skill in archery.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- 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: Shantanu Target entity description: Shantanu is a legendary king of Hastinapura in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as an ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas and as the husband of Ganga and Satyavati.
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A.
Nishant
Nishant is a critically acclaimed 1975 Indian parallel cinema film directed by Shyam Benegal that explores themes of feudal oppression and social injustice in rural India.
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B.
Aniruddha
Aniruddha is a prominent figure in Hindu mythology, known as the grandson of Krishna and a heroic member of the Yadava dynasty.
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C.
Savyasachi
Savyasachi is a celebrated epithet of the Mahabharata hero Arjuna, highlighting his legendary ambidextrous skill in archery and combat.
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D.
Satyaki
Satyaki is a heroic warrior and ally of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his valor, loyalty, and skill in archery.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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legendary king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Kauravas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Kuru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEpic | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedText | Adi Parva of the Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityRuled | Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Bhishma
NERFINISHED
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Chitrangada NERFINISHED ⓘ Vichitravirya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfSource | Itihasa ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Dhritarashtra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandu NERFINISHED ⓘ Vidura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greatGrandfatherOf |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being ancestor of the Kuru princes
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his vow-related story with Bhishma ⓘ marriage to Satyavati ⓘ marriage to the river goddess Ganga ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOfSonBhishma | Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOfSonsChitrangadaAndVichitravirya | Satyavati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Hindu mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInDevanagari | शंतनु ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Bhishma
NERFINISHED
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Chitrangada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganga NERFINISHED ⓘ Satyavati NERFINISHED ⓘ Vichitravirya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | Kuru king ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInEpic | ancestor of main warring factions ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ganga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satyavati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Hastinapura ⓘ |
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: Shantanu Description of subject: Shantanu is a legendary king of Hastinapura in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as an ancestor of the Kauravas and Pandavas and as the husband of Ganga and Satyavati.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.