Jayadratha
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Jayadratha is a king from the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known for his role in the death of Abhimanyu and his subsequent slaying by Arjuna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jayadratha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4783387 — 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: Jayadratha Context triple: [Gandiva, notableOpponentStruck, Jayadratha]
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A.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
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B.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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C.
King Virata
King Virata is the ruler of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, best known for sheltering the Pandavas in disguise during their final year of exile.
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D.
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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E.
Yudhajit
Yudhajit is a lesser-known prince in the Ramayana, recognized as the brother of Queen Kaikeyi and thus an uncle of Bharata.
- 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: Jayadratha Target entity description: Jayadratha is a king from the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known for his role in the death of Abhimanyu and his subsequent slaying by Arjuna.
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A.
Drupada
Drupada is a king in the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known as the ruler of Panchala and the father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna.
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B.
Ugrasena
Ugrasena is a legendary king in Hindu mythology, known as a ruler of the Yadava clan and the grandfather of Krishna.
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C.
King Virata
King Virata is the ruler of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata, best known for sheltering the Pandavas in disguise during their final year of exile.
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D.
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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E.
Yudhajit
Yudhajit is a lesser-known prince in the Ramayana, recognized as the brother of Queen Kaikeyi and thus an uncle of Bharata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Mahabharata
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mythological king ⓘ |
| affiliation | Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Saindhava
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sindhuraja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | chakravyuha incident ⓘ |
| brotherInLaw |
Duryodhana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dushasana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequenceOfAction | death of Abhimanyu ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | ancient India ⓘ |
| curseRelatedToDeath | curse of Vriddhakshatra ⓘ |
| deathCause | decapitation by arrow ⓘ |
| deathCondition | head must fall in his father’s lap ⓘ |
| enemy |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Vriddhakshatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Dhritarashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humiliatedBy |
Draupadi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Arjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedByWeapon | arrow of Arjuna ⓘ |
| killedIn | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedOn |
fourteenth day of Kurukshetra War
ⓘ
thirteenth day of Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| killingEngineeredBy | Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingOf |
Saindhava kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sindhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfSourceText | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Hindu epic ⓘ |
| nameInSanskrit | जयद्रथ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | abduction attempt of Draupadi ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the killing of Abhimanyu ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Arjuna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prevented | Pandavas from entering chakravyuha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Kaurava warriors ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEpic | antagonist ⓘ |
| sideInWar | Kaurava side ⓘ |
| spouse | Duhsala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textMention | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vowedRevengeFor | humiliation by 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: Jayadratha Description of subject: Jayadratha is a king from the Indian epic Mahabharata, best known for his role in the death of Abhimanyu and his subsequent slaying by Arjuna.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gandiva