Lalita Shastri
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Lalita Shastri was an Indian social worker and writer best known as the wife of India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lalita Shastri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5074851 — 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: Lalita Shastri Context triple: [Lal Bahadur Shastri, spouse, Lalita Shastri]
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A.
Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian freedom fighter and political activist renowned for her prominent role in the independence struggle, particularly during the Quit India movement.
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B.
Mrinalini Devi
Mrinalini Devi was the wife of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the mother of several of his children, remembered primarily for her role in his personal and family life.
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C.
Mrinalini Devi
Mrinalini Devi was the wife of Indian philosopher and spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo, remembered primarily for her quiet support during his early political and spiritual life.
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D.
Mira Devi
Mira Devi was a prominent member of the illustrious Tagore family of Bengal, known for its profound contributions to Indian literature, music, and art.
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E.
Sarmila Bose
Sarmila Bose is an Indian historian and journalist known for her controversial work on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and South Asian politics.
- 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: Lalita Shastri Target entity description: Lalita Shastri was an Indian social worker and writer best known as the wife of India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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A.
Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian freedom fighter and political activist renowned for her prominent role in the independence struggle, particularly during the Quit India movement.
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B.
Mrinalini Devi
Mrinalini Devi was the wife of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the mother of several of his children, remembered primarily for her role in his personal and family life.
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C.
Mrinalini Devi
Mrinalini Devi was the wife of Indian philosopher and spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo, remembered primarily for her quiet support during his early political and spiritual life.
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D.
Mira Devi
Mira Devi was a prominent member of the illustrious Tagore family of Bengal, known for its profound contributions to Indian literature, music, and art.
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E.
Sarmila Bose
Sarmila Bose is an Indian historian and journalist known for her controversial work on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and South Asian politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
social worker ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indian National Congress milieu
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian ⓘ |
| familyName | Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
community development
ⓘ
education ⓘ women’s welfare ⓘ |
| founded | Lal Bahadur Shastri Sewa Niketan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | religious literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Lalita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Anil Shastri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hari Krishna Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ Kusum Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ Neera Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ Suman Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunil Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hindi ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| movement | social work in India ⓘ |
| name | Lalita Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of India’s second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
ⓘ
social service activities in memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri ⓘ supporting Lal Bahadur Shastri during his political career ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ramcharitmanas (retelling/interpretation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
social worker
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Allahabad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Spouse of the Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residenceDuringSpouseTerm | Prime Minister’s residence, New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lal Bahadur Shastri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lalita Shastri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOfOfficeholder | Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| spousePositionHeld | Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
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: Lalita Shastri Description of subject: Lalita Shastri was an Indian social worker and writer best known as the wife of India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.