Susima
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Susima was an ancient Indian prince of the Maurya dynasty, known primarily as the elder son of Emperor Bindusara and rival claimant to the throne against his brother Ashoka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Susima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5505480 — 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: Susima Context triple: [Bindusara, child, Susima]
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A.
Sasima
Sasima was an obscure town in ancient Cappadocia, best known as the short-lived and reluctant episcopal see of Gregory of Nazianzus in the 4th century.
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B.
Susuman
Susuman is a small mining town in Russia's Magadan Oblast, located in the remote Russian Far East.
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C.
Dasuya
Dasuya is a town and municipal council in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India, known historically as a significant settlement in the region.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Shamiya
Shamiya is a residential district in Kuwait City known for its planned layout, community facilities, and central location within the capital.
- 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: Susima Target entity description: Susima was an ancient Indian prince of the Maurya dynasty, known primarily as the elder son of Emperor Bindusara and rival claimant to the throne against his brother Ashoka.
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A.
Sasima
Sasima was an obscure town in ancient Cappadocia, best known as the short-lived and reluctant episcopal see of Gregory of Nazianzus in the 4th century.
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B.
Susuman
Susuman is a small mining town in Russia's Magadan Oblast, located in the remote Russian Far East.
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C.
Dasuya
Dasuya is a town and municipal council in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India, known historically as a significant settlement in the region.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Shamiya
Shamiya is a residential district in Kuwait City known for its planned layout, community facilities, and central location within the capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian prince
ⓘ
Maurya prince ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| allegedCauseOfDeath | killed during succession struggle (traditional accounts) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maurya Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | dynastic rivalry with Ashoka ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Buddhist chronicles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahavamsa (traditional account) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indo-Aryan (context of Maurya court) ⓘ |
| father | Bindusara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicity | partly legendary, based on later textual traditions ⓘ |
| house | House of Maurya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later literary tradition rather than contemporary inscriptions ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Pali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Maurya dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Queen of Bindusara (name uncertain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being rival claimant to the Maurya throne against Ashoka
ⓘ
succession dispute with Ashoka ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Crown prince of the Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Bindusara (as reigning emperor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativePositionInFamily | elder son of Bindusara ⓘ |
| religion | uncertain ⓘ |
| roleInSuccession | designated heir apparent before Ashoka ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ashoka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vitashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsHeir | Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| title |
Prince
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuvaraja (crown prince, in some traditions) ⓘ |
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: Susima Description of subject: Susima was an ancient Indian prince of the Maurya dynasty, known primarily as the elder son of Emperor Bindusara and rival claimant to the throne against his brother Ashoka.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.