Peshwa
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The Peshwa was the hereditary prime minister and powerful chief executive of the Maratha Empire, effectively serving as its de facto ruler during much of the 18th century.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447608 — 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: Peshwa Context triple: [Maratha Empire, deFactoRulerTitle, Peshwa]
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Shivaji
Shivaji was a 17th-century Indian warrior-king and visionary leader who established a powerful Maratha kingdom through innovative military tactics and effective governance.
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Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
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Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire was a powerful early modern Indian polity that rose to dominate much of the subcontinent in the 18th century, challenging Mughal authority and shaping regional politics before the advent of British colonial rule.
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Viceroy of Portuguese India
The Viceroy of Portuguese India was the crown-appointed chief colonial governor responsible for administering and overseeing Portugal’s Asian territories from its base in Goa.
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Tatya Tope
Tatya Tope was a prominent Maratha military leader and key strategist of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, renowned for his guerrilla warfare against British colonial forces.
- 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: Peshwa Target entity description: The Peshwa was the hereditary prime minister and powerful chief executive of the Maratha Empire, effectively serving as its de facto ruler during much of the 18th century.
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A.
Shivaji
Shivaji was a 17th-century Indian warrior-king and visionary leader who established a powerful Maratha kingdom through innovative military tactics and effective governance.
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B.
Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
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C.
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire was a powerful early modern Indian polity that rose to dominate much of the subcontinent in the 18th century, challenging Mughal authority and shaping regional politics before the advent of British colonial rule.
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D.
Viceroy of Portuguese India
The Viceroy of Portuguese India was the crown-appointed chief colonial governor responsible for administering and overseeing Portugal’s Asian territories from its base in Goa.
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E.
Tatya Tope
Tatya Tope was a prominent Maratha military leader and key strategist of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, renowned for his guerrilla warfare against British colonial forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Peshwa Description of subject: The Peshwa was the hereditary prime minister and powerful chief executive of the Maratha Empire, effectively serving as its de facto ruler during much of the 18th century.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peshwas
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Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
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Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
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Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
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Peshwa administration
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Peshwa rulers
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Peshwa rulers