Vashpa
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Vashpa is a figure in early Buddhist tradition known as one of the disciples present at the Buddha’s first sermon, the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vashpa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7050591 — 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: Vashpa Context triple: [Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, audienceMember, Vashpa]
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A.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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B.
Aptoryama
Aptoryama is a specific Vedic soma sacrifice ritual recognized as a variant form of the Somayajna.
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C.
Vasi-weri
Vasi-weri is an alternative name for the Prasun language, an Indo-Iranian language spoken in parts of Afghanistan.
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D.
Fumei
Fumei is a given name most notably borne by Mao Fumei, the first wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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E.
Vabis
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- 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: Vashpa Target entity description: Vashpa is a figure in early Buddhist tradition known as one of the disciples present at the Buddha’s first sermon, the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
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A.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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B.
Aptoryama
Aptoryama is a specific Vedic soma sacrifice ritual recognized as a variant form of the Somayajna.
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C.
Vasi-weri
Vasi-weri is an alternative name for the Prasun language, an Indo-Iranian language spoken in parts of Afghanistan.
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D.
Fumei
Fumei is a given name most notably borne by Mao Fumei, the first wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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E.
Vabis
Vabis was a Swedish automotive and engineering company that later merged to form Scania-Vabis, a predecessor of the modern Scania AB.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disciple of Gautama Buddha
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early Buddhist figure ⓘ historical religious figure ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Dharma
NERFINISHED
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Four Noble Truths NERFINISHED ⓘ Noble Eightfold Path NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Deer Park at Isipatana
NERFINISHED
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Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarnath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist disciples
ⓘ
Followers of the Buddha ⓘ |
| follows | Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTeacher | Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Pali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Buddhist oral tradition
ⓘ
accounts of the first sermon ⓘ |
| notableFor | being present at the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ |
| presentAt |
First Sermon of the Buddha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Theravada Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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early Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | disciple listening to the first sermon ⓘ |
| spiritualStatus | disciple ⓘ |
| timePeriod | lifetime of Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | early Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
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: Vashpa Description of subject: Vashpa is a figure in early Buddhist tradition known as one of the disciples present at the Buddha’s first sermon, the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.