Patwa family
E701232
The Patwa family was a wealthy merchant clan in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, historically known for their opulent trading fortunes that funded the construction of the famous Patwon Ki Haveli.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patwa family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7886888 — 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: Patwa family Context triple: [Patwon Ki Haveli, namedAfter, Patwa family]
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A.
Bobone family
The Bobone family was a prominent medieval Roman noble lineage from which Pope Celestine III originated.
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B.
Piatak family
The Piatak family is an American family of investors and businesspeople known for owning the English football club Carlisle United F.C.
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C.
Trelawney family
The Trelawney family is a British wizarding lineage in the Harry Potter universe, best known for producing the Hogwarts Divination professor and true Seer Sybill Trelawney.
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D.
Tutu family
The Tutu family is the prominent South African family best known for including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife Nomalizo Leah Tutu, both influential figures in the struggle against apartheid and in social justice activism.
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E.
Depoy family
The Depoy family is a local lineage in Kentucky recognized as the namesake of the community of Depoy.
- 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: Patwa family Target entity description: The Patwa family was a wealthy merchant clan in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, historically known for their opulent trading fortunes that funded the construction of the famous Patwon Ki Haveli.
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A.
Bobone family
The Bobone family was a prominent medieval Roman noble lineage from which Pope Celestine III originated.
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B.
Piatak family
The Piatak family is an American family of investors and businesspeople known for owning the English football club Carlisle United F.C.
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C.
Trelawney family
The Trelawney family is a British wizarding lineage in the Harry Potter universe, best known for producing the Hogwarts Divination professor and true Seer Sybill Trelawney.
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D.
Tutu family
The Tutu family is the prominent South African family best known for including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife Nomalizo Leah Tutu, both influential figures in the struggle against apartheid and in social justice activism.
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E.
Depoy family
The Depoy family is a local lineage in Kentucky recognized as the namesake of the community of Depoy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business clan
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merchant family ⓘ |
| architecturalLegacy | Patwon Ki Haveli complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jaisalmer Fort
NERFINISHED
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Jaisalmer caravan trade NERFINISHED ⓘ Patwon Ki Haveli cluster of five havelis NERFINISHED ⓘ Patwon Ki Haveli first haveli ⓘ |
| basedIn | Jaisalmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessType | family-owned trading firm ⓘ |
| contributedTo | urban development of Jaisalmer ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Jaisalmer’s mercantile prosperity ⓘ |
| economicActivity | trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Marwari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundedConstructionOf | Patwon Ki Haveli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatusOfLegacy |
protected monument
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tourist attraction in Jaisalmer ⓘ |
| historicalRole | prominent merchant community in Jaisalmer ⓘ |
| householdStructure | joint family system ⓘ |
| influenced | local economy of Jaisalmer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Patwon Ki Haveli
NERFINISHED
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opulent lifestyle ⓘ wealthy trading activities ⓘ |
| language |
Marwari language
NERFINISHED
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Rajasthani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
architectural heritage in Rajasthan
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example of merchant patronage in pre-colonial India ⓘ |
| occupation | merchants ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Jain temples
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local arts and crafts ⓘ |
| region | Thar Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| socialClass | Bania community ⓘ |
| state | Rajasthan ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| tradeNetwork |
Indo-Central Asian trade routes
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Indo-Persian trade routes ⓘ Thar Desert caravan routes ⓘ |
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: Patwa family Description of subject: The Patwa family was a wealthy merchant clan in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, historically known for their opulent trading fortunes that funded the construction of the famous Patwon Ki Haveli.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.