Ku
E100050
Ku is a principal Hawaiian god associated with war, politics, and prosperity, widely venerated in traditional Native Hawaiian religion.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T832302 — 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: Ku Context triple: [Native Hawaiians, majorDeity, Ku]
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A.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
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B.
Kut
Kut is a city in eastern Iraq situated on the banks of the Tigris River, known historically as a strategic location and the site of significant World War I battles.
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C.
Koreiz
Koreiz is a resort settlement on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its seaside location and historic villas.
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D.
Kaiyukan
Kaiyukan is a large, world-renowned public aquarium in Osaka, Japan, famous for its massive central tank and immersive marine life exhibits.
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E.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
- 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: Ku Target entity description: Ku is a principal Hawaiian god associated with war, politics, and prosperity, widely venerated in traditional Native Hawaiian religion.
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A.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
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B.
Kut
Kut is a city in eastern Iraq situated on the banks of the Tigris River, known historically as a strategic location and the site of significant World War I battles.
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C.
Koreiz
Koreiz is a resort settlement on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its seaside location and historic villas.
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D.
Kaiyukan
Kaiyukan is a large, world-renowned public aquarium in Osaka, Japan, famous for its massive central tank and immersive marine life exhibits.
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E.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hawaiian god
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
abundance
ⓘ
rulership ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitual |
state ceremonies
ⓘ
temple sacrifices ⓘ |
| cultCenter | heiau (Hawaiian temples) ⓘ |
| culture |
Hawaiian mythology
ⓘ
Native Hawaiian religion ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian indigenous religions
|
| domain |
politics
ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ war ⓘ |
| epithet |
Ku-ka-ili-moku
ⓘ
linked to:
Kanaloa
|
| epithetMeaning | Ku the land snatcher ⓘ |
| function |
bringer of prosperity
ⓘ
patron of warriors ⓘ protector of chiefs ⓘ provider of food ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Ku-ka-ili-moku
ⓘ
linked to:
Kanaloa
Ku-kaili-moku ⓘ
linked to:
Kanaloa
Ku-of-the-forests ⓘ
linked to:
Ku-of-the-lands
Ku-of-the-lands ⓘ Ku-of-the-wars ⓘ |
| hasImageType |
carved wooden kiʻi (idols)
ⓘ
large feathered temple images ⓘ |
| influence |
fertility of land
ⓘ
political authority of aliʻi (chiefs) ⓘ success in battle ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hawaiian ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | creator deity in some traditions ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | to stand ⓘ |
| pantheonPeers |
Kanaloa
ⓘ
Kane ⓘ Lono ⓘ |
| pantheonPosition | one of the four major Hawaiian gods ⓘ |
| religiousCategory |
god of prosperity
ⓘ
god of war ⓘ state god ⓘ |
| role | principal Hawaiian god ⓘ |
| spouse | Hina ⓘ |
| symbol |
war god images
ⓘ
wooden temple images ⓘ |
| venerationPeriod |
pre-contact Hawaii
ⓘ
traditional Hawaiian religion ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Native Hawaiians ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | Hawaiian Islands ⓘ |
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: Ku Description of subject: Ku is a principal Hawaiian god associated with war, politics, and prosperity, widely venerated in traditional Native Hawaiian religion.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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