Soma
E102075
Soma is a Vedic deity associated with the sacred ritual drink, the Moon, and divine inspiration in ancient Indian religion.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soma canonical | 26 |
| Soma drink | 1 |
| Soma sacrifice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859256 — 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: Soma Context triple: [Vedas, primaryDeitiesMentioned, Soma]
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A.
Piipaash
Piipaash are a Native American people of the lower Colorado River region, closely related to the Maricopa and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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B.
Oni
Oni is a small town in the Racha region of northwestern Georgia, known for its mountainous surroundings and traditional Georgian architecture.
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C.
Orb
The Orb is a river in southern France that flows through the Occitanie region before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Sowams
Sowams was a principal Wampanoag village and homeland in present-day New England, historically significant as the seat of the sachem Massasoit and an early site of Native–Pilgrim interaction.
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E.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
- 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: Soma Target entity description: Soma is a Vedic deity associated with the sacred ritual drink, the Moon, and divine inspiration in ancient Indian religion.
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A.
Piipaash
Piipaash are a Native American people of the lower Colorado River region, closely related to the Maricopa and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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B.
Oni
Oni is a small town in the Racha region of northwestern Georgia, known for its mountainous surroundings and traditional Georgian architecture.
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C.
Orb
The Orb is a river in southern France that flows through the Occitanie region before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Sowams
Sowams was a principal Wampanoag village and homeland in present-day New England, historically significant as the seat of the sachem Massasoit and an early site of Native–Pilgrim interaction.
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E.
Cassibile
Cassibile is a village in southeastern Sicily, Italy, historically notable as the site where the 1943 armistice between Italy and the Allies was signed during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
Vedic deity ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Agni
ⓘ
Indra ⓘ Varuna ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Moon
ⓘ
Vedic ritual ⓘ divine inspiration ⓘ ecstasy ⓘ immortality ⓘ sacred ritual drink ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| astralAssociation | Nakshatras ⓘ |
| astralRole | lord of constellations ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Moon ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Indian ⓘ |
| domain |
cosmology
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| epithet |
Amrita-giver
ⓘ
King Soma ⓘ Lord of plants ⓘ |
| function |
granting immortality
ⓘ
inspiring poets and seers ⓘ invigorating the gods ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| laterIdentification | Chandra ⓘ |
| mythologicalTheme |
cosmic order
ⓘ
immortality of the gods ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
extract
ⓘ
pressed juice ⓘ |
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Vedic religion ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic pantheon
|
| role |
deity of inspiration
ⓘ
deity of the sacred drink ⓘ lunar deity ⓘ |
| substancePersonified |
Soma drink
ⓘ
linked to:
Soma
|
| substanceType |
plant-based drink
ⓘ
ritual intoxicant ⓘ |
| textMentionedIn |
Atharvaveda
ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ |
| textType | Vedic hymn ⓘ |
| worshipContext |
Soma sacrifice
ⓘ
Vedic sacrifice ⓘ |
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: Soma Description of subject: Soma is a Vedic deity associated with the sacred ritual drink, the Moon, and divine inspiration in ancient Indian religion.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.