Surya
E102111
Surya is the Hindu sun god revered as a major solar deity associated with light, power, and vitality.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Surya canonical | 136 |
| Savitr | 3 |
| Surya (Sun god) | 2 |
| Aditya refers to the sun | 1 |
| Sun | 1 |
| Sun (Graha) | 1 |
| Sun God | 1 |
| Sun god Surya | 1 |
| Surya (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Surya (sun god in Hinduism) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859848 — 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: Surya Context triple: [Smartism, recognizesDeity, Surya]
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A.
Inti
Inti is the Incan sun god, revered as a principal deity associated with royal power, agriculture, and the cosmic order.
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B.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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C.
Sun
The Sun is the massive, luminous star at the center of our solar system that provides the light and heat necessary for life on Earth.
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D.
Mangal
Mangal is a given name most notably borne by Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier whose actions helped spark the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
The Sun
The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper known for its sensationalist journalism, celebrity gossip, and large circulation.
- 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: Surya Target entity description: Surya is the Hindu sun god revered as a major solar deity associated with light, power, and vitality.
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A.
Inti
Inti is the Incan sun god, revered as a principal deity associated with royal power, agriculture, and the cosmic order.
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B.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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C.
Sun
The Sun is the massive, luminous star at the center of our solar system that provides the light and heat necessary for life on Earth.
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D.
Mangal
Mangal is a given name most notably borne by Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier whose actions helped spark the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
The Sun
The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper known for its sensationalist journalism, celebrity gossip, and large circulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
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: Surya Description of subject: Surya is the Hindu sun god revered as a major solar deity associated with light, power, and vitality.
Referenced by (148)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Surya
linked to: Surya
subject linked to:
Surya Majapahit (sun emblem)
linked to: Surya
linked to: Surya
subject linked to:
Surya (sun) in Hinduism
linked to: Surya
subject linked to:
pongal
linked to: Surya
subject linked to:
goddess Yamuna
subject linked to:
Aruna (Hindu god of dawn) symbolically
linked to: Surya