Matsya
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Matsya is the fish incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for saving the sacred scriptures and the first man from a great deluge.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matsya canonical | 13 |
| Matsya avatar of Vishnu | 2 |
| Matsya (fish incarnation of Vishnu) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902572 — 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: Matsya Context triple: [Vishnu, avatar, Matsya]
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A.
Rana
Rana was the hereditary royal title borne by the ruling dynasty of the former princely state of Porbandar in western India.
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B.
Fisk
Fisk is a surname most famously associated with Carlton Fisk, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher known for his long career with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.
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C.
Keda
Keda is a small town and administrative center in the mountainous Adjara region of southwestern Georgia.
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D.
Amur sturgeon
The Amur sturgeon is a large, long-lived freshwater fish native to the Amur River basin in East Asia, valued for its caviar and threatened by overfishing and habitat degradation.
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E.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
- 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: Matsya Target entity description: Matsya is the fish incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for saving the sacred scriptures and the first man from a great deluge.
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A.
Rana
Rana was the hereditary royal title borne by the ruling dynasty of the former princely state of Porbandar in western India.
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B.
Fisk
Fisk is a surname most famously associated with Carlton Fisk, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher known for his long career with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.
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C.
Keda
Keda is a small town and administrative center in the mountainous Adjara region of southwestern Georgia.
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D.
Amur sturgeon
The Amur sturgeon is a large, long-lived freshwater fish native to the Amur River basin in East Asia, valued for its caviar and threatened by overfishing and habitat degradation.
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E.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu deity
ⓘ
avatar of Vishnu ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Manu
ⓘ
Satyavrata ⓘ |
| avatarNumber | first avatar of Vishnu ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | preservation of dharma ⓘ |
| depictedWith | horn to which the boat is tied ⓘ |
| event | great deluge ⓘ |
| festivalAssociation |
Vaikuntha Ekadashi
ⓘ
linked to:
Vaikunta Ekadasi
|
| form |
fish
ⓘ
half-man half-fish ⓘ |
| iconography |
Vishnu with fish tail
ⓘ
fish-bodied deity with human torso ⓘ |
| languageName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mythType | flood myth ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | fish ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
test of devotion and faith
ⓘ
warning of impending flood ⓘ |
| protects |
cosmic order
ⓘ
sacred scriptures ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dashavatara
ⓘ
cosmic ocean ⓘ pralaya ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
protector of the Vedas
ⓘ
rescuer of the first man ⓘ savior during the great deluge ⓘ |
| saves |
Manu
ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ sages ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ Matsya Purana ⓘ Puranas ⓘ Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ |
| symbolism |
beginning of life cycle
ⓘ
preserver of knowledge ⓘ protector from cosmic floods ⓘ |
| vehicle | boat carrying sages and seeds of life ⓘ |
| weapon |
chakra
ⓘ
gada ⓘ padma ⓘ shankha ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
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: Matsya Description of subject: Matsya is the fish incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, known for saving the sacred scriptures and the first man from a great deluge.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.