Sohrab
E124244
Sohrab is a tragic hero in the Persian epic Shahnameh, famed as the valiant but ill-fated son of the champion Rostam.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040047 — 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: Sohrab Context triple: [Shahnameh, featuresCharacter, Sohrab]
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A.
Ramin
Ramin is a masculine given name of Persian origin, commonly used in Iran and among Persian-speaking communities.
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B.
Mirza
Mirza is a historical noble title of Persian and Central Asian origin, commonly borne by princes and high-ranking members of royal and aristocratic families.
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C.
Amir
Amir is a noble and military title historically used across the Islamic world, often denoting a commander, prince, or high-ranking leader.
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D.
Rafi
Rafi was an Israeli political party founded by David Ben-Gurion in the 1960s after a split from Mapai, known for its activist and security-focused policies.
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E.
Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
- 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: Sohrab Target entity description: Sohrab is a tragic hero in the Persian epic Shahnameh, famed as the valiant but ill-fated son of the champion Rostam.
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A.
Ramin
Ramin is a masculine given name of Persian origin, commonly used in Iran and among Persian-speaking communities.
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B.
Mirza
Mirza is a historical noble title of Persian and Central Asian origin, commonly borne by princes and high-ranking members of royal and aristocratic families.
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C.
Amir
Amir is a noble and military title historically used across the Islamic world, often denoting a commander, prince, or high-ranking leader.
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D.
Rafi
Rafi was an Israeli political party founded by David Ben-Gurion in the 1960s after a split from Mapai, known for its activist and security-focused policies.
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E.
Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Shahnameh
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mythological character ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ |
| alignment | Turanian army ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shahnameh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iran
ⓘ
Rostam ⓘ Tahmineh ⓘ Turan ⓘ |
| battle | single combat with Rostam ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bravery
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honor ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ferdowsi ⓘ |
| culture | Persian ⓘ |
| deathCause | wounds in single combat ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Iranian army
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linked to:
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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| father | Rostam ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Rostam
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Tahmineh ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate and destiny
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father–son conflict ⓘ heroism ⓘ tragic irony ⓘ |
| influenced |
adaptations in theater and opera
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later Persian literature ⓘ |
| killedBy | Rostam ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Persian
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linked to:
Persian language
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| literaryPeriod | classical Persian literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the most famous tragic figures in Shahnameh ⓘ |
| mother | Tahmineh ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to exemplify the tragedy of ignorance
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to highlight the cruelty of fate ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being killed unknowingly by his father
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being the ill-fated son of Rostam ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rostam and Sohrab episode
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linked to:
Rostam
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| portrayedAs | noble enemy of Iran ⓘ |
| roleInWork | tragic warrior ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | battlefields between Iran and Turan ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
lost potential
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the cost of war ⓘ unrecognized kinship ⓘ |
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: Sohrab Description of subject: Sohrab is a tragic hero in the Persian epic Shahnameh, famed as the valiant but ill-fated son of the champion Rostam.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.