killing of Abhimanyu
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The killing of Abhimanyu is a pivotal and tragic episode in the Indian epic Mahabharata, where the young warrior is unfairly slain inside the Chakravyuha battle formation, triggering a decisive shift in the war’s emotional and moral stakes.
All labels observed (1)
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| killing of Abhimanyu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19281547 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: killing of Abhimanyu Context triple: [oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha, hasCause, killing of Abhimanyu]
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Karna–Arjuna duel
The Karna–Arjuna duel is the climactic and most celebrated single combat of the Mahabharata, pitting two of its greatest archers and estranged brothers against each other on the Kurukshetra battlefield.
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B.
Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a legendary warrior prince from the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his bravery and tragic death in the Kurukshetra war.
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Battle of Chamkaur
The Battle of Chamkaur was a 1704 conflict in which Guru Gobind Singh and a small band of Sikhs made a legendary last stand against vastly larger Mughal and Hill Rajas’ forces, becoming a symbol of Sikh bravery and sacrifice.
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D.
Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira
The Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira is the grand royal consecration ritual in the Mahabharata through which Yudhishthira asserts his imperial sovereignty over other kings, setting the stage for the epic’s ensuing rivalries and conflict.
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E.
oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha
The oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha is a pivotal Mahabharata episode in which Arjuna vows to slay Jayadratha by sunset the next day to avenge his son Abhimanyu’s death, dramatically shaping the course of the Kurukshetra war.
- 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: killing of Abhimanyu Target entity description: The killing of Abhimanyu is a pivotal and tragic episode in the Indian epic Mahabharata, where the young warrior is unfairly slain inside the Chakravyuha battle formation, triggering a decisive shift in the war’s emotional and moral stakes.
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A.
Karna–Arjuna duel
The Karna–Arjuna duel is the climactic and most celebrated single combat of the Mahabharata, pitting two of its greatest archers and estranged brothers against each other on the Kurukshetra battlefield.
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B.
Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a legendary warrior prince from the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his bravery and tragic death in the Kurukshetra war.
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C.
Battle of Chamkaur
The Battle of Chamkaur was a 1704 conflict in which Guru Gobind Singh and a small band of Sikhs made a legendary last stand against vastly larger Mughal and Hill Rajas’ forces, becoming a symbol of Sikh bravery and sacrifice.
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D.
Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira
The Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira is the grand royal consecration ritual in the Mahabharata through which Yudhishthira asserts his imperial sovereignty over other kings, setting the stage for the epic’s ensuing rivalries and conflict.
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E.
oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha
The oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha is a pivotal Mahabharata episode in which Arjuna vows to slay Jayadratha by sunset the next day to avenge his son Abhimanyu’s death, dramatically shaping the course of the Kurukshetra war.
- F. None of above. chosen
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