Srikanta
E174023
Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Srikanta canonical | 12 |
| Srikanta (Bengali: শ্রীকান্ত) | 1 |
| Srikanta (television series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1436706 — 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: Srikanta Context triple: [Bengali literature, notableWorkIn, Srikanta]
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A.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
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B.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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C.
Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj was the pen name of Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, a renowned Marathi poet, playwright, and writer celebrated for his contributions to modern Marathi literature and social activism.
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D.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- 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: Srikanta Target entity description: Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
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A.
Shanmukha
Shanmukha is a revered Hindu deity of war and victory, widely worshipped as the six-faced son of Shiva and Parvati.
-
B.
Mrigadava
Mrigadava is the ancient deer park near Sarnath in India where Gautama Buddha is said to have delivered his first sermon.
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C.
Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj was the pen name of Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, a renowned Marathi poet, playwright, and writer celebrated for his contributions to modern Marathi literature and social activism.
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D.
Narayana
Narayana is a revered name of the Hindu god Vishnu, especially associated with his role as the supreme preserver and sustainer of the universe.
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E.
Shankara
Shankara is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Shiva, highlighting his role as a benevolent and auspicious divine benefactor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | classic of Bengali literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Srikanta (film)
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Srikanta (television series) ⓘ
linked to:
Srikanta
|
| hasCharacter |
Abhaya
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Indranath ⓘ Rajlakshmi ⓘ |
| languageScript | Bengali script ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
bildungsroman
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fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Bengali literature
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Indian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Srikanta ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
psychological depth of characters
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realistic portrayal of Bengali society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | introspective ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th-century ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Bengal ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional struggles
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individual versus society ⓘ love and relationships ⓘ social reform ⓘ social struggles ⓘ spiritual quest ⓘ |
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: Srikanta Description of subject: Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Srikanta
linked to: Srikanta