Kauil
E185994
Kauil is a Maya deity associated with lightning, serpents, and royal power, often depicted with a smoking axe or torch emerging from his forehead.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kauil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1396824 — 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: Kauil Context triple: [Kʼawiil, hasAlternativeName, Kauil]
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A.
Kailua
Kailua is a coastal town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its scenic beaches and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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B.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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C.
Lēʻahi
Lēʻahi is the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the iconic volcanic tuff cone and landmark overlooking Waikīkī on the island of Oʻahu.
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D.
Kohala
Kohala is an ancient, heavily eroded shield volcano forming the northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island.
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E.
Halemaʻumaʻu
Halemaʻumaʻu is a prominent active crater within Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano, renowned for its frequent lava lake activity and cultural significance in Native Hawaiian traditions.
- 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: Kauil Target entity description: Kauil is a Maya deity associated with lightning, serpents, and royal power, often depicted with a smoking axe or torch emerging from his forehead.
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A.
Kailua
Kailua is a coastal town on the windward side of Oahu in Hawaii, known for its scenic beaches and relaxed residential atmosphere.
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B.
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona is a coastal town on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island known for its sunny beaches, historic sites, coffee farms, and role as a major tourist and commercial center.
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C.
Lēʻahi
Lēʻahi is the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the iconic volcanic tuff cone and landmark overlooking Waikīkī on the island of Oʻahu.
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D.
Kohala
Kohala is an ancient, heavily eroded shield volcano forming the northwestern tip of Hawaiʻi Island.
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E.
Halemaʻumaʻu
Halemaʻumaʻu is a prominent active crater within Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano, renowned for its frequent lava lake activity and cultural significance in Native Hawaiian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya deity
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
elite power
ⓘ
lightning ⓘ political authority ⓘ royal power ⓘ serpents ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| depictedAs | supernatural being with forehead implement ⓘ |
| domain |
storm
ⓘ
weather ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
destructive force of lightning
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fiery power ⓘ protective power for rulers ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
smoking axe emerging from forehead
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torch emerging from forehead ⓘ |
| mythologicalCategory |
royal patron deity
ⓘ
storm deity ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| role | patron of kingship ⓘ |
| symbol |
axe
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serpent ⓘ torch ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
ancient Maya
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linked to:
Maya civilization
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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: Kauil Description of subject: Kauil is a Maya deity associated with lightning, serpents, and royal power, often depicted with a smoking axe or torch emerging from his forehead.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.