Kitchen God
E209350
The Kitchen God is a domestic deity in Chinese folk religion believed to watch over a household’s moral conduct and report it annually to the Jade Emperor, influencing the family’s fortune.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitchen God canonical | 8 |
| Kitchen God (English) | 1 |
| Kitchen God (Zaojun) | 1 |
| Kitchen God of the Hearth | 1 |
| Kitchen Gods Day | 1 |
| Thần Bếp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1877933 — 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: Kitchen God Context triple: [Chinese folk religion, hasDeity, Kitchen God]
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A.
Jiko – The Cooking Place
Jiko – The Cooking Place is an upscale, African-inspired signature restaurant at Walt Disney World known for its wood-fired cuisine and extensive South African wine list.
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B.
Cook
Cook is a surname shared by various notable individuals, including members of singer-songwriter Alicia Keys' family.
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C.
Tokyo Chiken
Tokyo Chiken is the commonly used abbreviated name for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, a key prosecutorial authority in Japan’s capital.
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D.
The Cookbook
The Cookbook is the 2005 studio album by American rapper and producer Missy Elliott, showcasing her innovative blend of hip hop, R&B, and experimental production.
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E.
Ma Kai
Ma Kai is a Chinese politician who served as a Vice Premier of the State Council and played a key role in the country’s economic and financial policymaking.
- 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: Kitchen God Target entity description: The Kitchen God is a domestic deity in Chinese folk religion believed to watch over a household’s moral conduct and report it annually to the Jade Emperor, influencing the family’s fortune.
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A.
Jiko – The Cooking Place
Jiko – The Cooking Place is an upscale, African-inspired signature restaurant at Walt Disney World known for its wood-fired cuisine and extensive South African wine list.
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B.
Cook
Cook is a surname shared by various notable individuals, including members of singer-songwriter Alicia Keys' family.
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C.
Tokyo Chiken
Tokyo Chiken is the commonly used abbreviated name for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, a key prosecutorial authority in Japan’s capital.
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D.
The Cookbook
The Cookbook is the 2005 studio album by American rapper and producer Missy Elliott, showcasing her innovative blend of hip hop, R&B, and experimental production.
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E.
Ma Kai
Ma Kai is a Chinese politician who served as a Vice Premier of the State Council and played a key role in the country’s economic and financial policymaking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese folk deity
ⓘ
domestic deity ⓘ household god ⓘ |
| aimOfOfferings |
to improve family fortune
ⓘ
to secure a favorable report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Zao Jun
ⓘ
Zao Shen ⓘ Zao Wangye ⓘ
linked to:
Zao Shen
|
| associatedWith |
Chinese New Year
ⓘ
linked to:
Spring Festival
domestic worship ⓘ moral conduct ⓘ |
| consequenceOfReport |
punishment from Jade Emperor
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reward from Jade Emperor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
East Asian folk religion
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Han Chinese culture ⓘ |
| dateOfVeneration |
23rd day of the 12th lunar month
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24th day of the 12th lunar month ⓘ |
| depictedWith | wife of the Kitchen God ⓘ |
| domain | household ⓘ |
| festival |
Kitchen God Festival
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Little New Year ⓘ |
| function |
records family merits and demerits
ⓘ
reports annual household conduct to Jade Emperor ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences |
family fortune
ⓘ
household luck ⓘ |
| moralDimension | encourages virtuous behavior in the household ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | deified mortal ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Chinese popular religion ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Jade Emperor ⓘ |
| ritual |
burning of paper image
ⓘ
offering of food ⓘ offering of incense ⓘ offering of sweets ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of the household
ⓘ
observer of family conduct ⓘ reporter of household behavior ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
food preparation
ⓘ
hearth ⓘ |
| symbol |
paper image
ⓘ
wooden plaque ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
domestic altar
ⓘ
kitchen ⓘ |
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: Kitchen God Description of subject: The Kitchen God is a domestic deity in Chinese folk religion believed to watch over a household’s moral conduct and report it annually to the Jade Emperor, influencing the family’s fortune.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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