Ninsun
E233615
Ninsun is a Mesopotamian goddess known as the wise mother of the hero Gilgamesh in ancient Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ninsun canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2102136 — 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: Ninsun Context triple: [Epic of Gilgamesh, mainCharacter, Ninsun]
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A.
Narsai
Narsai was a prominent 5th-century Syriac Christian theologian and poet, renowned for his extensive homilies and influential role in the Church of the East.
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B.
Nunki
Nunki is a prominent blue-white star in the constellation Sagittarius, known as one of its brightest and most easily recognizable members.
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C.
Tamyen
Tamyen is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in the Santa Clara Valley region of California.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Mombi
Mombi is a wicked witch from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, best known for usurping and enchanting Princess Ozma to conceal her true identity.
- 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: Ninsun Target entity description: Ninsun is a Mesopotamian goddess known as the wise mother of the hero Gilgamesh in ancient Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
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A.
Narsai
Narsai was a prominent 5th-century Syriac Christian theologian and poet, renowned for his extensive homilies and influential role in the Church of the East.
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B.
Nunki
Nunki is a prominent blue-white star in the constellation Sagittarius, known as one of its brightest and most easily recognizable members.
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C.
Tamyen
Tamyen is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in the Santa Clara Valley region of California.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Mombi
Mombi is a wicked witch from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, best known for usurping and enchanting Princess Ozma to conceal her true identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Akkadian goddess
ⓘ
Mesopotamian goddess ⓘ Sumerian goddess ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Epic of Gilgamesh
ⓘ
Sumerian Gilgamesh poems ⓘ
linked to:
Epic of Gilgamesh
|
| associatedWith |
cattle
ⓘ
divine counsel ⓘ dream interpretation ⓘ |
| culture |
Akkadian mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamian religion
Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ Sumerian mythology ⓘ |
| divineStatus | minor goddess ⓘ |
| domain |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
royal legitimacy ⓘ |
| epithet |
Lady of the Wild Cows
ⓘ
Ninsumun ⓘ Rimat-Ninsun ⓘ |
| function |
advises Gilgamesh
ⓘ
blesses Gilgamesh before his journey ⓘ prays to Shamash on behalf of Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
intercessory power
ⓘ
maternal care ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
E-galmah in Uruk
ⓘ
linked to:
Uruk archaeological site
|
| languageForm | Sumerian ⓘ |
| motherOf | Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
mother of a semi-divine king
ⓘ
wise counselor ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Dumuzi
ⓘ
Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anu
ⓘ
Inanna ⓘ Shamash ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| role |
divine mother
ⓘ
goddess of wisdom ⓘ intercessor with the gods ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Lugalbanda ⓘ |
| title |
mother of the hero
ⓘ
queen ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod |
Early Dynastic period
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Old Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to:
Old Babylonian Empire
|
| worshipPlace |
Babylon
ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ Sippar ⓘ Uruk ⓘ |
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: Ninsun Description of subject: Ninsun is a Mesopotamian goddess known as the wise mother of the hero Gilgamesh in ancient Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.