Urshanabi
E233616
Urshanabi is the boatman in the Epic of Gilgamesh who ferries Gilgamesh across the Waters of Death to meet the immortal Utnapishtim.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urshanabi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2102137 — 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: Urshanabi Context triple: [Epic of Gilgamesh, mainCharacter, Urshanabi]
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A.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
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B.
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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C.
Yoron
Yoron is a small subtropical island town in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its coral reefs, white-sand beaches, and traditional Ryukyuan-influenced culture.
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D.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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E.
Erra
Erra is the pen name of Yerrapragada, a prominent medieval Telugu poet and scholar renowned for his contributions to classical Telugu literature.
- 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: Urshanabi Target entity description: Urshanabi is the boatman in the Epic of Gilgamesh who ferries Gilgamesh across the Waters of Death to meet the immortal Utnapishtim.
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A.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
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B.
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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C.
Yoron
Yoron is a small subtropical island town in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its coral reefs, white-sand beaches, and traditional Ryukyuan-influenced culture.
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D.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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E.
Erra
Erra is the pen name of Yerrapragada, a prominent medieval Telugu poet and scholar renowned for his contributions to classical Telugu literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boatman
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ servant ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| appearsInSectionOfWork |
tablet X of the Epic of Gilgamesh
ⓘ
linked to:
Epic of Gilgamesh
tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gilgamesh
ⓘ
Utnapishtim ⓘ |
| crosses | Waters of Death ⓘ |
| culture | Mesopotamian ⓘ |
| genre | epic literature ⓘ |
| guides | Gilgamesh to Utnapishtim ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ |
| helpsWith | Gilgamesh’s quest for immortality ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Akkadian ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Akkadian literature ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | ancient Mesopotamian mythological world ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Utnapishtim ⓘ |
| mediumOfTravel | boat ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
guide
ⓘ
helper of the hero ⓘ |
| occupation | boatman ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
afterlife journey
ⓘ
mythological ferryman archetype ⓘ |
| residence | shore near Utnapishtim’s dwelling ⓘ |
| role | ferryman ⓘ |
| serves | Utnapishtim ⓘ |
| transports |
Gilgamesh
ⓘ
passengers across the Waters of Death ⓘ |
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: Urshanabi Description of subject: Urshanabi is the boatman in the Epic of Gilgamesh who ferries Gilgamesh across the Waters of Death to meet the immortal Utnapishtim.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.