Kali
E23834
Kali is a fierce and powerful Hindu goddess associated with time, destruction, and the transformative power that annihilates evil.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kali canonical | 24 |
| Kala | 1 |
| Kali (spirit) | 1 |
| Kalika | 1 |
| Ma Kali | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152490 — 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: Kali Context triple: [Hinduism, hasDeity, Kali]
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A.
Koba
Koba was a revolutionary alias used by Joseph Stalin during his early political activities in the Bolshevik movement.
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B.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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C.
Tora
Tora is a popular nickname for the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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E.
Mako Mori
Mako Mori is a skilled Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for her emotional depth, resilience, and pivotal role in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
- 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: Kali Target entity description: Kali is a fierce and powerful Hindu goddess associated with time, destruction, and the transformative power that annihilates evil.
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A.
Koba
Koba was a revolutionary alias used by Joseph Stalin during his early political activities in the Bolshevik movement.
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B.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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C.
Tora
Tora is a popular nickname for the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region.
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D.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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E.
Mako Mori
Mako Mori is a skilled Jaeger pilot and central protagonist in the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for her emotional depth, resilience, and pivotal role in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| abode |
Himalayas
ⓘ
cremation ground ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shakti
ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
annihilation of evil ⓘ destruction ⓘ liberation (moksha) ⓘ time ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| color |
black
ⓘ
dark blue ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
four arms
ⓘ
lolling tongue ⓘ ten arms ⓘ three eyes ⓘ |
| epithet |
Bhadrakali
ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
Chamunda ⓘ Dakshina Kali ⓘ Kalika ⓘ
linked to:
Kali
Mahakali ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
Smashana Kali ⓘ |
| festival |
Kali Puja
ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ |
| formOf |
Durga
ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
Parvati ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| majorRegionOfWorship |
Assam
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
West Bengal ⓘ |
| mount |
jackal
ⓘ
lion ⓘ tiger ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| represents |
cosmic power
ⓘ
destruction of ego ⓘ fierce compassion ⓘ time (Kala) ⓘ |
| spouse | Shiva ⓘ |
| standsOn | Shiva ⓘ |
| symbol |
blood
ⓘ
severed head ⓘ skull belt ⓘ skull garland ⓘ sword ⓘ trident ⓘ |
| textMention |
Devi Mahatmya
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ |
| weapon |
khadga (curved sword)
ⓘ
trident ⓘ |
| worshipTradition |
Shaktism
ⓘ
Tantra ⓘ |
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: Kali Description of subject: Kali is a fierce and powerful Hindu goddess associated with time, destruction, and the transformative power that annihilates evil.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
trishula
subject linked to:
Shakti is the all-encompassing cosmic power
linked to: Kali
subject linked to:
Kali Temple
subject linked to:
Kali Temple