Naya clan
E249633
The Naya clan is an ancient Jain lineage traditionally associated with the family background of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naya clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2280903 — 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: Naya clan Context triple: [Mahavira, clan, Naya clan]
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A.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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B.
Thunderbird clan
The Thunderbird clan is a traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship group associated with the powerful thunderbird spirit in the tribe’s cultural and ceremonial life.
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C.
Mara family
The Mara family is a prominent American family known for its long-standing ownership and leadership of the New York Giants NFL franchise and its connections to the entertainment industry.
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D.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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E.
Deer clan
The Deer clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship divisions, associated with specific ancestral roles, responsibilities, and identity within the tribe.
- 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: Naya clan Target entity description: The Naya clan is an ancient Jain lineage traditionally associated with the family background of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
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A.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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B.
Thunderbird clan
The Thunderbird clan is a traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship group associated with the powerful thunderbird spirit in the tribe’s cultural and ceremonial life.
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C.
Mara family
The Mara family is a prominent American family known for its long-standing ownership and leadership of the New York Giants NFL franchise and its connections to the entertainment industry.
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D.
Xiong clan
The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
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E.
Deer clan
The Deer clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship divisions, associated with specific ancestral roles, responsibilities, and identity within the tribe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jain clan
ⓘ
lineage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
24th Tirthankara
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahavira
Mahavira ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| describedAs | ancient Jain lineage ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember | Mahavira ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Prakrit
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| linkedConcept | Jain Tirthankara lineage ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Jain traditional accounts of Mahavira’s life ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Digambara Jain tradition
ⓘ
Śvetāmbara Jain tradition ⓘ |
| roleInJainism | ancestral lineage of a Tirthankara ⓘ |
| traditionallyLinkedTo | family background of Mahavira ⓘ |
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: Naya clan Description of subject: The Naya clan is an ancient Jain lineage traditionally associated with the family background of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.