Gaumata
E344002
Gaumata was a Magian priest who seized the Persian throne by impersonating the Achaemenid king Bardiya, before being overthrown by Darius I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaumata canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3295622 — 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: Gaumata Context triple: [Bardiya, allegedImpostor, Gaumata]
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A.
Otunga
Otunga is the surname of David Otunga, an American lawyer, actor, and former professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE.
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B.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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C.
Gukumatz
Gukumatz is a feathered serpent deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, closely associated with creation, wind, and wisdom and identified with the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.
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D.
Tabogon
Tabogon is a coastal municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines, known for its agricultural lands and scenic seaside areas.
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E.
Makakilo
Makakilo is a residential community on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii, situated on the slopes above the ʻEwa Plain with views toward the city of Kapolei and the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Gaumata Target entity description: Gaumata was a Magian priest who seized the Persian throne by impersonating the Achaemenid king Bardiya, before being overthrown by Darius I.
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A.
Otunga
Otunga is the surname of David Otunga, an American lawyer, actor, and former professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE.
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B.
Mata-Utu
Mata-Utu is the main town and administrative center of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific.
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C.
Gukumatz
Gukumatz is a feathered serpent deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, closely associated with creation, wind, and wisdom and identified with the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.
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D.
Tabogon
Tabogon is a coastal municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines, known for its agricultural lands and scenic seaside areas.
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E.
Makakilo
Makakilo is a residential community on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii, situated on the slopes above the ʻEwa Plain with views toward the city of Kapolei and the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Magian priest
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ usurper ⓘ |
| allegedIdentity | Bardiya ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Gaumata the Magian
ⓘ
Pseudo-Bardiya ⓘ
linked to:
Bardiya
the False Smerdis ⓘ
linked to:
Smerdis
|
| assertedLegitimacyAs | son of Cyrus the Great ⓘ |
| category |
6th-century BC Iranian people
ⓘ
Achaemenid usurpers ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| claimedIdentity | Bardiya ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Darius I
ⓘ
linked to:
Darius I of Persia
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 522 BC ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Herodotus ⓘ |
| dynasty | Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mede ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Achaemenid period
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
|
| historicity | disputed in modern scholarship ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Darius I
ⓘ
linked to:
Darius I of Persia
Persian conspirators ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being overthrown by Darius I
ⓘ
impersonating Bardiya ⓘ seizing the Persian throne ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Persian ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Behistun Inscription ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Achaemenid succession crisis of 522 BC ⓘ |
| occupation | priest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Media
ⓘ
Sikayauvati fortress ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Shahanshah of Persia
King of Persia ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bardiya ⓘ |
| reign | 522 BC ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Magianism ⓘ |
| roleIn | Achaemenid imperial history ⓘ |
| successor |
Darius I
ⓘ
linked to:
Darius I of Persia
|
| timeInOfficeEnd | 522 BC ⓘ |
| timeInOfficeStart | 522 BC ⓘ |
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: Gaumata Description of subject: Gaumata was a Magian priest who seized the Persian throne by impersonating the Achaemenid king Bardiya, before being overthrown by Darius I.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.