mahapatih
E353433
A mahapatih was the powerful chief minister or prime minister in ancient Javanese kingdoms, notably serving as the top administrative and military official of the Majapahit Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahapatih | 2 |
| Mahapatih (Old Javanese) | 1 |
| mahapatih canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3390974 — 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: mahapatih Context triple: [Gajah Mada, occupation, mahapatih]
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A.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
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B.
Sultan of Yogyakarta
The Sultan of Yogyakarta is the hereditary monarch and cultural leader of the Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia, traditionally wielding both royal and political authority in the region.
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C.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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D.
Sarpanit
Sarpanit is a Mesopotamian goddess, chiefly known as the consort of the Babylonian god Marduk and associated with fertility and motherhood.
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E.
Valayapathi
Valayapathi is one of the five great ancient Tamil epics, known from fragmentary remains and celebrated for its exploration of love, ethics, and social life in classical Tamil society.
- 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: mahapatih Target entity description: A mahapatih was the powerful chief minister or prime minister in ancient Javanese kingdoms, notably serving as the top administrative and military official of the Majapahit Empire.
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A.
Raden Wijaya
Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince and military leader who became the first king of the Majapahit Empire, one of Southeast Asia’s most powerful and influential kingdoms.
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B.
Sultan of Yogyakarta
The Sultan of Yogyakarta is the hereditary monarch and cultural leader of the Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia, traditionally wielding both royal and political authority in the region.
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C.
Kertanegara
Kertanegara was the last and most influential king of the Singhasari Kingdom in Java, known for his ambitious expansionist policies and efforts to unify the Indonesian archipelago in the late 13th century.
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D.
Sarpanit
Sarpanit is a Mesopotamian goddess, chiefly known as the consort of the Babylonian god Marduk and associated with fertility and motherhood.
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E.
Valayapathi
Valayapathi is one of the five great ancient Tamil epics, known from fragmentary remains and celebrated for its exploration of love, ethics, and social life in classical Tamil society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government position
ⓘ
historical title ⓘ political office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Majapahit Empire
ⓘ
ancient Javanese kingdoms ⓘ |
| country | Java ⓘ |
| culture | Javanese ⓘ |
| domain |
civil administration
ⓘ
military command ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| etymology | from Old Javanese elements "maha" (great) and "patih" (minister) ⓘ |
| governs | royal bureaucracy ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
advising the king
ⓘ
commanding military forces ⓘ coordinating provincial officials ⓘ implementing royal policies ⓘ managing foreign relations ⓘ overseeing state administration ⓘ |
| hasNotableOfficeHolder |
Arya Tadah
ⓘ
Gajah Mada ⓘ Mpu Nala ⓘ Nambi ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Majapahit period
ⓘ
linked to:
Majapahit Empire
classical Javanese era ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Indian models of kingship and bureaucracy ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo |
chief of staff
ⓘ
grand vizier ⓘ prime minister ⓘ |
| officeType |
chief minister
ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ top administrative official ⓘ top military official ⓘ |
| partOf |
royal administration of Javanese kingdoms
ⓘ
royal court of Majapahit ⓘ
linked to:
Majapahit royal court
|
| positionHeldIn |
Kediri Kingdom
ⓘ
Majapahit Empire ⓘ Mataram Kingdom (Medang) ⓘ
linked to:
Medang Kingdom
Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ |
| rank | second only to the king ⓘ |
| region |
Indonesian archipelago
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hindu-Buddhist Java ⓘ |
| seatOfOffice | royal capital of Majapahit ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
maharaja
ⓘ
raja ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Javanese
ⓘ
Old Javanese ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
|
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: mahapatih Description of subject: A mahapatih was the powerful chief minister or prime minister in ancient Javanese kingdoms, notably serving as the top administrative and military official of the Majapahit Empire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mahapatih (prime minister) of Majapahit
linked to: mahapatih
linked to: mahapatih
linked to: mahapatih