Kurawa
E418581
Kurawa are the antagonistic royal cousins of the Pandawa in Javanese and broader Indonesian adaptations of the Mahabharata, often portrayed as embodiments of greed, envy, and tyranny.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4147082 — 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: Kurawa Context triple: [Kakawin Gatotkacasraya, featuresCharacter, Kurawa]
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Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
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B.
Sikaiana
Sikaiana is a small, remote Polynesian atoll in the Solomon Islands whose people and culture are part of the Polynesian outlier communities in Melanesia.
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C.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
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D.
Pukumina
Pukumina is a Jamaican Afro-Christian religious tradition blending African spiritual practices with Christian elements, known for spirit possession, drumming, and healing rituals.
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E.
Ronga
Ronga is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique, known for contributing vocabulary and structural features to African varieties of Portuguese.
- 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: Kurawa Target entity description: Kurawa are the antagonistic royal cousins of the Pandawa in Javanese and broader Indonesian adaptations of the Mahabharata, often portrayed as embodiments of greed, envy, and tyranny.
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A.
Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
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B.
Sikaiana
Sikaiana is a small, remote Polynesian atoll in the Solomon Islands whose people and culture are part of the Polynesian outlier communities in Melanesia.
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C.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
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D.
Pukumina
Pukumina is a Jamaican Afro-Christian religious tradition blending African spiritual practices with Christian elements, known for spirit possession, drumming, and healing rituals.
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E.
Ronga
Ronga is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique, known for contributing vocabulary and structural features to African varieties of Portuguese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional characters
ⓘ
mythological group ⓘ wayang characters ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Balinese wayang tradition
ⓘ
Javanese wayang tradition ⓘ |
| advisedBy | Sengkuni ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
wayang kulit
ⓘ
linked to:
Wayang
wayang wong ⓘ
linked to:
Wayang
|
| associatedWithTrait |
envy
ⓘ
greed ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Kaurava
ⓘ
linked to:
Kauravas
|
| centralConflict | struggle for the throne of Hastina ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Indonesian culture
ⓘ
Javanese culture ⓘ |
| describedAs | royal cousins of the Pandawa ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
epic literature
ⓘ
traditional theatre ⓘ |
| influences | Indonesian moral storytelling ⓘ |
| languageForm | Javanese ⓘ |
| ledBy | Duryudana ⓘ |
| memberCountInTradition | 100 brothers (in most versions) ⓘ |
| moralInterpretation | warning against unchecked desire ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral foil to the Pandawa ⓘ |
| opposes |
Pandawa
ⓘ
linked to:
Pandava
|
| originatesFrom |
Indian epic Mahabharata
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahabharata
|
| partOf |
Indonesian adaptations of the Mahabharata
ⓘ
Javanese adaptations of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
dance drama
ⓘ
shadow puppetry ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
arrogant rulers
ⓘ
unjust princes ⓘ |
| region |
Bali
ⓘ
Java ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Pandawa
ⓘ
linked to:
Pandava
|
| religiousContext | Hindu-influenced Javanese tradition ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | antagonists ⓘ |
| storyCycle | Bharatayuda ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
abuse of power
ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ unrighteous rule ⓘ |
| teaches | consequences of adharma (unrighteousness) ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFormation | pre-modern Javanese literary era ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Javanese script (for their name in manuscripts) ⓘ |
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: Kurawa Description of subject: Kurawa are the antagonistic royal cousins of the Pandawa in Javanese and broader Indonesian adaptations of the Mahabharata, often portrayed as embodiments of greed, envy, and tyranny.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.