Hemanta
E448541
Hemanta is the cool, pre-winter season in the traditional Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically marking the transition from autumn to winter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hemanta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4513075 — 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: Hemanta Context triple: [Hindu lunisolar calendar, hasSeason, Hemanta]
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A.
Barindra
Barindra is an Indian given name most notably associated with Barindra Kumar Ghosh, a revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Bhola
Bhola is a coastal town and district headquarters in southern Bangladesh, situated on the country’s largest island in the Meghna River delta.
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C.
Srikanta
Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
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D.
Partha
Partha is a given name commonly used in India, often associated with figures in academia, arts, and public life.
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E.
Subhas
Subhas is the given name of Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent Indian nationalist leader who fought against British colonial rule.
- 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: Hemanta Target entity description: Hemanta is the cool, pre-winter season in the traditional Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically marking the transition from autumn to winter.
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A.
Barindra
Barindra is an Indian given name most notably associated with Barindra Kumar Ghosh, a revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement.
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B.
Bhola
Bhola is a coastal town and district headquarters in southern Bangladesh, situated on the country’s largest island in the Meghna River delta.
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C.
Srikanta
Srikanta is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that explores the emotional and social struggles of its introspective protagonist against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal.
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D.
Partha
Partha is a given name commonly used in India, often associated with figures in academia, arts, and public life.
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E.
Subhas
Subhas is the given name of Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent Indian nationalist leader who fought against British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu calendar season
ⓘ
season ⓘ |
| agriculturalAssociation |
harvesting of late Kharif crops
ⓘ
sowing of Rabi crops ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early winter
ⓘ
late autumn ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitu | Ritu cycle of six seasons ⓘ |
| climaticCharacteristic |
clear skies
ⓘ
cold nights ⓘ cool temperatures ⓘ dry weather ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Grishma (hot summer)
ⓘ
Varsha (monsoon) ⓘ |
| correspondsRoughlyToGregorianMonths |
December
ⓘ
January ⓘ November ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | time of increased cold but not peak winter ⓘ |
| describedAs | cool pre-winter season ⓘ |
| dietaryRecommendationInAyurveda | nourishing and warming foods ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | heman ⓘ |
| festivalsOftenOccurringIn |
Gita Jayanti (by overlap)
ⓘ
Kartika Purnima period (by overlap) ⓘ early part of Makar Sankranti season (by overlap) ⓘ |
| follows | Sharad ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMonths | 2 ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalColorSymbolismInSomeTexts | whitish or pale hues ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNumberInSomeSources | 2nd winter-related season ⓘ |
| includesMonth |
Margashirsha
ⓘ
Pausha ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| marksTransitionFrom | autumn ⓘ |
| marksTransitionTo | winter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hindu lunisolar calendar
ⓘ
traditional Indian season cycle ⓘ |
| positionInRituCycle | fifth season ⓘ |
| precedes | Shishira ⓘ |
| recognizedIn |
Ayurveda
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Indian agricultural traditions ⓘ classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| typicalHumanActivity |
preparation for peak winter (Shishira)
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use of warm clothing at night ⓘ |
| typicalNaturalPhenomena |
foggy mornings in North India
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shedding of many tree leaves ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu religious calendars
ⓘ
Indian astrological almanacs ⓘ |
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: Hemanta Description of subject: Hemanta is the cool, pre-winter season in the traditional Hindu lunisolar calendar, typically marking the transition from autumn to winter.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.