Mahanama
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Mahanama was an early Buddhist lay disciple and relative of the Buddha who is traditionally remembered as one of the prominent listeners to his foundational teachings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahanama canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7050592 — 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: Mahanama Context triple: [Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, audienceMember, Mahanama]
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A.
Mataveri
Mataveri is a locality on Easter Island in Chile, historically significant as the area surrounding the island’s main settlement and airport.
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B.
Marakei
Marakei is a coral atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, known for its traditional villages and encircling lagoon.
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C.
Maungaturoto
Maungaturoto is a small rural town in northern New Zealand known for its farming community and location near the Kaipara Harbour.
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D.
Paretetaitonga
Paretetaitonga is one of the principal summits on Mount Ruapehu, a major active stratovolcano in New Zealand’s central North Island.
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E.
Savusavu
Savusavu is a small coastal town on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji, known for its sheltered bay, hot springs, and popularity as a yachting and diving destination.
- 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: Mahanama Target entity description: Mahanama was an early Buddhist lay disciple and relative of the Buddha who is traditionally remembered as one of the prominent listeners to his foundational teachings.
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A.
Mataveri
Mataveri is a locality on Easter Island in Chile, historically significant as the area surrounding the island’s main settlement and airport.
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B.
Marakei
Marakei is a coral atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, known for its traditional villages and encircling lagoon.
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C.
Maungaturoto
Maungaturoto is a small rural town in northern New Zealand known for its farming community and location near the Kaipara Harbour.
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D.
Paretetaitonga
Paretetaitonga is one of the principal summits on Mount Ruapehu, a major active stratovolcano in New Zealand’s central North Island.
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E.
Savusavu
Savusavu is a small coastal town on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji, known for its sheltered bay, hot springs, and popularity as a yachting and diving destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist lay disciple
ⓘ
devotee of the Buddha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
early Buddhist community ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Indian Buddhism ⓘ |
| familyRelationToBuddha | kinsman of the Buddha ⓘ |
| hears | foundational teachings of the Buddha ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Pali Buddhist tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| mentionedIn | early Buddhist traditions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early lay follower of the Buddha
ⓘ
listening to foundational Buddhist teachings ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| rememberedAs | prominent listener to the Buddha’s discourses ⓘ |
| role | lay disciple ⓘ |
| status | lay follower rather than monk ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
lifetime of Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
|
| tradition |
Theravada Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
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: Mahanama Description of subject: Mahanama was an early Buddhist lay disciple and relative of the Buddha who is traditionally remembered as one of the prominent listeners to his foundational teachings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.