Gandhi family
E74683
Indian activist
Indian author
Indian diplomat
Indian historian
Indian independence activist
Indian journalist
Indian lawyer
Indian political activist
Indian political family
Indian politician
Indian-American activist
Indian-South African activist
social activist
The Gandhi family is a prominent Indian family best known for producing Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement against British rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhi family canonical | 21 |
| Gandhi family from Porbandar, India | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T599232 — 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: Gandhi family Context triple: [Karamchand Gandhi, memberOf, Gandhi family]
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A.
Manilal Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi was an Indian independence activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work as a journalist and editor in South Africa.
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B.
Harilal Gandhi
Harilal Gandhi was the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi, known for his troubled relationship with his father and struggles with identity, education, and alcoholism.
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C.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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D.
Devdas Gandhi
Devdas Gandhi was the youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work as a journalist and editor with The Hindustan Times and for his involvement in India’s independence movement.
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E.
Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
- 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: Gandhi family Target entity description: The Gandhi family is a prominent Indian family best known for producing Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement against British rule.
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A.
Manilal Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi was an Indian independence activist and the second son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work as a journalist and editor in South Africa.
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B.
Harilal Gandhi
Harilal Gandhi was the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi, known for his troubled relationship with his father and struggles with identity, education, and alcoholism.
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C.
Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian political figure who served as the diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Porbandar and was the father of Mahatma Gandhi.
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D.
Devdas Gandhi
Devdas Gandhi was the youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi, known for his work as a journalist and editor with The Hindustan Times and for his involvement in India’s independence movement.
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E.
Putlibai Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi was the deeply religious and influential mother of Mahatma Gandhi, whose piety and values profoundly shaped his character and philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian activist
ⓘ
Indian author ⓘ Indian diplomat ⓘ Indian historian ⓘ Indian independence activist ⓘ Indian journalist ⓘ Indian lawyer ⓘ Indian political activist ⓘ Indian political family ⓘ Indian politician ⓘ Indian politician ⓘ Indian-American activist ⓘ Indian-South African activist ⓘ social activist ⓘ |
| child |
Devdas Gandhi
ⓘ
Harilal Gandhi ⓘ Manilal Gandhi ⓘ Ramdas Gandhi ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gujarati people ⓘ |
| family |
Gandhi family
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Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ Gandhi family ⓘ |
| father |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
|
| grandfather |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
|
| greatGrandfather |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
|
| hasAncestor |
Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Karamchand Gandhi
Putlibai Gandhi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ social reform in India ⓘ |
| language | Gujarati ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Arun Manilal Gandhi
ⓘ
Devdas Gandhi ⓘ Gopalkrishna Gandhi ⓘ Harilal Gandhi ⓘ Kasturba Gandhi ⓘ Manilal Gandhi ⓘ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to:
Mahatma Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi ⓘ Ramdas Gandhi ⓘ Tushar Gandhi ⓘ |
| origin | Porbandar ⓘ |
| region | Gujarat ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse | Kasturba Gandhi ⓘ |
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: Gandhi family Description of subject: The Gandhi family is a prominent Indian family best known for producing Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement against British rule.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Gandhi family