Ra
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Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god, revered as a supreme creator deity and central figure in Pharaonic religion and mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ra canonical | 185 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T807918 — 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: Ra Context triple: [Pharaonic Egypt, majorDeity, Ra]
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RA
RA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a principal artillery branch of the British Army.
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RA
RA is a prestigious post-nominal title indicating membership as a Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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R
R is a New York City Subway service that runs along the Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, providing local transit through key commercial and residential areas.
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REN
REN is a blockchain-based project and protocol focused on enabling cross-chain liquidity and interoperability between different cryptocurrency networks.
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RM
RM is the currency symbol that was used to denote the German Reichsmark, the former official currency of Germany from 1924 to 1948.
- 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: Ra Target entity description: Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god, revered as a supreme creator deity and central figure in Pharaonic religion and mythology.
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A.
RA
RA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a principal artillery branch of the British Army.
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B.
RA
RA is a prestigious post-nominal title indicating membership as a Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
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C.
R
R is a New York City Subway service that runs along the Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, providing local transit through key commercial and residential areas.
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D.
REN
REN is a blockchain-based project and protocol focused on enabling cross-chain liquidity and interoperability between different cryptocurrency networks.
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E.
RM
RM is the currency symbol that was used to denote the German Reichsmark, the former official currency of Germany from 1924 to 1948.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
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creator deity ⓘ solar deity ⓘ sun god ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal |
falcon
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hawk ⓘ ram ⓘ scarab beetle ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Heliopolis ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
cosmic order
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kingship ⓘ life ⓘ light ⓘ maʿat ⓘ |
| associatedWithPharaoh | divine father of the pharaoh ⓘ |
| cultTitleOfPharaoh | Son of Ra ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| domain |
order
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sky ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| epithet |
Amun-Ra
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linked to:
Amun
Atum-Ra ⓘ
linked to:
Atum
Creator of All ⓘ Khepri ⓘ Lord of the Sky ⓘ Lord of the Sun ⓘ Ra-Horakhty ⓘ Re ⓘ Re-Atum ⓘ Re-Harakhty ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Sun temples of Abu Ghurab
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linked to:
Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab
Temple of Ra at Heliopolis ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
falcon head
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human body ⓘ sun disk on head ⓘ uraeus on sun disk ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| majorCenterOfCult | Heliopolis ⓘ |
| mergedWith |
Amun
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Atum ⓘ Horus ⓘ Khepri ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent | daily battle against Apep in the underworld ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
creator of gods and humans
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ruler of the sky, earth, and underworld ⓘ traveler across the sky in a solar barque ⓘ traveler through the underworld at night ⓘ |
| opponent | Apep ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Geb
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Hathor ⓘ Maat ⓘ Nut ⓘ Sekhmet ⓘ Shu ⓘ Tefnut ⓘ |
| role |
creator of the world
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king of the gods ⓘ supreme god ⓘ |
| symbol |
ankh
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solar barque ⓘ sun disk ⓘ uraeus ⓘ was scepter ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant | Re ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | Egypt ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
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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: Ra Description of subject: Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god, revered as a supreme creator deity and central figure in Pharaonic religion and mythology.
Referenced by (185)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
sun temple of Niuserre (probable location nearby)
subject linked to:
sun temple of Niuserre (probable location nearby)