Dras
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Dras is a high-altitude town in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, known as one of the coldest inhabited places in the world and a key location during the Kargil War.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dras canonical | 12 |
| Dras town | 2 |
| Dras sector | 1 |
| Dras tehsil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13000555 — 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: Dras Context triple: [Kargil district, containsTown, Dras]
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A.
Nawalgarh
Nawalgarh is a historic town in Rajasthan, India, renowned for its richly painted havelis and cultural heritage within the Shekhawati region.
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B.
Kishangarh
Kishangarh is a town and legislative assembly constituency in Rajasthan, India, known for its marble industry and distinctive miniature paintings.
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C.
Pinjore
Pinjore is a historic town in the Indian state of Haryana, best known for its Mughal-era Pinjore Gardens and its location near the city of Chandigarh.
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D.
Duhshala
Duhshala is the only daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for her marriage to Jayadratha.
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E.
Lehri
Lehri is a town and administrative area in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known for its rural character and role as a local hub within the region.
- 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: Dras Target entity description: Dras is a high-altitude town in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, known as one of the coldest inhabited places in the world and a key location during the Kargil War.
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A.
Nawalgarh
Nawalgarh is a historic town in Rajasthan, India, renowned for its richly painted havelis and cultural heritage within the Shekhawati region.
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B.
Kishangarh
Kishangarh is a town and legislative assembly constituency in Rajasthan, India, known for its marble industry and distinctive miniature paintings.
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C.
Pinjore
Pinjore is a historic town in the Indian state of Haryana, best known for its Mughal-era Pinjore Gardens and its location near the city of Chandigarh.
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D.
Duhshala
Duhshala is the only daughter of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known for her marriage to Jayadratha.
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E.
Lehri
Lehri is a town and administrative area in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known for its rural character and role as a local hub within the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision |
Dras tehsil
ⓘ
linked to:
Dras
|
| climate | subarctic climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 140 km from Srinagar
ⓘ
about 60 km from Kargil ⓘ |
| economyActivity |
animal husbandry
ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3,200 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| formerStateAffiliation |
Jammu and Kashmir (before 2019 reorganization)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jammu and Kashmir
|
| governingBody |
Administration of Ladakh
ⓘ
linked to:
Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh
|
| hasHistoricalEvent | Kargil War ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPass | Zoji La ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPeak |
Tiger Hill
ⓘ
Tololing ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRiver | Dras River ⓘ |
| hasWarMemorial | Dras War Memorial ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the coldest inhabited places in the world
ⓘ
extremely low winter temperatures ⓘ high altitude ⓘ role in the Kargil War ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kargil district
ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ northern India ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Himalayas ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Kargil region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kargil district
|
| locatedOn | National Highway 1 ⓘ |
| locatedOnRouteBetween |
Kargil
ⓘ
linked to:
Kargil district
Srinagar ⓘ |
| otherLanguageSpoken |
Hindi
ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| partOf |
Union Territory of Ladakh
ⓘ
linked to:
Ladakh
|
| primaryLanguageSpoken | Shina ⓘ |
| regionType | border area ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
location on Srinagar–Leh highway
ⓘ
proximity to Line of Control ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
Dras War Memorial
ⓘ
trekking routes in the Himalayas ⓘ views of Kargil War battle sites ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| wasBattlefieldIn | Kargil War ⓘ |
| winterTemperatureLow |
below −20 °C
ⓘ
can drop below −30 °C ⓘ |
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: Dras Description of subject: Dras is a high-altitude town in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India, known as one of the coldest inhabited places in the world and a key location during the Kargil War.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Srinagar-Leh Highway
linked to: Dras
linked to: Dras
linked to: Dras
linked to: Dras