Kandy (inferred, not certain)
E1043291
Kandy is a major city in central Sri Lanka, historically significant as the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and home to the sacred Temple of the Tooth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandy (inferred, not certain) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13493954 — 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: Kandy (inferred, not certain) Context triple: [Sri Vijaya Rajasinha, deathPlace, Kandy (inferred, not certain)]
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A.
Kelaniya
Kelaniya is a suburban town near Colombo in Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple and cultural significance.
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B.
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.
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C.
Kalutara
Kalutara is a major coastal town in western Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple, scenic beaches, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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D.
Kotte
Kotte is a historic Sri Lankan city that once served as the capital of a medieval kingdom and later gave its name to the modern administrative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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E.
Homagama
Homagama is a rapidly developing suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated southeast of central Colombo and known for its residential growth and educational and industrial facilities.
- 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: Kandy (inferred, not certain) Target entity description: Kandy is a major city in central Sri Lanka, historically significant as the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and home to the sacred Temple of the Tooth.
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A.
Kelaniya
Kelaniya is a suburban town near Colombo in Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple and cultural significance.
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B.
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.
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C.
Kalutara
Kalutara is a major coastal town in western Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple, scenic beaches, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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D.
Kotte
Kotte is a historic Sri Lankan city that once served as the capital of a medieval kingdom and later gave its name to the modern administrative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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E.
Homagama
Homagama is a rapidly developing suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated southeast of central Colombo and known for its residential growth and educational and industrial facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | center of Kandyan culture ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 115 km from Colombo ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
services sector
ⓘ
tea trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 500 m above sea level ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf |
Kingdom of Kandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kandy Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Kandy Esala Perahera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Temple of the Tooth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLake | Kandy Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Sri Dalada Maligawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | University of Peradeniya (nearby, associated urban area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | last capital of the Sinhalese kings ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Esala Perahera festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kandyan dance NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of the Tooth NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial-era architecture ⓘ tea-growing region nearby ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Province, Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kandy District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyMountainRange | Knuckles Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Province urban network ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| railConnection | Main Line (Colombo–Badulla railway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism (majority)
ⓘ
Christianity (minority) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism (minority) ⓘ Islam (minority) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
Buddhist pilgrimage site
ⓘ
location of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ |
| river | Mahaweli River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadConnection | A1 highway to Colombo ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportHubFor | Central Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
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: Kandy (inferred, not certain) Description of subject: Kandy is a major city in central Sri Lanka, historically significant as the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and home to the sacred Temple of the Tooth.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.