Sri Vikrama Rajasimha
E1045696
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha was the last king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of the kingdom in 1815.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sri Vikrama Rajasimha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13479885 — 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: Sri Vikrama Rajasimha Context triple: [Kannasamy Nayaka, alsoKnownAs, Sri Vikrama Rajasimha]
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A.
Krishna III
Krishna III was a powerful 10th-century Rashtrakuta emperor known for his successful military campaigns in South India and consolidation of imperial power.
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B.
Kanthirava Narasaraja I
Kanthirava Narasaraja I was a 17th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for consolidating Wadiyar rule and significantly expanding the kingdom’s territory and power.
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C.
Krishna II
Krishna II was a 9th–10th century Rashtrakuta emperor of the Deccan, known for consolidating his dynasty’s power and engaging in extensive military and political campaigns in southern and western India.
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D.
Viranarasimha Raya
Viranarasimha Raya was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Tuluva dynasty who governed in the early 16th century, preceding the celebrated reign of Sri Krishnadevaraya.
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E.
Rama Varma Kulashekhara
Rama Varma Kulashekhara was a medieval South Indian monarch known as a prominent ruler of the Chera dynasty in present-day Kerala.
- 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: Sri Vikrama Rajasimha Target entity description: Sri Vikrama Rajasimha was the last king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of the kingdom in 1815.
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A.
Krishna III
Krishna III was a powerful 10th-century Rashtrakuta emperor known for his successful military campaigns in South India and consolidation of imperial power.
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B.
Kanthirava Narasaraja I
Kanthirava Narasaraja I was a 17th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for consolidating Wadiyar rule and significantly expanding the kingdom’s territory and power.
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C.
Krishna II
Krishna II was a 9th–10th century Rashtrakuta emperor of the Deccan, known for consolidating his dynasty’s power and engaging in extensive military and political campaigns in southern and western India.
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D.
Viranarasimha Raya
Viranarasimha Raya was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Tuluva dynasty who governed in the early 16th century, preceding the celebrated reign of Sri Krishnadevaraya.
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E.
Rama Varma Kulashekhara
Rama Varma Kulashekhara was a medieval South Indian monarch known as a prominent ruler of the Chera dynasty in present-day Kerala.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Kandy
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historical figure ⓘ last king of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Wickrama Rajasinha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Temple of the Tooth, Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Nayakkar dynasty of Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1780 ⓘ |
| capturedBy | British forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedYear | 1815 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Kandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1832 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Nayakkar dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfReignCause |
British annexation of Kandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kandyan Convention of 1815 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | Kandyan Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exiledTo |
Madras Presidency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vellore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sri Venkata Ranga Rajasimha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt |
Sinhala
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| lastRulerOf | Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Kandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Subbamma Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last indigenous monarch of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
end of the Sinhalese monarchy ⓘ |
| overthrownBy |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Vellore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Vellore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Rajadhi Rajasinha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1815 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1798 ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ruledRegion | Central Highlands of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | British annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ |
| spouse |
Subbamma Nayak
NERFINISHED
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Venkata Ranga Ammal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
British colonial administration in Kandy
ⓘ
Governorship of British Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sri Vikrama Rajasimha Description of subject: Sri Vikrama Rajasimha was the last king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of the kingdom in 1815.
Referenced by (1)
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