Trincomalee Line
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The Trincomalee Line is a Sri Lankan railway route that connects the eastern coastal city of Trincomalee with the country’s main rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colombo–Trincomalee line | 1 |
| Trincomalee Line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13669180 — 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: Trincomalee Line Context triple: [Maradana railway station, railwayLine, Trincomalee Line]
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A.
Sri Lankan coast
The Sri Lankan coast is the tropical shoreline encircling the island nation of Sri Lanka, known for its sandy beaches, rich marine biodiversity, and strategic location along major Indian Ocean shipping routes.
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B.
Battle of Trincomalee
The Battle of Trincomalee was a 1782 naval engagement off the coast of Sri Lanka during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under Admiral Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of a key Indian Ocean port.
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C.
Batticaloa
Batticaloa is a coastal city in eastern Sri Lanka known historically as an important regional port and trading center.
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D.
British control of the Straits Zone
British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Batticaloa Fort
Batticaloa Fort is a historic coastal fortress in eastern Sri Lanka, built during the colonial era and known for its strategic location and well-preserved ramparts.
- 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: Trincomalee Line Target entity description: The Trincomalee Line is a Sri Lankan railway route that connects the eastern coastal city of Trincomalee with the country’s main rail network.
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A.
Sri Lankan coast
The Sri Lankan coast is the tropical shoreline encircling the island nation of Sri Lanka, known for its sandy beaches, rich marine biodiversity, and strategic location along major Indian Ocean shipping routes.
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B.
Battle of Trincomalee
The Battle of Trincomalee was a 1782 naval engagement off the coast of Sri Lanka during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under Admiral Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of a key Indian Ocean port.
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C.
Batticaloa
Batticaloa is a coastal city in eastern Sri Lanka known historically as an important regional port and trading center.
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D.
British control of the Straits Zone
British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Batticaloa Fort
Batticaloa Fort is a historic coastal fortress in eastern Sri Lanka, built during the colonial era and known for its strategic location and well-preserved ramparts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trincomalee Line