Samanalakanda
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Samanalakanda is the Sinhalese name for Sri Lanka’s sacred mountain Adam’s Peak, revered by multiple religions and famed for the footprint-shaped mark near its summit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samanalakanda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19239653 — 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: Samanalakanda Context triple: [Adam's Peak, BuddhistName, Samanalakanda]
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A.
Central Province of Sri Lanka
The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
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B.
Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa is an ancient city in Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved medieval ruins and role as a major royal capital of the Sinhalese kingdom.
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C.
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Northern Province, Sri Lanka is the island nation’s northernmost province, centered on the Jaffna Peninsula and known for its Tamil cultural heritage and post-civil war reconstruction.
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D.
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a largely rural administrative region known for its Sinhalese majority population, ancient irrigation systems, and important archaeological sites such as Anuradhapura.
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E.
Walpola, Sri Lanka
Walpola, Sri Lanka is a village in Sri Lanka notable as the birthplace of the renowned Buddhist monk and scholar Walpola Rahula.
- 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: Samanalakanda Target entity description: Samanalakanda is the Sinhalese name for Sri Lanka’s sacred mountain Adam’s Peak, revered by multiple religions and famed for the footprint-shaped mark near its summit.
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A.
Central Province of Sri Lanka
The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
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B.
Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa is an ancient city in Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved medieval ruins and role as a major royal capital of the Sinhalese kingdom.
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C.
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Northern Province, Sri Lanka is the island nation’s northernmost province, centered on the Jaffna Peninsula and known for its Tamil cultural heritage and post-civil war reconstruction.
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D.
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a largely rural administrative region known for its Sinhalese majority population, ancient irrigation systems, and important archaeological sites such as Anuradhapura.
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E.
Walpola, Sri Lanka
Walpola, Sri Lanka is a village in Sri Lanka notable as the birthplace of the renowned Buddhist monk and scholar Walpola Rahula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.