Johor Lama
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Johor Lama was a historic fortified riverine settlement that served as an important political and trading center of the Johor Sultanate in the Malay Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johor Lama canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1443377 — 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: Johor Lama Context triple: [Johor Sultanate, capital, Johor Lama]
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A.
Kertajaya
Kertajaya was a 13th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, remembered for his conflict with the emerging Singhasari kingdom and his role in the region’s political transition.
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B.
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is a large, rapidly developing city in southern Peninsular Malaysia, located just across the causeway from Singapore and serving as the capital of Johor state.
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C.
Johor
Johor is a state in southern Peninsular Malaysia known for its strategic location bordering Singapore, diverse economy, and rich Malay cultural heritage.
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D.
Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state and island renowned for its multicultural heritage, historic George Town, and vibrant street food scene.
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E.
Kedah
Kedah is a state in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, historically significant as one of the oldest Malay kingdoms and once part of British Malaya.
- 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: Johor Lama Target entity description: Johor Lama was a historic fortified riverine settlement that served as an important political and trading center of the Johor Sultanate in the Malay Peninsula.
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A.
Kertajaya
Kertajaya was a 13th-century king of the Kediri Kingdom in Java, remembered for his conflict with the emerging Singhasari kingdom and his role in the region’s political transition.
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B.
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is a large, rapidly developing city in southern Peninsular Malaysia, located just across the causeway from Singapore and serving as the capital of Johor state.
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C.
Johor
Johor is a state in southern Peninsular Malaysia known for its strategic location bordering Singapore, diverse economy, and rich Malay cultural heritage.
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D.
Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state and island renowned for its multicultural heritage, historic George Town, and vibrant street food scene.
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E.
Kedah
Kedah is a state in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia, historically significant as one of the oldest Malay kingdoms and once part of British Malaya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former capital city
ⓘ
fortified town ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance | remains of fortifications and settlement layout ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
Sultan of Johor
ⓘ
surface form:
Johor royal house
|
| attackedBy | Portuguese forces from Melaka ⓘ |
| conflict |
Portuguese conquest of Malacca
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese–Johor conflicts
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| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Malay world ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
maritime trade
ⓘ
river trade ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
16th century
ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Sultan of Johor
ⓘ
surface form:
Johor nobility
Sultan of Johor ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
defensive walls
ⓘ
riverine fortifications ⓘ stockades ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historical site ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Old Malay
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Malay
|
| linkedToEvent | post-Melaka Malay political reorganization ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Johor
ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
southern Malay Peninsula
|
| locatedOn | Johor River ⓘ |
| nearbyModernSettlement | Kota Tinggi ⓘ |
| partOf | Johor Sultanate ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
administrative center of the Johor Sultanate
ⓘ
seat of the Johor court ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | later Johor capitals such as Batu Sawar ⓘ |
| region | southern Johor ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| resultOfAttack |
decline as primary capital
ⓘ
destruction of fortifications ⓘ |
| servedAs |
political center of the Johor Sultanate
ⓘ
royal capital of the Johor Sultanate ⓘ trading center of the Johor Sultanate ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of Johor River trade
ⓘ
control of Straits of Singapore approaches ⓘ |
| successorOf | Johor Bahru area early river settlements ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Malay ports
ⓘ
regional traders in the Straits of Melaka ⓘ |
| tradeGoods |
imported luxury items
ⓘ
regional produce ⓘ |
| transportMode |
river transport
ⓘ
small maritime vessels ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Sultan of Johor
ⓘ
surface form:
Sultans of Johor
|
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: Johor Lama Description of subject: Johor Lama was a historic fortified riverine settlement that served as an important political and trading center of the Johor Sultanate in the Malay Peninsula.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.