Konna
E446305
Konna is a town in central Mali that gained prominence as a strategic battleground during the 2013 conflict between Malian and Islamist forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Konna canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4496118 — 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: Konna Context triple: [Battle of Konna, place, Konna]
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A.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
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B.
Kono
Kono is a major Mande language spoken primarily in parts of West Africa, notably in Sierra Leone and neighboring regions.
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C.
Kokona
Kokona is a local government area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, serving as an administrative subdivision of the state.
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D.
Anao
Anao is a small agricultural municipality located in the province of Tarlac in the Philippines.
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E.
Konedobu
Konedobu is a suburb of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, known for housing many government offices and administrative 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: Konna Target entity description: Konna is a town in central Mali that gained prominence as a strategic battleground during the 2013 conflict between Malian and Islamist forces.
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A.
Kono
Kono is a Japanese surname most prominently associated with politician Taro Kono, a leading figure in contemporary Japanese politics.
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B.
Kono
Kono is a major Mande language spoken primarily in parts of West Africa, notably in Sierra Leone and neighboring regions.
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C.
Kokona
Kokona is a local government area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, serving as an administrative subdivision of the state.
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D.
Anao
Anao is a small agricultural municipality located in the province of Tarlac in the Philippines.
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E.
Konedobu
Konedobu is a suburb of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, known for housing many government offices and administrative facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 14.9167°N 3.9000°W ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| endTime | 2013-01-18 ⓘ |
| gainedProminenceAs | strategic battleground in 2013 conflict between Malian and Islamist forces ⓘ |
| hasRole | strategic town in Mali War ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Bambara
ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Mali ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Douentza Cercle
ⓘ
Mopti Region ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Niger River floodplain ⓘ |
| location | Konna ⓘ |
| participant |
French Armed Forces
ⓘ
Islamist armed groups ⓘ Malian Armed Forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northern Mali conflict
ⓘ
linked to:
Mali War
|
| populationEstimate | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Douentza
ⓘ
Mopti ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Battle of Konna ⓘ |
| startTime | 2013-01-10 ⓘ |
| timeOfProminence | 2013 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ regional trade ⓘ |
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: Konna Description of subject: Konna is a town in central Mali that gained prominence as a strategic battleground during the 2013 conflict between Malian and Islamist forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.