Lezhë
E509729
Lezhë is a historic town in northwestern Albania, known as the site of the League of Lezhë and for its cultural and archaeological heritage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lezhë canonical | 2 |
| Lezhë, Albania | 1 |
| Scodra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5033929 — 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: Lezhë Context triple: [Shëngjin, locatedNear, Lezhë]
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A.
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër is a historic stone-built city in southern Albania, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved Ottoman-era architecture.
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B.
Korçë
Korçë is a city in southeastern Albania known as a cultural and educational center with rich Orthodox Christian heritage and historic architecture.
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C.
Elbasan
Elbasan is a city in central Albania known as an important industrial and transportation hub with historical roots dating back to the Ottoman era.
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D.
Durrës
Durrës is a major port city on the Adriatic coast of Albania, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
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E.
Pogradec
Pogradec is a town in southeastern Albania known as a lakeside resort and cultural center on the shores of Lake Ohrid.
- 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: Lezhë Target entity description: Lezhë is a historic town in northwestern Albania, known as the site of the League of Lezhë and for its cultural and archaeological heritage.
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A.
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër is a historic stone-built city in southern Albania, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved Ottoman-era architecture.
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B.
Korçë
Korçë is a city in southeastern Albania known as a cultural and educational center with rich Orthodox Christian heritage and historic architecture.
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C.
Elbasan
Elbasan is a city in central Albania known as an important industrial and transportation hub with historical roots dating back to the Ottoman era.
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D.
Durrës
Durrës is a major port city on the Adriatic coast of Albania, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
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E.
Pogradec
Pogradec is a town in southeastern Albania known as a lakeside resort and cultural center on the shores of Lake Ohrid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Lezhë County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 41.783 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 19.650 ⓘ |
| country | Albania ⓘ |
| countryCallingCode | +355 ⓘ |
| distanceTo | about 60 km north of Tirana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Albanians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Illyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | ancient city walls of Lissus ⓘ |
| hasBuilding | Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Skanderbeg memorial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution | local museum of history ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEvent | League of Lezhë (1444) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite |
Lezhë Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruins of ancient Lissus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomb of Skanderbeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Kune-Vain-Tale Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | small city ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | KS Besëlidhja Lezhë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | SH1 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Alessio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Zadrima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
League of Lezhë
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
archaeological heritage ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Albania ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Lezhë County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerEntity |
Kingdom of Albania (medieval)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Principality of Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ Venetian Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Drin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Albanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lezhë Municipality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism (significant minority)
ⓘ
Islam (majority) ⓘ |
| roadDistanceTo |
Shkodër
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tirana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Lezhë Description of subject: Lezhë is a historic town in northwestern Albania, known as the site of the League of Lezhë and for its cultural and archaeological heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lezhë, Albania
this entity surface form:
Scodra