Moratuwa
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Moratuwa is a coastal suburb and industrial city in Sri Lanka, located just south of Colombo and known for its furniture industry and technical university.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moratuwa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5798352 — 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: Moratuwa Context triple: [Colombo District, contains, Moratuwa]
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A.
Kalutara
Kalutara is a major coastal town in western Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple, scenic beaches, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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B.
Ruwanwella
Ruwanwella is a small town in Sri Lanka known for its historical fort and scenic surroundings, located within the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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C.
Seibal
Seibal is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Guatemala known for its well-preserved stelae and strategic location along the Usumacinta River.
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D.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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E.
Kuragala archaeological site
Kuragala archaeological site is an ancient rock complex in Sri Lanka known for its prehistoric cave dwellings, Buddhist monastic remains, and later Islamic religious significance.
- 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: Moratuwa Target entity description: Moratuwa is a coastal suburb and industrial city in Sri Lanka, located just south of Colombo and known for its furniture industry and technical university.
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A.
Kalutara
Kalutara is a major coastal town in western Sri Lanka, known for its historic Buddhist temple, scenic beaches, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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B.
Ruwanwella
Ruwanwella is a small town in Sri Lanka known for its historical fort and scenic surroundings, located within the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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C.
Seibal
Seibal is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Guatemala known for its well-preserved stelae and strategic location along the Usumacinta River.
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D.
Kadmat
Kadmat is a coral island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, known for its white-sand beaches, clear lagoons, and vibrant marine life that make it a popular destination for snorkeling and diving.
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E.
Kuragala archaeological site
Kuragala archaeological site is an ancient rock complex in Sri Lanka known for its prehistoric cave dwellings, Buddhist monastic remains, and later Islamic religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ suburb ⓘ |
| borders |
Bolgoda Lake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| governingBody | Moratuwa Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Holy Family Convent, Moratuwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moratuwa Maha Vidyalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLake | Bolgoda Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Moratuwa Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorIndustry |
furniture manufacturing
ⓘ
light engineering ⓘ metalwork ⓘ rubber products ⓘ woodworking ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
Clarence Wijewardena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kusal Perera NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunil Perera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 10400 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation |
Koralawella railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunawa railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Moratuwa railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya (near Moratuwa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Our Lady of Victories Church, Moratuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Sebastian’s Church, Moratuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
Colombo–Galle–Matara main road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galle Road (A2 highway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuburb |
Angulana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egoda Uyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Katubedda NERFINISHED ⓘ Koralawella NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rawathawatta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | University of Moratuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCoastalCity | true ⓘ |
| isIndustrialCity | true ⓘ |
| isOnRailwayLine | Coastal Line (Sri Lanka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
University of Moratuwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
furniture industry ⓘ industrial activities ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colombo District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
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: Moratuwa Description of subject: Moratuwa is a coastal suburb and industrial city in Sri Lanka, located just south of Colombo and known for its furniture industry and technical university.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.