Ragama
E549039
Ragama is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, known as a key residential and transport hub near Colombo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ragama canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5798361 — 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: Ragama Context triple: [Colombo District, contains, Ragama]
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A.
Aluthgama
Aluthgama is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, tourism, and location along major road and rail routes.
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B.
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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C.
Koggala
Koggala is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka known for its scenic beach, lagoon, and proximity to the historic city of Galle.
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D.
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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E.
Sabaragamuwa
Sabaragamuwa is a historical region in Sri Lanka known for its rich natural resources, including gem mining and lush rainforests.
- 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: Ragama Target entity description: Ragama is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, known as a key residential and transport hub near Colombo.
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A.
Aluthgama
Aluthgama is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, tourism, and location along major road and rail routes.
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B.
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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C.
Koggala
Koggala is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka known for its scenic beach, lagoon, and proximity to the historic city of Galle.
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D.
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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E.
Sabaragamuwa
Sabaragamuwa is a historical region in Sri Lanka known for its rich natural resources, including gem mining and lush rainforests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| directionFromColombo | north ⓘ |
| distanceFromColombo | about 18 km ⓘ |
| governingBody | local urban council (Ragama area under Gampaha District authorities) ⓘ |
| hasCricketClub | Ragama Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya (Ragama premises) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commuter suburb of Colombo
ⓘ
medical education center ⓘ residential hub ⓘ |
| hasHospital |
Colombo North Teaching Hospital
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ragama Rehabilitation Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ Teaching Hospital Ragama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity |
Ja-Ela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kadawatha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kelaniya NERFINISHED ⓘ Wattala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailJunctionRole |
junction for trains between Colombo and Main Line interior
ⓘ
junction for trains between Colombo and Negombo ⓘ junction for trains between Colombo and Puttalam ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Ragama railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Buddhist temples in Ragama
ⓘ
St. Peter’s and Paul’s Church, Ragama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsFacility | Ragama Cricket Club ground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportRole |
commuter rail hub
ⓘ
road transport hub ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Gampaha District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Colombo metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 11010 ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Coastal Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Puttalam Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
Kandy Road (A1) vicinity
ⓘ
Negombo Road (A3) vicinity ⓘ |
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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: Ragama Description of subject: Ragama is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, known as a key residential and transport hub near Colombo.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.