Dambadeniya
E567621
Dambadeniya was a medieval capital of Sri Lanka, notable as a royal stronghold and political center during the Dambadeniya Kingdom in the 13th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dambadeniya canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6078060 — 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: Dambadeniya Context triple: [Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, successorCapital, Dambadeniya]
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A.
Kertawardhana
Kertawardhana was a Javanese royal figure known primarily as the consort of Majapahit ruler Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi and a member of the Majapahit dynasty.
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B.
Kartasura
Kartasura is a historic Javanese town in Central Java, Indonesia, known for having been an important royal center of the Mataram Sultanate before the court moved to Surakarta.
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C.
Dipatiukur
Dipatiukur is a central urban area in Bandung, Indonesia, known for hosting one of Universitas Padjadjaran’s main campuses and its surrounding student-oriented neighborhood.
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D.
Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
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E.
Kota Gede
Kota Gede is a historic district in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, renowned as the former royal center of the Mataram Sultanate and for its traditional Javanese architecture and silver craftsmanship.
- 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: Dambadeniya Target entity description: Dambadeniya was a medieval capital of Sri Lanka, notable as a royal stronghold and political center during the Dambadeniya Kingdom in the 13th century.
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A.
Kertawardhana
Kertawardhana was a Javanese royal figure known primarily as the consort of Majapahit ruler Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi and a member of the Majapahit dynasty.
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B.
Kartasura
Kartasura is a historic Javanese town in Central Java, Indonesia, known for having been an important royal center of the Mataram Sultanate before the court moved to Surakarta.
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C.
Dipatiukur
Dipatiukur is a central urban area in Bandung, Indonesia, known for hosting one of Universitas Padjadjaran’s main campuses and its surrounding student-oriented neighborhood.
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D.
Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
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E.
Kota Gede
Kota Gede is a historic district in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, renowned as the former royal center of the Mataram Sultanate and for its traditional Javanese architecture and silver craftsmanship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Dambadeniya Kingdom ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| currentUse |
archaeological research site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| distanceFromColombo | approximately 70–80 km ⓘ |
| elevation | rocky hill ⓘ |
| function |
political center
ⓘ
royal stronghold ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Sinhalese kings
ⓘ
linked to:
King of Sri Lanka
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| hasFeature |
defensive walls
ⓘ
fortified rock ⓘ moats ⓘ palace complex ruins ⓘ ponds ⓘ stupa ⓘ temple ruins ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
ancient temple
ⓘ
defensive ramparts ⓘ royal palace ruins ⓘ stone steps to summit ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological protected monument ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 13th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
served as a major royal stronghold in 13th-century Sri Lanka
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served as a political and administrative center of the Dambadeniya Kingdom ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Sinhala ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kurunegala District
ⓘ
North Western Province ⓘ |
| locatedOn | rock outcrop ⓘ |
| near | Kurunegala ⓘ |
| notableFor |
medieval Sinhalese architecture
ⓘ
role in Sri Lankan monarchy ⓘ royal fortifications ⓘ |
| partOf | Cultural heritage of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| predecessorCapital | Polonnaruwa ⓘ |
| region | Coconut Triangle of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religionHistoricallyAssociated | Buddhism ⓘ |
| successorCapital | Yapahuwa ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| typeOfGovernmentWhenCapital | monarchy ⓘ |
| usedAsCapitalBy | Dambadeniya Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dambadeniya Description of subject: Dambadeniya was a medieval capital of Sri Lanka, notable as a royal stronghold and political center during the Dambadeniya Kingdom in the 13th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.