Menik Vehera
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Menik Vehera is a ruined Buddhist monastery complex in the ancient Sri Lankan city of Polonnaruwa, notable for its brick stupa and surrounding monastic structures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Menik Vehera canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6078078 — 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: Menik Vehera Context triple: [Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, hasStructure, Menik Vehera]
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A.
Marali Mannige
Marali Mannige is a renowned Kannada novel by Jnanpith award-winning writer Kota Shivarama Karanth, celebrated for its rich portrayal of social and cultural life in coastal Karnataka.
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B.
Chandika Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and prominent international cricket coach known for significantly improving the performance of teams such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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C.
W. Dahanayake
W. Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Ceylon in the late 1950s.
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D.
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director, and former NHS doctor known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Kirti Sri Rajasinha
Kirti Sri Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for reviving Buddhism and resisting European colonial influence.
- 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: Menik Vehera Target entity description: Menik Vehera is a ruined Buddhist monastery complex in the ancient Sri Lankan city of Polonnaruwa, notable for its brick stupa and surrounding monastic structures.
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A.
Marali Mannige
Marali Mannige is a renowned Kannada novel by Jnanpith award-winning writer Kota Shivarama Karanth, celebrated for its rich portrayal of social and cultural life in coastal Karnataka.
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B.
Chandika Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and prominent international cricket coach known for significantly improving the performance of teams such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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C.
W. Dahanayake
W. Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Ceylon in the late 1950s.
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D.
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director, and former NHS doctor known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Kirti Sri Rajasinha
Kirti Sri Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for reviving Buddhism and resisting European colonial influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery complex
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic architecture ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruined ⓘ |
| governedBy | Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central stupa
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raised terrace ⓘ stone pillars ⓘ surrounding monastic structures ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
brick stupa
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chapter house ⓘ courtyard ⓘ image house ⓘ monastic buildings ⓘ residential cells ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
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Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient city of Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| partOf | Polonnaruwa archaeological zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Polonnaruwa period ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance | important example of Polonnaruwa monastic architecture ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction in Polonnaruwa ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1982 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist rituals
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monastic residence ⓘ religious worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Menik Vehera Description of subject: Menik Vehera is a ruined Buddhist monastery complex in the ancient Sri Lankan city of Polonnaruwa, notable for its brick stupa and surrounding monastic structures.
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