Dematagoda
E571674
Dematagoda is a residential and commercial suburb within the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dematagoda canonical | 2 |
| Kottawa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5909805 — 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: Dematagoda Context triple: [Colombo Municipal Council area, contains, Dematagoda]
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A.
Balangoda
Balangoda is a town in south-central Sri Lanka known for its archaeological significance and as a regional commercial center in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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B.
Maharagama
Maharagama is a suburban city in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka, known as a densely populated residential and commercial hub within the Colombo metropolitan area.
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C.
Ambalangoda
Ambalangoda is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its traditional mask carving and puppet arts.
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D.
Gampola
Gampola is a historic town in Sri Lanka known for its former status as a medieval capital and its scenic hill-country setting.
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E.
Badulla
Badulla is a major town in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, known as the capital of Uva Province and a regional hub surrounded by tea plantations and scenic mountain landscapes.
- 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: Dematagoda Target entity description: Dematagoda is a residential and commercial suburb within the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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A.
Balangoda
Balangoda is a town in south-central Sri Lanka known for its archaeological significance and as a regional commercial center in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
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B.
Maharagama
Maharagama is a suburban city in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka, known as a densely populated residential and commercial hub within the Colombo metropolitan area.
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C.
Ambalangoda
Ambalangoda is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its traditional mask carving and puppet arts.
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D.
Gampola
Gampola is a historic town in Sri Lanka known for its former status as a medieval capital and its scenic hill-country setting.
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E.
Badulla
Badulla is a major town in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, known as the capital of Uva Province and a regional hub surrounded by tea plantations and scenic mountain landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place
ⓘ
suburb ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasDemographics |
ethnically diverse population
ⓘ
religiously diverse population ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
religious institutions
ⓘ
retail shops ⓘ schools ⓘ small industries ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
commercial area
ⓘ
residential area ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransport |
bus services
ⓘ
suburban rail services ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Dematagoda railway station ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
Baseline Road
ⓘ
Dematagoda Road ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Colombo ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Colombo District
ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Borella
ⓘ
Grandpass ⓘ Kolonnawa ⓘ Maradana ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colombo metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Colombo Metropolitan Region
|
| partOfLocalGovernmentArea | Colombo Municipal Council ⓘ |
| postalCode | 00900 ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Coastal line (Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
linked to:
Puttalam Line
Main line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
linked to:
Main Line (Sri Lanka)
|
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ |
| 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: Dematagoda Description of subject: Dematagoda is a residential and commercial suburb within the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.