Tepelenë
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Tepelenë is a small town in southern Albania, known historically as the birthplace of Ottoman Albanian ruler Ali Pasha and for its strategic position near the Vjosa River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepelenë canonical | 10 |
| Tepelenë (Albanian) | 1 |
| Tepelenë area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7078611 — 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: Tepelenë Context triple: [Tosk region, hasCity, Tepelenë]
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A.
Vurës
Vurës is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Vanua Lava in northern Vanuatu.
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B.
Maja Jezercë
Maja Jezercë is a prominent mountain peak in the Albanian Alps, known as one of the highest and most rugged summits in the Balkans.
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C.
Kardenakhi
Kardenakhi is a Georgian village in the Kakheti region renowned for producing high-quality wines under its own appellation.
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D.
Bsharri
Bsharri is a historic town in northern Lebanon known as the birthplace of poet Khalil Gibran and as a gateway to the nearby Cedars of God forest in the Mount Lebanon range.
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E.
Kryegjysh
Kryegjysh is the title given to the supreme spiritual leader of the Bektashi Sufi order.
- 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: Tepelenë Target entity description: Tepelenë is a small town in southern Albania, known historically as the birthplace of Ottoman Albanian ruler Ali Pasha and for its strategic position near the Vjosa River.
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A.
Vurës
Vurës is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Vanua Lava in northern Vanuatu.
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B.
Maja Jezercë
Maja Jezercë is a prominent mountain peak in the Albanian Alps, known as one of the highest and most rugged summits in the Balkans.
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C.
Kardenakhi
Kardenakhi is a Georgian village in the Kakheti region renowned for producing high-quality wines under its own appellation.
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D.
Bsharri
Bsharri is a historic town in northern Lebanon known as the birthplace of poet Khalil Gibran and as a gateway to the nearby Cedars of God forest in the Mount Lebanon range.
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E.
Kryegjysh
Kryegjysh is the title given to the supreme spiritual leader of the Bektashi Sufi order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| containsSettlement | town of Tepelenë ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 40.295°N 20.019°E ⓘ |
| country | Albania ⓘ |
| countryCallingCode | +355 ⓘ |
| crossedBy | SH4 highway ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 60 km from Gjirokastër
ⓘ
about 80 km from Vlora ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 200 metres ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Ottoman architectural remains ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFigure |
Ali Pasha of Tepelena
ⓘ
linked to:
Ali Pasha
|
| hasNearbyCity |
Fier
ⓘ
Gjirokastër ⓘ Vlora ⓘ |
| hasTransport | regional bus connections ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
affected by 1920s Albanian–Greek conflicts in the region
ⓘ
site of Ali Pasha’s fortress ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ottoman-era history
ⓘ
birthplace of Ali Pasha of Tepelena ⓘ proximity to Vjosa River canyons ⓘ strategic position controlling routes between central and southern Albania ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Albanian
ⓘ
linked to:
Albanian language
|
| locatedEastOf | Vlora ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Albania ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Gjirokastër County ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | historical region of Epirus ⓘ |
| locatedInValley |
Vjosa valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Vjosa River canyon
|
| locatedNearRiver | Vjosa River ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Gjirokastër ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vjosa River ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Tirana ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ali Pasha of Tepelena (epithet)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ali Pasha
|
| nativeNameLanguage | sq ⓘ |
| officialName | Tepelenë ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman Empire (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Empire
|
| population |
approximately 20000 (municipality)
ⓘ
approximately 8000 (town) ⓘ |
| postalCode | 9401 ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | municipality of Tepelenë ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
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: Tepelenë Description of subject: Tepelenë is a small town in southern Albania, known historically as the birthplace of Ottoman Albanian ruler Ali Pasha and for its strategic position near the Vjosa River.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tepelenë
linked to: Tepelenë