Yama
E730403
Yama is the historical name of the Russian town now known as Kingisepp, located in Leningrad Oblast near the border with Estonia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yama canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8372614 — 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: Yama Context triple: [Kingisepp, hasHistoricalName, Yama]
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A.
Yama
Yama is a Linux Security Module that enhances process and ptrace-related security by restricting how processes can inspect or interfere with each other.
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B.
Yama
Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice, traditionally regarded as the ruler of the afterlife and judge of the souls of the dead.
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Yamadera
Yamadera is a historic mountainside temple complex in Japan’s Tohoku region, famed for its scenic cliffside halls and panoramic valley views.
- 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: Yama Target entity description: Yama is the historical name of the Russian town now known as Kingisepp, located in Leningrad Oblast near the border with Estonia.
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A.
Yama
Yama is the Hindu god of death and justice, traditionally regarded as the ruler of the afterlife and judge of the souls of the dead.
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B.
Yama
Yama is a Linux Security Module that enhances process and ptrace-related security by restricting how processes can inspect or interfere with each other.
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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E.
Yamadera
Yamadera is a historic mountainside temple complex in Japan’s Tohoku region, famed for its scenic cliffside halls and panoramic valley views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former name of settlement
ⓘ
historical town ⓘ |
| borderTown | true ⓘ |
| category |
Former cities in Russia
ⓘ
History of Leningrad Oblast ⓘ |
| cededBy | Russia ⓘ |
| cededInTreaty | Treaty of Stolbovo ⓘ |
| cededTo | Sweden ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| distanceToSaintPetersburg | approximately 120 km ⓘ |
| fortifiedPlace | true ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Novgorodians ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| hasFortress |
Yam Fortress
ⓘ
linked to:
Yam fortress
|
| historicalNameInFinnish | Jaama ⓘ |
| historicalNameInRussian |
Ям
ⓘ
Ям-город ⓘ |
| historicalNameInSwedish | Jama ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ingria ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Leningrad Oblast
ⓘ
Northwestern Federal District ⓘ |
| locatedNear | border with Estonia ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Luga River ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Petersburg Federal City
|
| nowKnownAs | Kingisepp ⓘ |
| partOf |
Novgorod Republic
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Kingisepp ⓘ |
| recapturedBy | Russia ⓘ |
| recapturedInReignOf | Peter the Great ⓘ |
| strategicRole | border fortress against Sweden ⓘ |
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: Yama Description of subject: Yama is the historical name of the Russian town now known as Kingisepp, located in Leningrad Oblast near the border with Estonia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.