Shwebo
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Shwebo is a historic city in central Myanmar best known as the birthplace and early royal seat of King Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung Dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shwebo canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9125155 — 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: Shwebo Context triple: [Konbaung Dynasty, capital, Shwebo]
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A.
Thandwe
Thandwe is a coastal town in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, historically known as Sandoway and serving as an important regional center near the popular Ngapali Beach.
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B.
Wagaung
Wagaung is the fifth month of the traditional Burmese lunisolar calendar, typically falling around August in the Gregorian calendar.
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C.
Ta’ang
Ta’ang is a Mon–Khmer language spoken primarily by the Ta’ang (Palaung) ethnic group in parts of Myanmar and neighboring regions.
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D.
Tabaung
Tabaung is the twelfth and final month of the traditional Burmese calendar, marked by various religious festivals and cultural observances in Myanmar.
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E.
Ba Maw
Ba Maw was a Burmese nationalist leader and politician who served as the head of state of Japanese-occupied Burma during World War II.
- 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: Shwebo Target entity description: Shwebo is a historic city in central Myanmar best known as the birthplace and early royal seat of King Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung Dynasty.
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A.
Thandwe
Thandwe is a coastal town in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, historically known as Sandoway and serving as an important regional center near the popular Ngapali Beach.
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B.
Wagaung
Wagaung is the fifth month of the traditional Burmese lunisolar calendar, typically falling around August in the Gregorian calendar.
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C.
Ta’ang
Ta’ang is a Mon–Khmer language spoken primarily by the Ta’ang (Palaung) ethnic group in parts of Myanmar and neighboring regions.
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D.
Tabaung
Tabaung is the twelfth and final month of the traditional Burmese calendar, marked by various religious festivals and cultural observances in Myanmar.
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E.
Ba Maw
Ba Maw was a Burmese nationalist leader and politician who served as the head of state of Japanese-occupied Burma during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Shwebo Township ⓘ |
| administrativeRole |
district capital
ⓘ
township capital ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Alaungpaya ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Bamar population ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 110 km northwest of Mandalay
ⓘ
about 48 km north of Sagaing ⓘ |
| dynastyAssociatedWith | Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
pulses cultivation
ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ sesame cultivation ⓘ |
| eraOfCapitalStatus | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| formerName | Moksobo ⓘ |
| founder | Alaungpaya ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
Burmese royal traditions
ⓘ
Konbaung-era sites ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | universities and colleges ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Shwebo Palace site
ⓘ
city walls and moats remnants ⓘ numerous pagodas ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Buddhist monasteries
ⓘ
pagodas and stupas ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
highway connection to Mandalay
ⓘ
railway connection to Mandalay ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | starting point of Alaungpaya’s unification campaigns ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
birthplace of the Konbaung Dynasty founder
ⓘ
early capital of Alaungpaya ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Burmese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sagaing Region
ⓘ
central Myanmar ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Theravada Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
| monarchAssociatedWith | Alaungpaya ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alaungpaya’s native village Moksobo ⓘ |
| near | Irrawaddy River ⓘ |
| partOf | Shwebo District ⓘ |
| regionType | dry zone ⓘ |
| role |
agricultural market town
ⓘ
regional trade center ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Konbaung Kingdom ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Myanmar Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Myanmar Standard Time
|
| utcOffset | +6:30 ⓘ |
| wasRoyalSeatOf |
Alaungpaya
ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Burmese script ⓘ |
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: Shwebo Description of subject: Shwebo is a historic city in central Myanmar best known as the birthplace and early royal seat of King Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung Dynasty.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.