Kangar, Perlis
E782243
Kangar, Perlis is the small capital town of Malaysia’s northernmost state of Perlis, serving as its main administrative and commercial center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kangar, Perlis canonical | 3 |
| Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9179344 — 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: Kangar, Perlis Context triple: [Perlis State Legislative Assembly, locatedIn, Kangar, Perlis]
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A.
Kuala Kangsar
Kuala Kangsar is a historic royal town in the Malaysian state of Perak, known as the traditional seat of the Perak Sultanate.
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B.
Temerloh
Temerloh is a town in central Pahang, Malaysia, known as a regional commercial hub and gateway to the state's interior.
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C.
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu is a coastal city in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia known for its Islamic heritage architecture, traditional Malay culture, and proximity to popular island destinations.
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D.
Sitiawan, Perak
Sitiawan, Perak is a coastal town in the Manjung District of Perak, Malaysia, known historically for its Chinese settler communities and as a gateway to the nearby Pangkor Island.
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E.
Kulim
Kulim is a prominent town and industrial hub in the Malaysian state of Kedah, known for its high-tech manufacturing and proximity to Penang.
- 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: Kangar, Perlis Target entity description: Kangar, Perlis is the small capital town of Malaysia’s northernmost state of Perlis, serving as its main administrative and commercial center.
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A.
Kuala Kangsar
Kuala Kangsar is a historic royal town in the Malaysian state of Perak, known as the traditional seat of the Perak Sultanate.
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B.
Temerloh
Temerloh is a town in central Pahang, Malaysia, known as a regional commercial hub and gateway to the state's interior.
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C.
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu is a coastal city in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia known for its Islamic heritage architecture, traditional Malay culture, and proximity to popular island destinations.
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D.
Sitiawan, Perak
Sitiawan, Perak is a coastal town in the Manjung District of Perak, Malaysia, known historically for its Chinese settler communities and as a gateway to the nearby Pangkor Island.
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E.
Kulim
Kulim is a prominent town and industrial hub in the Malaysian state of Kedah, known for its high-tech manufacturing and proximity to Penang.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state capital
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| commonLanguages |
Chinese dialects
ⓘ
English ⓘ Malay ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
about 10 km from Kuala Perlis
ⓘ
about 35 km from Padang Besar, Perlis ⓘ about 45 km from Arau, Perlis ⓘ |
| elevationApprox | low-lying area ⓘ |
| function | administrative seat of the Raja of Perlis’s government ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kangar Municipal Council ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bus terminal
ⓘ
district hospital ⓘ government offices complex ⓘ public markets ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Perlis ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Malay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Malay Peninsula
ⓘ
northern Malaysia ⓘ |
| majorEconomicActivity |
government administration
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | Thailand ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Bukit Lagi
ⓘ
Gua Kelam (within Perlis state) ⓘ
linked to:
Gua Kelam
paddy fields of Perlis ⓘ |
| nearbyInstitution |
Kolej Matrikulasi Perlis
ⓘ
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) ⓘ
linked to:
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
|
| otherReligions |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ |
| populationApprox | around 48000 (early 2020s) ⓘ |
| postalCodeRange | 01000–01999 (general area) ⓘ |
| region | northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| river | Sungai Perlis ⓘ |
| role |
administrative centre of Perlis
ⓘ
commercial centre of Perlis ⓘ |
| state | Perlis ⓘ |
| timeZone | Malaysia Time ⓘ |
| transportMode |
intercity buses
ⓘ
private cars ⓘ taxis ⓘ |
| urbanType | small town ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +08:00 ⓘ |
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: Kangar, Perlis Description of subject: Kangar, Perlis is the small capital town of Malaysia’s northernmost state of Perlis, serving as its main administrative and commercial center.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kangar, Perlis