city of Ava (Inwa)
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The city of Ava (Inwa) is a historic former royal capital in central Myanmar that served as a major political and cultural center for several Burmese kingdoms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| city of Ava (Inwa) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9230646 — 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: city of Ava (Inwa) Context triple: [Kingdom of Ava, namedAfter, city of Ava (Inwa)]
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A.
Amarapura
Amarapura is a former royal city in Myanmar renowned for its role as an early Burmese capital and for landmarks such as the U Bein Bridge.
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B.
Mandalay
Mandalay is a major cultural and economic center in central Myanmar, historically known as the last royal capital of the Burmese kingdom.
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C.
Lashio
Lashio is a key town in northern Myanmar that historically served as an important transport and trade hub, particularly during World War II as the inland gateway to the Burma Road.
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D.
Pyinbya
Pyinbya was an early Burmese king traditionally credited with establishing Bagan as a fortified city, laying the foundations for the Pagan Kingdom that unified much of present-day Myanmar.
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E.
Moulamein
Moulamein is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic buildings and riverside setting.
- 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: city of Ava (Inwa) Target entity description: The city of Ava (Inwa) is a historic former royal capital in central Myanmar that served as a major political and cultural center for several Burmese kingdoms.
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A.
Amarapura
Amarapura is a former royal city in Myanmar renowned for its role as an early Burmese capital and for landmarks such as the U Bein Bridge.
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B.
Mandalay
Mandalay is a major cultural and economic center in central Myanmar, historically known as the last royal capital of the Burmese kingdom.
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C.
Lashio
Lashio is a key town in northern Myanmar that historically served as an important transport and trade hub, particularly during World War II as the inland gateway to the Burma Road.
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D.
Pyinbya
Pyinbya was an early Burmese king traditionally credited with establishing Bagan as a fortified city, laying the foundations for the Pagan Kingdom that unified much of present-day Myanmar.
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E.
Moulamein
Moulamein is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its historic buildings and riverside setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ historic city ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Innwa
NERFINISHED
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Inwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ratanapura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Ava Dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Konbaung Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Taungoo Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Ava Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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Burmese kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ava NERFINISHED ⓘ Konbaung Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Taungoo Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| currentUse |
historical site
ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | earthquake ⓘ |
| foundationYear | 1364 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | royal capital ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Thado Minbya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
ancient monasteries
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city walls remains ⓘ moats ⓘ pagodas ⓘ royal palace ruins ⓘ watchtower ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Upper Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Burmese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Myanmar ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Mandalay Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNearRiver | Myitnge River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | artificial island ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Irrawaddy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Mandalay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sagaing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEarthquakeYear | 1839 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ava–Sagaing cultural landscape
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bamar cultural region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Theravada
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surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| servedAsCapitalFrom | 1364 ⓘ |
| servedAsCapitalUntil | 1841 ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Burmese Buddhist scholarship
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Burmese cultural history ⓘ Burmese literature ⓘ Burmese political history ⓘ |
| transportAccess |
ferry
ⓘ
horse cart ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: city of Ava (Inwa) Description of subject: The city of Ava (Inwa) is a historic former royal capital in central Myanmar that served as a major political and cultural center for several Burmese kingdoms.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.