Thammattama
E936489
Thammattama is a traditional Sri Lankan twin-drum percussion instrument, prominently used to accompany Kandyan dance performances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thammattama canonical | 3 |
| Thappu | 1 |
| thammattama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11608301 — 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: Thammattama Context triple: [Kandyan dance, instrument, Thammattama]
-
A.
Badagu Thittu
Badagu Thittu is a major northern style of the traditional South Indian dance-drama Yakshagana, known for its elaborate costumes, vigorous dance, and distinctive musical patterns.
-
B.
Hayavadana
Hayavadana is a celebrated Indian play by Girish Karnad that blends folk theatre, myth, and existential themes to explore questions of identity and completeness.
-
C.
Muthaiga
Muthaiga is an affluent residential suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, known for its upscale homes, diplomatic residences, and exclusive social clubs.
-
D.
Vidhaata
Vidhaata is a 1982 Hindi action drama film directed by Subhash Ghai, known for its star-studded cast, popular music, and commercial success in Indian cinema.
-
E.
Karagattam
Karagattam is a traditional South Indian folk dance form, especially popular in Tamil Nadu, in which performers balance decorated pots on their heads while dancing to rhythmic folk music.
- 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: Thammattama Target entity description: Thammattama is a traditional Sri Lankan twin-drum percussion instrument, prominently used to accompany Kandyan dance performances.
-
A.
Badagu Thittu
Badagu Thittu is a major northern style of the traditional South Indian dance-drama Yakshagana, known for its elaborate costumes, vigorous dance, and distinctive musical patterns.
-
B.
Hayavadana
Hayavadana is a celebrated Indian play by Girish Karnad that blends folk theatre, myth, and existential themes to explore questions of identity and completeness.
-
C.
Muthaiga
Muthaiga is an affluent residential suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, known for its upscale homes, diplomatic residences, and exclusive social clubs.
-
D.
Vidhaata
Vidhaata is a 1982 Hindi action drama film directed by Subhash Ghai, known for its star-studded cast, popular music, and commercial success in Indian cinema.
-
E.
Karagattam
Karagattam is a traditional South Indian folk dance form, especially popular in Tamil Nadu, in which performers balance decorated pots on their heads while dancing to rhythmic folk music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan musical instrument
ⓘ
membranophone ⓘ percussion instrument ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Sinhalese ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Kandyan drumming tradition ⓘ |
| category | twin drum ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | Hornbostel–Sachs membranophone ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Buddhist temple rituals in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Kandyan tradition ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
animal skin drumheads
ⓘ
pair of drums ⓘ wooden drum shells ⓘ |
| material |
animal hide
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| performanceRole | lead rhythmic accompaniment ⓘ |
| playedWith |
drumsticks
ⓘ
wooden sticks ⓘ |
| playingTechnique |
complex rhythmic patterns
ⓘ
interlocking rhythms ⓘ |
| region | Central Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| relatedInstrument |
Dawula
ⓘ
Geta Bera ⓘ Yak Bera ⓘ |
| soundProduction | struck with sticks ⓘ |
| tuning | two different pitches ⓘ |
| typicalPlayingPosition | horizontal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial music
ⓘ
dance accompaniment ⓘ ritual music ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kandyan dance
ⓘ
Perahera festivals ⓘ processions in Sri Lanka ⓘ traditional Sri Lankan dance ⓘ |
| usedInEnsemble |
Kandyan drum ensemble
ⓘ
linked to:
Kandyan dance
|
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: Thammattama Description of subject: Thammattama is a traditional Sri Lankan twin-drum percussion instrument, prominently used to accompany Kandyan dance performances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thammattama
linked to: Thammattama