Old Banten
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Old Banten is the historic former capital and port city of the Banten Sultanate in western Java, known for its archaeological remains and role as a major trading hub in the 16th–17th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banten (Old Banten) | 1 |
| Old Banten canonical | 1 |
| Old Banten (Banten Lama) area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1477918 — 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: Old Banten Context triple: [Banten, contains, Old Banten]
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A.
Batavia
Batavia was the principal colonial capital of the Dutch East Indies, located on the site of present-day Jakarta in Indonesia.
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B.
Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
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C.
The Istana
The Istana is the official presidential palace and primary ceremonial venue of Singapore, serving as the office and residence of the President.
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D.
Bogor Palace
Bogor Palace is a historic presidential residence and former Dutch colonial palace set within expansive botanical gardens in Bogor, Indonesia.
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E.
Surakarta Sunanate
The Surakarta Sunanate is a traditional Javanese monarchy centered in the city of Surakarta (Solo) in Central Java, Indonesia, known for its royal court culture, classical arts, and enduring ceremonial role.
- 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: Old Banten Target entity description: Old Banten is the historic former capital and port city of the Banten Sultanate in western Java, known for its archaeological remains and role as a major trading hub in the 16th–17th centuries.
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A.
Batavia
Batavia was the principal colonial capital of the Dutch East Indies, located on the site of present-day Jakarta in Indonesia.
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B.
Jayanegara
Jayanegara was an early 14th-century king of the Majapahit Empire in Java, known for consolidating the young kingdom amid internal conflicts and succession struggles.
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C.
The Istana
The Istana is the official presidential palace and primary ceremonial venue of Singapore, serving as the office and residence of the President.
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D.
Bogor Palace
Bogor Palace is a historic presidential residence and former Dutch colonial palace set within expansive botanical gardens in Bogor, Indonesia.
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E.
Surakarta Sunanate
The Surakarta Sunanate is a traditional Javanese monarchy centered in the city of Surakarta (Solo) in Central Java, Indonesia, known for its royal court culture, classical arts, and enduring ceremonial role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ historic city ⓘ port city ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sultanate of Banten
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surface form:
Banten Sultanate
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa ⓘ Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten ⓘ |
| causeOfDecline |
Dutch colonial intervention
ⓘ
silting of harbor ⓘ |
| contains |
Banten Grand Mosque
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Mosque of Banten
Kaibon Palace ruins ⓘ Krakatoa ⓘ
surface form:
Krakatau monument (related heritage context)
Speelwijk Fortress ⓘ Surosowan Palace ruins ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| declinedInPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
European colonial military architecture
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Islamic architecture ⓘ Javanese architecture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | national cultural heritage site of Indonesia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Islamic architecture
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archaeological remains ⓘ historic mosques ⓘ palace ruins ⓘ role in regional and international trade ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Sundanese language area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banten
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surface form:
Banten Province
Java ⓘ Sunda Strait region ⓘ West Java ⓘ
surface form:
western Java
|
| mainExports |
pepper
ⓘ
spices ⓘ |
| near |
Cilegon
ⓘ
Serang ⓘ |
| partOf | Banten Regency ⓘ |
| presentDayUse |
archaeological park
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedAs |
capital of the Banten Sultanate
ⓘ
major trading port ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism destination
ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Asian merchants
ⓘ
Dutch traders ⓘ English traders ⓘ Portuguese traders ⓘ |
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: Old Banten Description of subject: Old Banten is the historic former capital and port city of the Banten Sultanate in western Java, known for its archaeological remains and role as a major trading hub in the 16th–17th centuries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.