Sri Lanka Railways
E321694
Sri Lanka Railways is the state-owned national railway operator of Sri Lanka, providing passenger and freight rail services across the country.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Railways canonical | 21 |
| Sri Lanka Railways network | 8 |
| Ceylon Government Railway | 2 |
| Sri Lanka Government Railway | 1 |
| Sri Lanka Railway Department | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3025960 — 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: Sri Lanka Railways Context triple: [Colombo–Matara railway line, owner, Sri Lanka Railways]
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A.
Colombo–Matara railway line
The Colombo–Matara railway line is a coastal rail route in southwestern Sri Lanka that connects the capital region with major southern cities, including Galle and Matara.
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B.
SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, operating international passenger and cargo flights primarily across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe from its hub in Colombo.
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C.
State Railway of Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand is the national state-owned rail operator responsible for managing and running most of Thailand’s railway services and infrastructure.
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D.
Colombo Fort railway station
Colombo Fort railway station is the main railway hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as a central junction for both suburban and long-distance train services across the country.
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E.
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a largely rural administrative region known for its Sinhalese majority population, ancient irrigation systems, and important archaeological sites such as Anuradhapura.
- 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: Sri Lanka Railways Target entity description: Sri Lanka Railways is the state-owned national railway operator of Sri Lanka, providing passenger and freight rail services across the country.
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A.
Colombo–Matara railway line
The Colombo–Matara railway line is a coastal rail route in southwestern Sri Lanka that connects the capital region with major southern cities, including Galle and Matara.
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B.
SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, operating international passenger and cargo flights primarily across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe from its hub in Colombo.
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C.
State Railway of Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand is the national state-owned rail operator responsible for managing and running most of Thailand’s railway services and infrastructure.
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D.
Colombo Fort railway station
Colombo Fort railway station is the main railway hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as a central junction for both suburban and long-distance train services across the country.
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E.
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a largely rural administrative region known for its Sinhalese majority population, ancient irrigation systems, and important archaeological sites such as Anuradhapura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national railway operator
ⓘ
railway company ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sri Lanka Railways
ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lanka Government Railway
Sri Lanka Railways ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lanka Railway Department
|
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| electrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| formerName |
Sri Lanka Railways
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon Government Railway
|
| hasPart |
railway lines in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
railway stations in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Colombo
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| networkType | heavy rail ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | http://www.railway.gov.lk ⓘ |
| operatesLine |
Colombo–Batticaloa route
ⓘ
surface form:
Batticaloa Line
Colombo–Matara railway line ⓘ
surface form:
Coastal Line (Sri Lanka)
Eastern Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Kelani Valley Line ⓘ Main Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Mannar Line ⓘ Northern Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Puttalam Line ⓘ |
| operatesService |
Colombo commuter rail services
ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ intercity express trains ⓘ long-distance passenger trains ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Transport (Sri Lanka) ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Sri Lanka Railways
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon Government Railway
|
| primaryHub | Colombo Fort railway station ⓘ |
| regionServed | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| secondaryHub | Maradana railway station ⓘ |
| serviceType |
freight rail transport
ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ |
| trackGauge |
1,676 mm
ⓘ
broad gauge ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| usesRollingStock |
diesel locomotives
ⓘ
diesel multiple units ⓘ freight wagons ⓘ passenger coaches ⓘ |
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: Sri Lanka Railways Description of subject: Sri Lanka Railways is the state-owned national railway operator of Sri Lanka, providing passenger and freight rail services across the country.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Ceylon Government Railway
this entity surface form:
Ceylon Government Railway
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railway Department
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Government Railway
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network
this entity surface form:
Sri Lanka Railways network