පෙදෙසේන කොටුව
E340731
British colonial fort
Dutch colonial fort
Portuguese colonial fort
coastal fort
cultural heritage site
historic fortress
military site
tourist attraction
පෙදෙසේන කොටුව is the Sinhala name for Fort Frederick, a historic coastal fortress in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, originally built by the Portuguese and later used by Dutch and British colonial powers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| පෙදෙසේන කොටුව canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3230283 — 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: පෙදෙසේන කොටුව Context triple: [Fort Frederick, hasLocalName, පෙදෙසේන කොටුව]
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A.
Pecile
Pecile is a large colonnaded garden and pool complex within Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, designed as a central courtyard for leisure, reflection, and display of imperial grandeur.
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B.
Pest Plain
Pest Plain is the flat, densely built-up eastern part of Budapest, known as the city’s main commercial and administrative area.
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C.
Los Pelambres area
The Los Pelambres area is a major Chilean copper-mining district in the Andean highlands of Choapa Province, known for hosting one of the country’s largest open-pit copper mines.
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D.
Ponteareas
Ponteareas is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia, northwestern Spain, known for its traditional Corpus Christi flower carpets.
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E.
Kencot
Kencot is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic stone cottages and traditional Cotswold character.
- 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: පෙදෙසේන කොටුව Target entity description: පෙදෙසේන කොටුව is the Sinhala name for Fort Frederick, a historic coastal fortress in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, originally built by the Portuguese and later used by Dutch and British colonial powers.
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A.
Pecile
Pecile is a large colonnaded garden and pool complex within Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, designed as a central courtyard for leisure, reflection, and display of imperial grandeur.
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B.
Pest Plain
Pest Plain is the flat, densely built-up eastern part of Budapest, known as the city’s main commercial and administrative area.
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C.
Los Pelambres area
The Los Pelambres area is a major Chilean copper-mining district in the Andean highlands of Choapa Province, known for hosting one of the country’s largest open-pit copper mines.
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D.
Ponteareas
Ponteareas is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia, northwestern Spain, known for its traditional Corpus Christi flower carpets.
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E.
Kencot
Kencot is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic stone cottages and traditional Cotswold character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial fort
ⓘ
Dutch colonial fort ⓘ Portuguese colonial fort ⓘ coastal fort ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ historic fortress ⓘ military site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Portuguese Empire
ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese colonial authorities in Ceylon
|
| constructionStartCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| constructionStartYearApprox | 1623 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
surface form:
British Ceylon administration
Dutch East India Company ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| countryDuringConstruction | Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ |
| currentUse |
Sri Lankan military installation
ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bastions
ⓘ
gates ⓘ internal barracks ⓘ ramparts ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Fort Frederick ⓘ |
| hasNameInSinhala | පෙදෙසේන කොටුව ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form:
Trincomalee Harbour
|
| heritageStatus | protected monument of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sinhala ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Trincomalee ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Eastern Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Koneswaram Temple ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Swami Rock
ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form:
Trincomalee peninsula
|
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Trincomalee
ⓘ
surface form:
Trincomalee Harbour
|
| materialUsed |
masonry
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stone ⓘ |
| partOf | fortifications of Trincomalee ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Development Region of Sri Lanka
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surface form:
Eastern Sri Lanka
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| significance |
important colonial-era fortification in Sri Lanka
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strategic naval position in the Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal defence
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control of maritime trade routes ⓘ defence of Trincomalee Harbour ⓘ military garrison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: පෙදෙසේන කොටුව Description of subject: පෙදෙසේන කොටුව is the Sinhala name for Fort Frederick, a historic coastal fortress in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, originally built by the Portuguese and later used by Dutch and British colonial powers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.