Mayadunne of Sitawaka
E396938
Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mayadunne of Sitawaka canonical | 7 |
| King of Sitawaka | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3912275 — 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: Mayadunne of Sitawaka Context triple: [Kingdom of Kotte, notableRuler, Mayadunne of Sitawaka]
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A.
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was the final king of the Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of his kingdom in the early 19th century.
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B.
Kirti Sri Rajasinha
Kirti Sri Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for reviving Buddhism and resisting European colonial influence.
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C.
Kandyan kings
The Kandyan kings were the monarchs of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for resisting European colonial powers and preserving Sinhalese culture and Buddhism until the early 19th century.
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D.
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana was the regnal name of Raden Wijaya, the founder and first king of the Majapahit Empire in Java.
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E.
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known as one of the early Nayakkar rulers who strengthened South Indian influence at the Kandyan court.
- 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: Mayadunne of Sitawaka Target entity description: Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
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A.
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was the final king of the Sinhalese monarchy in Sri Lanka, whose reign ended with the British annexation of his kingdom in the early 19th century.
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B.
Kirti Sri Rajasinha
Kirti Sri Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for reviving Buddhism and resisting European colonial influence.
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C.
Kandyan kings
The Kandyan kings were the monarchs of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for resisting European colonial powers and preserving Sinhalese culture and Buddhism until the early 19th century.
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D.
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana was the regnal name of Raden Wijaya, the founder and first king of the Majapahit Empire in Java.
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E.
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known as one of the early Nayakkar rulers who strengthened South Indian influence at the Kandyan court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Sitawaka
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Sri Lankan monarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| category |
16th-century monarchs in Asia
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Sri Lankan royalty ⓘ |
| conflict |
Kandyan–Portuguese War
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surface form:
Portuguese–Sri Lankan conflicts
|
| continent |
Asia
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South Asia ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Sinhalese ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kotte–Sitawaka era Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| knownFor | fierce resistance to Portuguese expansion on the island of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| language | Sinhala ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Kingdom of Sitawaka
ⓘ
Sitawaka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
warfare against the Portuguese in the 16th century ⓘ |
| opponent |
Portuguese Empire
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Portuguese colonial forces in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| opposed | Portuguese control of coastal areas of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Sitawaka
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Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mayadunne of Sitawaka
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
King of Sitawaka
|
| regionRuled | southwestern Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| successorState |
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
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surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
|
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| title |
King
ⓘ
Ruler of Sitawaka ⓘ |
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: Mayadunne of Sitawaka Description of subject: Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King of Sitawaka
this entity surface form:
King of Sitawaka