Dehradun district
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Dehradun district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its capital city Dehradun and its location in the Garhwal Himalayan region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dehradun district canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4225131 — 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: Dehradun district Context triple: [Garhwal, contains, Dehradun district]
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A.
Pauri Garhwal district
Pauri Garhwal district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its mountainous terrain, Hindu pilgrimage sites, and scenic Himalayan landscapes.
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B.
Uttarkashi district
Uttarkashi district is a mountainous district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its Himalayan landscapes, pilgrimage sites, and role as a gateway to important Hindu shrines.
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C.
Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri Garhwal district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its mountainous terrain, pilgrimage sites, and the Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River.
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D.
Rudraprayag district
Rudraprayag district is a mountainous administrative region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its location in the Garhwal Himalayas and its religious significance at the confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers.
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E.
Chamoli district
Chamoli district is a mountainous district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its Himalayan landscapes, pilgrimage sites like Badrinath, and the Valley of Flowers National Park.
- 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: Dehradun district Target entity description: Dehradun district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its capital city Dehradun and its location in the Garhwal Himalayan region.
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A.
Pauri Garhwal district
Pauri Garhwal district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its mountainous terrain, Hindu pilgrimage sites, and scenic Himalayan landscapes.
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B.
Uttarkashi district
Uttarkashi district is a mountainous district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its Himalayan landscapes, pilgrimage sites, and role as a gateway to important Hindu shrines.
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C.
Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri Garhwal district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its mountainous terrain, pilgrimage sites, and the Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River.
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D.
Rudraprayag district
Rudraprayag district is a mountainous administrative region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its location in the Garhwal Himalayas and its religious significance at the confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers.
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E.
Chamoli district
Chamoli district is a mountainous district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its Himalayan landscapes, pilgrimage sites like Badrinath, and the Valley of Flowers National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
district ⓘ |
| bordersCountry | Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersDistrict |
Pauri Garhwal district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saharanpur district NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirmaur district NERFINISHED ⓘ Tehri Garhwal district NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttarkashi district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersState | Himachal Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate |
humid subtropical climate in plains
ⓘ
temperate climate in hills ⓘ |
| containsCantonment |
Chakrata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clement Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity | Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsHillStation | Mussoorie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Herbertpur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mussoorie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rishikesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikasnagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsValley | Doon Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| division | Garhwal division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Oil and Natural Gas Corporation headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ Survey of India headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ Uttarakhand Secretariat (in Dehradun city) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wildlife Institute of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea |
Asan Conservation Reserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rajaji National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity |
Forest Research Institute Dehradun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee campus in Greater Noida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters | Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalDistrictOf | Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeAssemblyConstituencies |
Dehradun Cantonment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dharampur NERFINISHED ⓘ Doiwala NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajpur Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Rishikesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahaspur NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikasnagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Garhwal Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Doon Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Hindi
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| region | Garhwal region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalLanguage |
Garhwali
ⓘ
Jaunsari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| river |
Asan River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ganga River NERFINISHED ⓘ Song River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamuna River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | UK07 ⓘ |
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: Dehradun district Description of subject: Dehradun district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, known for its capital city Dehradun and its location in the Garhwal Himalayan region.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clock Tower (Dehradun)