Yenangyaung
E461511
Yenangyaung is a town in central Myanmar known historically as the site of a major World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yenangyaung canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4682439 — 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: Yenangyaung Context triple: [Battle of Yenangyaung, location, Yenangyaung]
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A.
Mongnai
Mongnai is a historic town and former princely state in Myanmar’s Shan region, known for its role within the traditional Shan States.
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B.
Maung
Maung is a Burmese surname commonly used in Myanmar and among the Burmese diaspora.
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C.
Tazaungdaing
Tazaungdaing is a prominent Burmese Buddhist festival, celebrated with offerings, lights, and communal merit-making at the end of the rainy season.
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D.
Tanintharyi
Tanintharyi is a coastal region in southern Myanmar known for its long Andaman Sea shoreline, rich biodiversity, and historical role as a trade corridor between India and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Nat Ma Taung National Park
Nat Ma Taung National Park is a protected highland area in western Myanmar centered around Mount Victoria, known for its rich biodiversity, endemic species, and scenic montane forests.
- 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: Yenangyaung Target entity description: Yenangyaung is a town in central Myanmar known historically as the site of a major World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces.
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A.
Mongnai
Mongnai is a historic town and former princely state in Myanmar’s Shan region, known for its role within the traditional Shan States.
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B.
Maung
Maung is a Burmese surname commonly used in Myanmar and among the Burmese diaspora.
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C.
Tazaungdaing
Tazaungdaing is a prominent Burmese Buddhist festival, celebrated with offerings, lights, and communal merit-making at the end of the rainy season.
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D.
Tanintharyi
Tanintharyi is a coastal region in southern Myanmar known for its long Andaman Sea shoreline, rich biodiversity, and historical role as a trade corridor between India and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Nat Ma Taung National Park
Nat Ma Taung National Park is a protected highland area in western Myanmar centered around Mount Victoria, known for its rich biodiversity, endemic species, and scenic montane forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| battleDate | April 1942 (Battle of Yenangyaung) ⓘ |
| connectedBy | road network of central Myanmar ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 20.4667°N 94.8833°E ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 60 metres ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasCountryCallingCode | +95 ⓘ |
| hasDrivingSide | right ⓘ |
| hasLocalEconomyResource | onshore oil ⓘ |
| hasMajorEconomicActivity |
agriculture
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petroleum production ⓘ |
| hasNearbyOilFields | Yenangyaung oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryReligion | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | river town ⓘ |
| historicalEventLocation | Battle of Yenangyaung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| involvedForcesInBattle |
Allied forces
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Yenangyaung Township NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Yenangyaung
NERFINISHED
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World War II battle site ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Burmese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Magway Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Dry Zone of Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Myanmar Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Irrawaddy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Magway District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalRegion | Upper Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverPortOn | Irrawaddy River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +6:30 ⓘ |
| wasStrategicObjectiveIn | Burma Campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Yenangyaung Description of subject: Yenangyaung is a town in central Myanmar known historically as the site of a major World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.