Washim
E491307
Washim is a city in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, known as an important local administrative and commercial center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washim canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5060231 — 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: Washim Context triple: [Vidarbha, hasMajorCity, Washim]
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A.
Shiga
Shiga is a landlocked prefecture in central Japan known for encompassing Lake Biwa, the country’s largest freshwater lake, and for its historical sites and natural scenery.
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B.
Karasuwa
Karasuwa is a local government area in northeastern Nigeria known for its predominantly rural communities and agricultural activities within Yobe State.
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C.
Ishkashimi
Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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D.
Tatsuno
Tatsuno is a city in western Japan known for its traditional soy sauce production and historic townscape within Hyogo Prefecture.
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E.
Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
- 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: Washim Target entity description: Washim is a city in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, known as an important local administrative and commercial center.
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A.
Shiga
Shiga is a landlocked prefecture in central Japan known for encompassing Lake Biwa, the country’s largest freshwater lake, and for its historical sites and natural scenery.
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B.
Karasuwa
Karasuwa is a local government area in northeastern Nigeria known for its predominantly rural communities and agricultural activities within Yobe State.
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C.
Ishkashimi
Ishkashimi is a lesser-known Eastern Iranian language spoken by small communities in parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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D.
Tatsuno
Tatsuno is a city in western Japan known for its traditional soy sauce production and historic townscape within Hyogo Prefecture.
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E.
Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus |
district headquarters
ⓘ
taluka headquarters ⓘ |
| climateType | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
railway network
ⓘ
road network ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| governingBody | Municipal Council ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegion | Vidarbha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO3166-2Code | IN-MH ⓘ |
| hasLake |
Balaji Talav
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Padmakar Talav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentType | municipal council ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Washim railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Balaji temple, Washim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madhyameshwar temple, Washim NERFINISHED ⓘ Padmakar temple, Washim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Vakataka dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalName | Vatsagulma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAdministrativeCentreFor | Washim district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCommercialCentreFor |
Washim district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding rural areas ⓘ |
| isDistrictHeadquartersOf | Washim district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUrbanCentreOf | Washim taluka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Marathi ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maharashtra ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Washim district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInDivision | Amravati division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Vidarbha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnSubcontinent | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity |
Akola
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amravati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | PIN ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
services
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Purna–Khandwa line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayZone | South Central Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalLanguage | Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | Hindu pilgrimage centre ⓘ |
| state | Maharashtra ⓘ |
| stateCapital | Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | MH-37 ⓘ |
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: Washim Description of subject: Washim is a city in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India, known as an important local administrative and commercial center.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vidarbha