Kingdom of Nepal
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The Kingdom of Nepal was a former Himalayan monarchy in South Asia, centered on the Kathmandu Valley, that existed until it became the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in 2008.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Nepal canonical | 22 |
| Nepalese monarchy | 3 |
| Kingdom of Kathmandu | 1 |
| Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5681354 — 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: Kingdom of Nepal Context triple: [Laxmi Prasad Devkota, placeOfBirth, Kingdom of Nepal]
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A.
Gorkha Kingdom
The Gorkha Kingdom was a historic Himalayan state that unified much of what is now Nepal and became a major regional power before confronting the British East India Company in the early 19th century.
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B.
Kingdom of Afghanistan
The Kingdom of Afghanistan was a constitutional monarchy that ruled Afghanistan during much of the 20th century, overseeing a period of modernization and relative stability before being replaced by the Republic of Afghanistan in 1973.
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C.
Kashi Kingdom
Kashi Kingdom was an ancient Indian kingdom centered around the sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early South Asian history.
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D.
Kingdom of Kashi
The Kingdom of Kashi was a historic North Indian realm centered on the ancient and sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), a major cultural and religious hub in Hindu tradition.
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E.
Kingdom of Burma
The Kingdom of Burma was a historic Southeast Asian monarchy centered in present-day Myanmar, known for its powerful dynasties, rich Buddhist culture, and eventual colonization by the British Empire.
- 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: Kingdom of Nepal Target entity description: The Kingdom of Nepal was a former Himalayan monarchy in South Asia, centered on the Kathmandu Valley, that existed until it became the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in 2008.
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A.
Gorkha Kingdom
The Gorkha Kingdom was a historic Himalayan state that unified much of what is now Nepal and became a major regional power before confronting the British East India Company in the early 19th century.
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B.
Kingdom of Afghanistan
The Kingdom of Afghanistan was a constitutional monarchy that ruled Afghanistan during much of the 20th century, overseeing a period of modernization and relative stability before being replaced by the Republic of Afghanistan in 1973.
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C.
Kashi Kingdom
Kashi Kingdom was an ancient Indian kingdom centered around the sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early South Asian history.
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D.
Kingdom of Kashi
The Kingdom of Kashi was a historic North Indian realm centered on the ancient and sacred city of Varanasi (Kashi), a major cultural and religious hub in Hindu tradition.
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E.
Kingdom of Burma
The Kingdom of Burma was a historic Southeast Asian monarchy centered in present-day Myanmar, known for its powerful dynasties, rich Buddhist culture, and eventual colonization by the British Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Himalayan kingdom
ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
People's Republic of China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFeature | Himalayan mountain range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Kathmandu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalRegion | Kathmandu Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilConflict | Nepalese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilConflictEndYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| civilConflictStartYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| currency | Nepalese rupee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demonym |
Nepalese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endCause | abolition of monarchy ⓘ |
| endDate | 28 May 2008 ⓘ |
| endEvent | declaration of republic ⓘ |
| endYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Prithvi Narayan Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDynasty | Shah dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPointLocation | border with Tibet ⓘ |
| lastMonarch | Gyanendra Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastRulingDynasty | Shah dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchTitle | King of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalMotto | Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven ⓘ |
| nationalReligionStatus | Hindu kingdom ⓘ |
| nationalSymbol | flag of Nepal ⓘ |
| nonAlignedMovementMember | Yes ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penultimateMonarch | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Rana oligarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystemChange |
Panchayat system established in 1960
ⓘ
end of Rana autocracy in 1951 ⓘ introduction of multi-party democracy in 1951 ⓘ restoration of multi-party democracy in 1990 ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Gorkha Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various small Himalayan principalities ⓘ |
| RanaRuleEndYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| RanaRuleStartYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | never colonized by a European power ⓘ |
| subregion | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| treaty | Sugauli Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatyWith | British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatyYear | 1816 ⓘ |
| unificationCompleted | 18th century ⓘ |
| unificationRuler | Prithvi Narayan Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNMembership | United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNMembershipYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| war | Anglo-Nepalese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warOpponent | British East India Company 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: Kingdom of Nepal Description of subject: The Kingdom of Nepal was a former Himalayan monarchy in South Asia, centered on the Kathmandu Valley, that existed until it became the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in 2008.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Kathmandu
this entity surface form:
Nepalese monarchy
this entity surface form:
Nepalese monarchy
this entity surface form:
Nepalese monarchy
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)