Nalanda district
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Nalanda district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Bihar, renowned for encompassing the ancient Buddhist learning center of Nalanda University.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nalanda district canonical | 6 |
| Nalanda district administration | 1 |
| Nalanda district collectorate | 1 |
| Nalanda district police headquarters | 1 |
| Nalanda region | 1 |
| Nālandā region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7306732 — 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: Nalanda district Context triple: [Nalanda, locatedIn, Nalanda district]
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A.
Patna district
Patna district is an administrative district in the state of Bihar, India, encompassing the state capital city of Patna and its surrounding areas.
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B.
Vaishali district
Vaishali district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as part of the ancient republic of Vaishali and known for its cultural and archaeological heritage.
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C.
Hardoi district
Hardoi district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known for its predominantly agricultural landscape and location in the central part of the state.
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D.
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is an administrative district in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its industrial towns and coal-mining regions.
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E.
Ballia district
Ballia district is an administrative region in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India, historically notable as the birthplace of Indian independence revolutionary Mangal Pandey.
- 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: Nalanda district Target entity description: Nalanda district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Bihar, renowned for encompassing the ancient Buddhist learning center of Nalanda University.
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A.
Patna district
Patna district is an administrative district in the state of Bihar, India, encompassing the state capital city of Patna and its surrounding areas.
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B.
Vaishali district
Vaishali district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as part of the ancient republic of Vaishali and known for its cultural and archaeological heritage.
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C.
Hardoi district
Hardoi district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known for its predominantly agricultural landscape and location in the central part of the state.
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D.
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is an administrative district in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its industrial towns and coal-mining regions.
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E.
Ballia district
Ballia district is an administrative region in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India, historically notable as the birthplace of Indian independence revolutionary Mangal Pandey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | district ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Begusarai district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jehanabad district NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakhisarai district NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawada district NERFINISHED ⓘ Patna district NERFINISHED ⓘ Samastipur district NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheikhpura district NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaishali district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonlySpokenLanguage | Magahi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Asthawan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben NERFINISHED ⓘ Bihar Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ Bind NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ekangarsarai NERFINISHED ⓘ Giriyak NERFINISHED ⓘ Griddhakuta (Vulture’s Peak) NERFINISHED ⓘ Harnaut NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Islampur NERFINISHED ⓘ Karai Parsurai NERFINISHED ⓘ Katrisarai NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagarnausa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nalanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nalanda University ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ Noorsarai NERFINISHED ⓘ Parwalpur NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawapuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajgir NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajgir hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajgir hot springs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarmera NERFINISHED ⓘ Silao NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharthari NERFINISHED ⓘ Venuvana NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Nalanda Mahavihara site NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Nalanda University campus ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasHeadquarters | Bihar Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site (Nalanda Mahavihara ruins) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Magadha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist heritage
ⓘ
Jain pilgrimage sites ⓘ Nalanda University ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajgir tourism ⓘ |
| legislativeAssemblyConstituency |
Asthawan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bihar Sharif NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Islampur NERFINISHED ⓘ Nalanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajgir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bihar
ⓘ
Magadh division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Hindi
ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency | Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Magadh region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Bihar ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismType |
Buddhist circuit
ⓘ
Jain circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ historical tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | BR-21 ⓘ |
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: Nalanda district Description of subject: Nalanda district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Bihar, renowned for encompassing the ancient Buddhist learning center of Nalanda University.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nalanda district administration
this entity surface form:
Nālandā region
subject surface form:
Bihar Sharif
subject surface form:
Bihar Sharif
this entity surface form:
Nalanda district collectorate
subject surface form:
Bihar Sharif
this entity surface form:
Nalanda district police headquarters
this entity surface form:
Nalanda region