Kurunegala
E762072
Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, serving as an important commercial and transport hub with historical and political significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurunegala canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8844789 — 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: Kurunegala Context triple: [Sir John Kotelawala, representedConstituency, Kurunegala]
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A.
Kegalle
Kegalle is a major town in central Sri Lanka known for its rubber plantations and proximity to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
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B.
Dambulla
Dambulla is a historic town in Sri Lanka best known for its UNESCO-listed cave temple complex featuring ancient Buddhist murals and statues.
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C.
Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
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D.
Gampola
Gampola is a historic town in Sri Lanka known for its former status as a medieval capital and its scenic hill-country setting.
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E.
Ambalangoda
Ambalangoda is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its traditional mask carving and puppet arts.
- 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: Kurunegala Target entity description: Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, serving as an important commercial and transport hub with historical and political significance.
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A.
Kegalle
Kegalle is a major town in central Sri Lanka known for its rubber plantations and proximity to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
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B.
Dambulla
Dambulla is a historic town in Sri Lanka best known for its UNESCO-listed cave temple complex featuring ancient Buddhist murals and statues.
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C.
Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
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D.
Gampola
Gampola is a historic town in Sri Lanka known for its former status as a medieval capital and its scenic hill-country setting.
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E.
Ambalangoda
Ambalangoda is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its traditional mask carving and puppet arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ |
| averageAnnualRainfall | over 2000 mm ⓘ |
| averageAnnualTemperature | around 27 °C ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| connectedByHighway |
A10 highway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A28 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ A6 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ A9 highway (via junctions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 7.4833°N 80.3667°E ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 116 metres ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kurunegala Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Maliyadeva College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maliyadeva Girls' College NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (facilities nearby in province) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHill |
Andagala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Etagala (Elephant Rock) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethagala NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibbagala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | medieval Sinhalese kingdom ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSignificance | electoral stronghold in Sri Lankan politics ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Kurunegala railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Bodhirukkarama Temple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ibbagala Raja Maha Viharaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodAsCapital | late 13th century ⓘ |
| historicalRole | ancient royal capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| isCommercialCenterFor | North Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistrictCapitalOf | Kurunegala District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| island | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProvincialCapitalOf | North Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTransportHub |
bus transport
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ road transport ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Mayor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kurunegala District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorEconomicActivity |
agricultural marketing
ⓘ
trade ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| nearbyAgriculturalRegion |
coconut triangle of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
paddy cultivation areas ⓘ |
| nearbyLake | Kurunegala Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherLanguage | Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Main Line (junction via Polgahawela)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | Kingdom of Kurunegala 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: Kurunegala Description of subject: Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, serving as an important commercial and transport hub with historical and political significance.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.