Ayemenem
E811312
Ayemenem is a small village in the Indian state of Kerala, best known as the primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel "The God of Small Things."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ayemenem canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9619455 — 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: Ayemenem Context triple: [Rahel, childhoodHome, Ayemenem]
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A.
Angamaly
Angamaly is a town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, known as a major transportation hub and gateway to the nearby Cochin International Airport.
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B.
Kakkanad
Kakkanad is a rapidly developing suburban region of Kochi in Kerala, India, known as an administrative hub and major IT and industrial center.
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C.
Kayadhu
Kayadhu is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the wife of the demon king Hiranyakashipu and the mother of the devotee Prahlada.
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D.
Panambi
Panambi is a city in southern Brazil known for its strong German-Brazilian cultural heritage and traditions.
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E.
Thottiyam
Thottiyam is a town and administrative region in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, known for its agricultural surroundings and local temples.
- 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: Ayemenem Target entity description: Ayemenem is a small village in the Indian state of Kerala, best known as the primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel "The God of Small Things."
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A.
Angamaly
Angamaly is a town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, known as a major transportation hub and gateway to the nearby Cochin International Airport.
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B.
Kakkanad
Kakkanad is a rapidly developing suburban region of Kochi in Kerala, India, known as an administrative hub and major IT and industrial center.
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C.
Kayadhu
Kayadhu is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the wife of the demon king Hiranyakashipu and the mother of the devotee Prahlada.
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D.
Panambi
Panambi is a city in southern Brazil known for its strong German-Brazilian cultural heritage and traditions.
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E.
Thottiyam
Thottiyam is a town and administrative region in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, known for its agricultural surroundings and local temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Arundhati Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Syrian Christian community of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | agriculture ⓘ |
| featuredIn | The God of Small Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalizedAs | Aymanam in The God of Small Things ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | low-lying riverine landscape ⓘ |
| governingSystem | panchayati raj ⓘ |
| hasClimateCharacteristic |
heavy monsoon rainfall
ⓘ
hot and humid weather ⓘ |
| hasNaturalFeature |
backwaters
ⓘ
paddy fields ⓘ rubber plantations ⓘ tropical vegetation ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Christian churches
ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depiction in The God of Small Things
ⓘ
lush greenery ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important site in contemporary Indian English literature ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Kottayam district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | Travancore region of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Meenachil River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCrop |
coconut
ⓘ
rice ⓘ rubber ⓘ spices ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Kottayam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyTown | Kumarakom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things ⓘ |
| partOf |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kottayam district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalSystem | served by India Post ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageSpoken | Malayalam ⓘ |
| religionPracticed |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| transportConnection | local roads to Kottayam ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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: Ayemenem Description of subject: Ayemenem is a small village in the Indian state of Kerala, best known as the primary setting of Arundhati Roy’s novel "The God of Small Things."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.