Dumka
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Dumka is a town and administrative center in the Indian state of Jharkhand, known as the headquarters of Dumka district and part of the Santhal Pargana region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dumka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10618360 — 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: Dumka Context triple: [Deoghar, nearestMajorCity, Dumka]
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A.
Begusarai
Begusarai is an industrial and agricultural city in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its oil refinery and role as a regional commercial hub.
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B.
Gobardanga
Gobardanga is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal known for its suburban character and connectivity to Kolkata via the Sealdah–Bangaon railway line.
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C.
Chilahati
Chilahati is a town in northern Bangladesh known for its railway station that serves as a key border transit point on the rail link between Bangladesh and India.
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D.
Diphu
Diphu is a town in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India, known as an administrative and educational hub in the region.
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E.
Rangapara
Rangapara is a town in the Sonitpur district of Assam, India, known as a local educational and transportation hub in the region.
- 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: Dumka Target entity description: Dumka is a town and administrative center in the Indian state of Jharkhand, known as the headquarters of Dumka district and part of the Santhal Pargana region.
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A.
Begusarai
Begusarai is an industrial and agricultural city in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its oil refinery and role as a regional commercial hub.
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B.
Gobardanga
Gobardanga is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal known for its suburban character and connectivity to Kolkata via the Sealdah–Bangaon railway line.
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C.
Chilahati
Chilahati is a town in northern Bangladesh known for its railway station that serves as a key border transit point on the rail link between Bangladesh and India.
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D.
Diphu
Diphu is a town in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India, known as an administrative and educational hub in the region.
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E.
Rangapara
Rangapara is a town in the Sonitpur district of Assam, India, known as a local educational and transportation hub in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Dumka subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| district | Dumka district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | Santhal Pargana division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 137 metres ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Paharia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santhal NERFINISHED ⓘ non-tribal communities ⓘ |
| formerState | Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Dumka Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourt | District and Sessions Court, Dumka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Sido Kanhu Murmu University (headquarters in Dumka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Durga Puja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saraswati Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ Sohrai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiverNearby | Mayurakshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Santhal tribal culture
ⓘ
administrative importance in Jharkhand ⓘ |
| legislativeConstituency | Dumka Assembly constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Santhal Pargana plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Bhagalpur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deoghar NERFINISHED ⓘ Rampurhat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Hindi ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency | Dumka Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | PIN ⓘ |
| railwayConnection | Dumka railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Santhal Pargana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalLanguage |
Angika
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ Khortha NERFINISHED ⓘ Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Hinduism (majority) NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection | connected by state highways ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center
ⓘ
district headquarters ⓘ |
| state | Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | JH-04 ⓘ |
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: Dumka Description of subject: Dumka is a town and administrative center in the Indian state of Jharkhand, known as the headquarters of Dumka district and part of the Santhal Pargana region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.