Polonnaruwa District
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Polonnaruwa District is a region in Sri Lanka known for its ancient capital ruins and as part of the traditional homeland of the indigenous Vedda people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polonnaruwa District canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11608540 — 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: Polonnaruwa District Context triple: [Vedda people, ancestralTerritory, Polonnaruwa District]
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A.
Kegalle District
Kegalle District is an administrative district in central Sri Lanka known for its rubber plantations, scenic hills, and proximity to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
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B.
Kandy District
Kandy District is an administrative district in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, centered on the historic city of Kandy and known for its cultural heritage and hilly terrain.
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C.
Kurunegala District
Kurunegala District is an administrative region in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, known for its agricultural economy, historic sites, and the city of Kurunegala as its capital.
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D.
Mullaitivu District
Mullaitivu District is a coastal administrative region in northeastern Sri Lanka known for its role in the Sri Lankan Civil War and its predominantly Tamil population.
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E.
Kalutara District
Kalutara District is an administrative district in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its coastal towns, coconut plantations, and the historic city of Kalutara.
- 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: Polonnaruwa District Target entity description: Polonnaruwa District is a region in Sri Lanka known for its ancient capital ruins and as part of the traditional homeland of the indigenous Vedda people.
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A.
Kegalle District
Kegalle District is an administrative district in central Sri Lanka known for its rubber plantations, scenic hills, and proximity to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
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B.
Kandy District
Kandy District is an administrative district in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, centered on the historic city of Kandy and known for its cultural heritage and hilly terrain.
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C.
Kurunegala District
Kurunegala District is an administrative region in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province, known for its agricultural economy, historic sites, and the city of Kurunegala as its capital.
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D.
Mullaitivu District
Mullaitivu District is a coastal administrative region in northeastern Sri Lanka known for its role in the Sri Lankan Civil War and its predominantly Tamil population.
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E.
Kalutara District
Kalutara District is an administrative district in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its coastal towns, coconut plantations, and the historic city of Kalutara.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
second-level administrative division ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Sinhalese people
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Sri Lankan Moors NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndigenousPeople | Vedda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Aralaganwila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dimbulagala NERFINISHED ⓘ Elahera Divisional Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Giritale NERFINISHED ⓘ Hingurakgoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaudulla National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lankapura Divisional Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Medirigiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ Minneriya National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Parakrama Samudra NERFINISHED ⓘ Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Somawathiya National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamankaduwa Divisional Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Welikanda Divisional Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient city of Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| governedBy | District Secretariat of Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommonLanguage |
English
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Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSite | Polonnaruwa ancient capital ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorEconomicActivity |
irrigated agriculture
ⓘ
paddy cultivation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
Sinhala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorldHeritageSite | Ancient City of Polonnaruwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headedBy | District Secretary of Polonnaruwa ⓘ |
| historicallyServedAs | royal capital of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient capital ruins
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cultural heritage ⓘ large irrigation tanks ⓘ wildlife and national parks ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Central Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| partOf |
North Central Province, Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfTraditionalHomelandOf | Vedda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
| worldHeritageDesignationBy | UNESCO 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: Polonnaruwa District Description of subject: Polonnaruwa District is a region in Sri Lanka known for its ancient capital ruins and as part of the traditional homeland of the indigenous Vedda people.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.