Triple

T15058392
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gampaha District E379556 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Mahara
Mahara is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated within the Gampaha District and known for its residential communities and local institutions.
 E1135858 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Mahara | Statement: [Gampaha District, contains, Mahara]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mahara
Context triple: [Gampaha District, contains, Mahara]
  • A. Sakai
    Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
  • B. Mabang
    Mabang is an alternative name for the Maba language, a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily in Chad.
  • C. Alura
    Alura is Supergirl’s Kryptonian mother, often depicted as a prominent scientist and leader on Krypton in DC Comics lore.
  • D. Sakai Port
    Sakai Port is a historic Japanese harbor city area in Osaka Prefecture that has long served as a key commercial and maritime gateway.
  • E. Tantripala
    Tantripala is an alternate name for Sahadeva, one of the five Pandava princes in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
  • 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: Mahara
Target entity description: Mahara is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated within the Gampaha District and known for its residential communities and local institutions.
  • A. Sakai
    Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
  • B. Mabang
    Mabang is an alternative name for the Maba language, a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily in Chad.
  • C. Alura
    Alura is Supergirl’s Kryptonian mother, often depicted as a prominent scientist and leader on Krypton in DC Comics lore.
  • D. Sakai Port
    Sakai Port is a historic Japanese harbor city area in Osaka Prefecture that has long served as a key commercial and maritime gateway.
  • E. Tantripala
    Tantripala is an alternate name for Sahadeva, one of the five Pandava princes in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Mahara
Triple: [Gampaha District, contains, Mahara]
Generated description
Mahara is a suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated within the Gampaha District and known for its residential communities and local institutions.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85cd64d108190853797a95c11cc45 elicitation completed
NER batch_69dedee50afc8190bf7b0f4bbe8c60a3 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fea5c2fcec8190800d1bda82c7352e ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69feaa2fbafc8190b592d89b07b49765 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fea9c0ad748190989920efe418001c nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:01 a.m.