Perlis (ferry terminal town)
E1021534
Perlis (ferry terminal town) is a small coastal settlement in northern Peninsular Malaysia known primarily as a gateway for ferry services to nearby islands such as Langkawi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perlis (ferry terminal town) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13112402 — 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: Perlis (ferry terminal town) Context triple: [Kuala Perlis, stateCapitalOf, Perlis (ferry terminal town)]
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A.
Perai, Penang
Perai, Penang is an industrial and residential town on the mainland side of Penang, Malaysia, forming part of Seberang Perai and serving as a key manufacturing and commercial hub for the state.
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B.
Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state and island renowned for its multicultural heritage, historic George Town, and vibrant street food scene.
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C.
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu is a coastal city in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia known for its Islamic heritage architecture, traditional Malay culture, and proximity to popular island destinations.
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D.
Kuala Pilah
Kuala Pilah is a historic inland town in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, known for its traditional Minangkabau cultural heritage and role as an administrative and commercial center for the surrounding rural district.
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E.
Port of Penang
The Port of Penang is a major Malaysian seaport and logistics hub on the Strait of Malacca, serving as a key gateway for trade in the northern region of the country and the wider Asia-Pacific.
- 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: Perlis (ferry terminal town) Target entity description: Perlis (ferry terminal town) is a small coastal settlement in northern Peninsular Malaysia known primarily as a gateway for ferry services to nearby islands such as Langkawi.
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A.
Perai, Penang
Perai, Penang is an industrial and residential town on the mainland side of Penang, Malaysia, forming part of Seberang Perai and serving as a key manufacturing and commercial hub for the state.
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B.
Penang
Penang is a Malaysian state and island renowned for its multicultural heritage, historic George Town, and vibrant street food scene.
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C.
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu is a coastal city in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia known for its Islamic heritage architecture, traditional Malay culture, and proximity to popular island destinations.
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D.
Kuala Pilah
Kuala Pilah is a historic inland town in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, known for its traditional Minangkabau cultural heritage and role as an administrative and commercial center for the surrounding rural district.
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E.
Port of Penang
The Port of Penang is a major Malaysian seaport and logistics hub on the Strait of Malacca, serving as a key gateway for trade in the northern region of the country and the wider Asia-Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal settlement
ⓘ
ferry terminal town ⓘ |
| coastal | true ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ferry gateway
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passenger transport hub ⓘ |
| hasTransportMode | ferry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a gateway to nearby islands
ⓘ
ferry services to Langkawi ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | coast of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| partOf | Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| primaryUse | access point to nearby islands ⓘ |
| region | northern Malaysia ⓘ |
| servesFerryRouteTo |
Langkawi
ⓘ
linked to:
Langkawi Archipelago
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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: Perlis (ferry terminal town) Description of subject: Perlis (ferry terminal town) is a small coastal settlement in northern Peninsular Malaysia known primarily as a gateway for ferry services to nearby islands such as Langkawi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.