Nilame
E1043283
Nilame is a traditional honorific title historically borne by high-ranking nobles and officials within the Kandyan Kingdom’s aristocracy in Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nilame canonical | 2 |
| Diyawadana Nilame | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13493898 — 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: Nilame Context triple: [Kandyan aristocracy, heldTitle, Nilame]
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A.
Jamaame
Jamaame is a significant urban and economic center in southern Somalia’s Jubaland region, known especially for its agricultural production and location along the Jubba River.
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B.
Livaneli
Livaneli is the surname of Zülfü Livaneli, a prominent Turkish musician, novelist, and political figure.
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C.
Mirzam
Mirzam is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, known as one of the prominent stars near Sirius in the winter sky.
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D.
Lemi
Lemi is a small rural municipality in southeastern Finland known for its lakes, forests, and traditional Karelian culture.
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E.
Niúachi
Niúachi is an alternative name for the Missouria, a Native American tribe historically located in the central United States along the Missouri River.
- 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: Nilame Target entity description: Nilame is a traditional honorific title historically borne by high-ranking nobles and officials within the Kandyan Kingdom’s aristocracy in Sri Lanka.
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A.
Jamaame
Jamaame is a significant urban and economic center in southern Somalia’s Jubaland region, known especially for its agricultural production and location along the Jubba River.
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B.
Livaneli
Livaneli is the surname of Zülfü Livaneli, a prominent Turkish musician, novelist, and political figure.
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C.
Mirzam
Mirzam is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, known as one of the prominent stars near Sirius in the winter sky.
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D.
Lemi
Lemi is a small rural municipality in southeastern Finland known for its lakes, forests, and traditional Karelian culture.
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E.
Niúachi
Niúachi is an alternative name for the Missouria, a Native American tribe historically located in the central United States along the Missouri River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan noble title
ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kandyan aristocracy ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culture | Sinhalese ⓘ |
| domain |
court hierarchy
ⓘ
feudal administration ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| governingSystemContext |
feudal system
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Kingdom of Kandy
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
|
| historicalStatus |
marker of high social rank
ⓘ
marker of political authority ⓘ |
| honorificFormOfAddress | Nilame ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Sinhala ⓘ |
| linkedInstitution |
Kandyan royal court
ⓘ
linked to:
Kandyan aristocracy
Temple of the Tooth, Kandy ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Dalada Maligawa complex
|
| locatedInThePast | Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| modernUsage |
mainly ceremonial
ⓘ
used in religious and cultural functions ⓘ |
| notableDerivativeTitle |
Basnayake Nilame
ⓘ
Diyawadana Nilame ⓘ
linked to:
Nilame
|
| region |
Kandy
ⓘ
Udarata (Up‑Country Sri Lanka) ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Adigar
ⓘ
Disawe ⓘ Rate Mahattaya ⓘ |
| religionContext | Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| socialClass |
aristocracy
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ |
| status |
hereditary in many families
ⓘ
linked to land ownership ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Kandyan period
ⓘ
linked to:
Kandyan Kingdom
|
| titleType |
court title
ⓘ
secular title ⓘ |
| usedFor |
high‑ranking nobles
ⓘ
high‑ranking officials ⓘ |
| usedIn | Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Nilame Description of subject: Nilame is a traditional honorific title historically borne by high-ranking nobles and officials within the Kandyan Kingdom’s aristocracy in Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nilame