Valagamba
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Valagamba was an ancient Sri Lankan king of Anuradhapura known for regaining his throne after South Indian invasions and for patronizing Buddhism, including the preservation of the Pali Canon in written form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valagamba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22215837 — 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: Valagamba Context triple: [Anuradhapura Kingdom, notableRuler, Valagamba]
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A.
Arbegnoch
Arbegnoch were Ethiopian resistance fighters who waged a guerrilla campaign against Italian occupation during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II.
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B.
Rankoth Vehera
Rankoth Vehera is a large, historically significant Buddhist stupa in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, renowned for its monumental brick construction and association with the island’s medieval Sinhalese kingdom.
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C.
Vathia
Vathia is a traditional stone-tower village in the Mani Peninsula of southern Greece, known for its well-preserved fortified houses and dramatic hilltop setting overlooking the sea.
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D.
Valaquenta
Valaquenta is a section of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that provides a mythological account of the Valar, the Maiar, and the cosmology of Middle-earth.
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E.
Dumnorix
Dumnorix was a powerful Aeduan noble and anti-Roman leader in Gaul during Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
- 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: Valagamba Target entity description: Valagamba was an ancient Sri Lankan king of Anuradhapura known for regaining his throne after South Indian invasions and for patronizing Buddhism, including the preservation of the Pali Canon in written form.
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A.
Arbegnoch
Arbegnoch were Ethiopian resistance fighters who waged a guerrilla campaign against Italian occupation during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II.
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B.
Rankoth Vehera
Rankoth Vehera is a large, historically significant Buddhist stupa in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, renowned for its monumental brick construction and association with the island’s medieval Sinhalese kingdom.
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C.
Vathia
Vathia is a traditional stone-tower village in the Mani Peninsula of southern Greece, known for its well-preserved fortified houses and dramatic hilltop setting overlooking the sea.
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D.
Valaquenta
Valaquenta is a section of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium that provides a mythological account of the Valar, the Maiar, and the cosmology of Middle-earth.
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E.
Dumnorix
Dumnorix was a powerful Aeduan noble and anti-Roman leader in Gaul during Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.