Kuala Perlis
E311004
Kuala Perlis is a small coastal town in Malaysia known as a key ferry gateway to the resort island of Langkawi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuala Perlis canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1972080 — 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: Kuala Perlis Context triple: [Perlis, hasPort, Kuala Perlis]
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A.
Perlis
Perlis is Malaysia’s smallest state, located in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula bordering Thailand and known for its agricultural landscape and quiet rural character.
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B.
Kelantan
Kelantan is a northeastern Malaysian state on the Malay Peninsula, known for its strong Malay cultural traditions, Islamic influence, and capital city Kota Bharu.
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C.
Terengganu
Terengganu is a state on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its traditional Malay culture, Islamic heritage, and scenic islands and beaches along the South China Sea.
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D.
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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E.
Pahang
Pahang is a large Malaysian state on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its extensive rainforests, highlands like Cameron Highlands, and long South China Sea coastline.
- 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: Kuala Perlis Target entity description: Kuala Perlis is a small coastal town in Malaysia known as a key ferry gateway to the resort island of Langkawi.
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A.
Perlis
Perlis is Malaysia’s smallest state, located in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula bordering Thailand and known for its agricultural landscape and quiet rural character.
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B.
Kelantan
Kelantan is a northeastern Malaysian state on the Malay Peninsula, known for its strong Malay cultural traditions, Islamic influence, and capital city Kota Bharu.
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C.
Terengganu
Terengganu is a state on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its traditional Malay culture, Islamic heritage, and scenic islands and beaches along the South China Sea.
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D.
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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E.
Pahang
Pahang is a large Malaysian state on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its extensive rainforests, highlands like Cameron Highlands, and long South China Sea coastline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal town
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Kangar District ⓘ |
| alternateName | Kuala Perlis Ferry Terminal (for port area) ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| coastType | mudflat coast ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Malay population ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 13 km west of Kangar
ⓘ
one of the closest mainland points to Langkawi ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kangar Municipal Council ⓘ |
| hasCuisineSpeciality | seafood-based Malay dishes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fishing port
ⓘ
mosque by the sea ⓘ river estuary ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Langkawi Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Langkawi Archipelago
Perlis coastal mangroves ⓘ |
| hasPort | Kuala Perlis Jetty ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Al Hussain Mosque ⓘ |
| hasRole | ferry gateway to Langkawi ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink |
ferry to Kuah, Langkawi
ⓘ
ferry to Langkawi Island ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Kangar District ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coastal scenery
ⓘ
ferry terminal to Langkawi ⓘ fishing village atmosphere ⓘ seafood restaurants ⓘ sunset views ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Malay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Perlis
ⓘ
northwestern Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
northern Malaysia
|
| locatedOn |
Straits of Malacca
ⓘ
linked to:
Strait of Malacca
west coast of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 02000 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
seafood trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| region | northern Malaysia ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
connected to Malaysian federal road network
ⓘ
linked to Kangar by road ⓘ |
| servesAs | transport hub for Langkawi-bound travelers ⓘ |
| stateCapitalOf | Perlis (ferry terminal town) ⓘ |
| timeZone | Malaysia Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +8 ⓘ |
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: Kuala Perlis Description of subject: Kuala Perlis is a small coastal town in Malaysia known as a key ferry gateway to the resort island of Langkawi.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
State of Perlis
subject linked to:
Kuala Perlis Ferry Terminal (for port area)
subject linked to:
Kuala Perlis Ferry Terminal (for port area)