Beddegama
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Beddegama is the original title of Leonard Woolf’s early 20th-century novel set in a remote Sri Lankan jungle village, later widely known in English as "The Village in the Jungle."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beddegama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6384374 — 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: Beddegama Context triple: [The Village in the Jungle, alsoKnownAs, Beddegama]
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A.
Lothagam
Lothagam is an archaeological and geological site in northern Kenya known for its ancient human burials and prominent rock formations along the western shore of Lake Turkana.
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B.
Gharaunda
Gharaunda is a town in the Indian state of Haryana known for its agricultural market and proximity to the historic city of Karnal.
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C.
Gannat
Gannat is a small town in central France known for its rich paleontological heritage and traditional cultural festivals.
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D.
Balmaha
Balmaha is a small Scottish village on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, known as a gateway to the loch’s islands and a popular stop on the West Highland Way walking route.
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E.
Taghmon
Taghmon is a village in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its historic ecclesiastical roots and rural community character.
- 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: Beddegama Target entity description: Beddegama is the original title of Leonard Woolf’s early 20th-century novel set in a remote Sri Lankan jungle village, later widely known in English as "The Village in the Jungle."
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A.
Lothagam
Lothagam is an archaeological and geological site in northern Kenya known for its ancient human burials and prominent rock formations along the western shore of Lake Turkana.
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B.
Gharaunda
Gharaunda is a town in the Indian state of Haryana known for its agricultural market and proximity to the historic city of Karnal.
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C.
Gannat
Gannat is a small town in central France known for its rich paleontological heritage and traditional cultural festivals.
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D.
Balmaha
Balmaha is a small Scottish village on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, known as a gateway to the loch’s islands and a popular stop on the West Highland Way walking route.
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E.
Taghmon
Taghmon is a village in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its historic ecclesiastical roots and rural community character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Village in the Jungle ⓘ |
| author | Leonard Woolf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | Sinhalese villagers under colonial administration ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial literature
ⓘ
fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Beddegama (1980 film) ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
effects of British colonial rule in Ceylon
ⓘ
life in a rural jungle village ⓘ poverty and social injustice ⓘ relationship between humans and the jungle environment ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacter |
Babun
ⓘ
Punchi Menika ⓘ Silindu ⓘ village headman ⓘ |
| influenced | later Sri Lankan English literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the earliest English novels to portray village life in Ceylon from the villagers’ perspective ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalTitleOf | The Village in the Jungle ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Arnold (original English publisher) ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| setInFormerColony |
Ceylon
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lanka
|
| setting | remote jungle village ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beddegama Description of subject: Beddegama is the original title of Leonard Woolf’s early 20th-century novel set in a remote Sri Lankan jungle village, later widely known in English as "The Village in the Jungle."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.