.np
E73412
.np is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nepal for use in internet addresses.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T586955 — 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: .np Context triple: [Nepal, internetTLD, .np]
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A.
NP
NP is the abbreviation commonly used for the National Party, the former ruling political party of apartheid-era South Africa.
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B.
NIP
NIP is the commonly used acronym for the U.S. National Intelligence Program, which funds and coordinates the nation’s primary intelligence activities across multiple agencies.
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C.
.ng
.ng is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nigeria for use in its internet addresses.
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D.
NI
NI is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
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E.
NR
NR is the standard abbreviation for National Rail, the collective network of passenger railway services in Great Britain.
- 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: .np Target entity description: .np is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nepal for use in internet addresses.
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A.
NP
NP is the abbreviation commonly used for the National Party, the former ruling political party of apartheid-era South Africa.
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B.
NIP
NIP is the commonly used acronym for the U.S. National Intelligence Program, which funds and coordinates the nation’s primary intelligence activities across multiple agencies.
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C.
.ng
.ng is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nigeria for use in its internet addresses.
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D.
NI
NI is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
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E.
NR
NR is the standard abbreviation for National Rail, the collective network of passenger railway services in Great Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country code top-level domain
ⓘ
internet top-level domain ⓘ |
| actualUse | widely used in Nepal ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd. ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Internet in Nepal
ⓘ
Nepalese digital identity ⓘ |
| category | geographic top-level domain ⓘ |
| ccTLDFor | Nepal ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| DNSSEC | supported ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement |
local presence or documentation often required
ⓘ
registrant must have a connection to Nepal ⓘ |
| exampleSecondLevelDomain |
.com.np
ⓘ
.edu.np ⓘ .gov.np ⓘ .info.np ⓘ .mil.np ⓘ .net.np ⓘ .org.np ⓘ |
| governingPolicy | subject to policies set by the .np registry ⓘ |
| IDNSupport | not widely implemented ⓘ |
| intendedUse | entities connected with Nepal ⓘ |
| introduced | 1995 ⓘ |
| ISO3166-1Alpha2CodeBasedOn | NP ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
English
ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ |
| managedUnder | policies consistent with ICANN ccTLD framework ⓘ |
| registrationFee | generally free for individuals and organizations in Nepal ⓘ |
| registrationStructure | third-level registrations under predefined second-level labels ⓘ |
| registry | Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd. ⓘ |
| secondLevelStructure | registrations are made at third level ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd. ⓘ |
| sponsored | yes ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| technicalStandard | Domain Name System ⓘ |
| type | ccTLD ⓘ |
| usedFor |
email addresses under .np domains
ⓘ
websites related to Nepal ⓘ |
| zoneFile | publicly accessible via DNS ⓘ |
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: .np Description of subject: .np is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nepal for use in internet addresses.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.