Istana Arau
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Istana Arau is the royal palace and official residence of the Raja of Perlis in the town of Arau, Malaysia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Istana Arau canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9179311 — 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: Istana Arau Context triple: [Arau, hasPalace, Istana Arau]
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A.
Istana Besar
Istana Besar is a grand royal palace in Johor Bahru that historically served as the main residence of the Sultan of Johor and a symbol of the state's monarchy.
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B.
The Istana
The Istana is the official presidential palace and primary ceremonial venue of Singapore, serving as the office and residence of the President.
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C.
Istana Iskandariah
Istana Iskandariah is the royal palace and primary official residence of the reigning Sultan of Perak in Malaysia.
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D.
Istana Mestika
Istana Mestika is a royal palace in Selangor, Malaysia, serving as one of the official homes of the state's ruling sultan.
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E.
Istana Nurul Iman
Istana Nurul Iman is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei and one of the largest royal palaces in the world, located in Bandar Seri Begawan.
- 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: Istana Arau Target entity description: Istana Arau is the royal palace and official residence of the Raja of Perlis in the town of Arau, Malaysia.
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A.
Istana Besar
Istana Besar is a grand royal palace in Johor Bahru that historically served as the main residence of the Sultan of Johor and a symbol of the state's monarchy.
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B.
The Istana
The Istana is the official presidential palace and primary ceremonial venue of Singapore, serving as the office and residence of the President.
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C.
Istana Iskandariah
Istana Iskandariah is the royal palace and primary official residence of the reigning Sultan of Perak in Malaysia.
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D.
Istana Mestika
Istana Mestika is a royal palace in Selangor, Malaysia, serving as one of the official homes of the state's ruling sultan.
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E.
Istana Nurul Iman
Istana Nurul Iman is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei and one of the largest royal palaces in the world, located in Bandar Seri Begawan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | royal palace ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Malay architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Perlis
ⓘ
Palaces in Malaysia ⓘ Royal residences in Malaysia ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial venue
ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Malay ⓘ |
| hasType | state royal palace ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic building in Perlis ⓘ |
| isInCapitalOf | Perlis royal seat ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Arau ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Perlis ⓘ |
| locatedInSettlement | Arau ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Malaysia Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Arau town centre
ⓘ
linked to:
royal capital Arau
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| nativeName | Istana Arau ⓘ |
| officialResidenceOf | Raja of Perlis ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of Perlis ⓘ |
| partOf | Arau royal complex ⓘ |
| significantPlaceFor |
Perlis monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Monarchy of Perlis
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| usedBy | Raja of Perlis ⓘ |
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: Istana Arau Description of subject: Istana Arau is the royal palace and official residence of the Raja of Perlis in the town of Arau, Malaysia.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.