Kandyan massa
E82422
Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandyan massa canonical | 1 |
| Kandyan royal administration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682412 — 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: Kandyan massa Context triple: [Kingdom of Kandy, currency, Kandyan massa]
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A.
Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
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B.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
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C.
Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
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D.
Nganasan
The Nganasan are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer hunters and fishers with a distinct Uralic language and culture.
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E.
Monkombu
Monkombu is the given name of M. S. Swaminathan, the renowned Indian agricultural scientist known as the father of India’s Green Revolution.
- 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: Kandyan massa Target entity description: Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
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A.
Pararaton
Pararaton is a Javanese historical chronicle, also known as the "Book of Kings," that narrates the legendary and political history of the Singhasari and Majapahit kingdoms in Indonesia.
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B.
Kundagannada
Kundagannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken primarily in the coastal districts of Karnataka, India.
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C.
Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
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D.
Nganasan
The Nganasan are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer hunters and fishers with a distinct Uralic language and culture.
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E.
Monkombu
Monkombu is the given name of M. S. Swaminathan, the renowned Indian agricultural scientist known as the father of India’s Green Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coin
ⓘ
historical currency unit ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kandyan kings
ⓘ
Kandyan royal administration ⓘ
linked to:
Kandyan massa
|
| category | numismatics of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
central highlands of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
|
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Sinhalese culture ⓘ |
| denominationOf | Kandyan currency ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Kandyan royal court
ⓘ
linked to:
Kandyan kings
|
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
pre‑colonial Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | obsolete currency unit ⓘ |
| location | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | Kandyan monetary system ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kandy ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Sri Lankan currency ⓘ |
| replacedBy | British colonial currency in Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedBefore | full British colonial rule in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
monetary transactions
ⓘ
tax payments ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kingdom of Kandy
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
|
| usedInRegion | Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kandyan massa Description of subject: Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
linked to: Kandyan massa