Hira Cave
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Hira Cave is a small mountain cave near Mecca in Saudi Arabia revered in Islam as the place where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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| Hira Cave canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14550235 — 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: Hira Cave Context triple: [Cave Hira, hasAlternativeTransliteration, Hira Cave]
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A.
Gyokusendo Cave
Gyokusendo Cave is a vast and spectacular limestone cave in Okinawa, Japan, famed for its extensive stalactites, underground river, and role as a major tourist attraction.
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B.
Toyoq Caves
The Toyoq Caves are a complex of ancient Buddhist cave temples near Turfan in Xinjiang, China, known for their murals and manuscripts that shed light on Silk Road religious and cultural history.
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C.
Kow-Ata cave
Kow-Ata cave is a famous underground cavern in Turkmenistan known for its warm, sulfur-rich subterranean lake and popular bathing spot.
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D.
Sunyaragi Cave
Sunyaragi Cave is a historic water palace and cave complex in Cirebon, Indonesia, notable for its unique blend of Javanese, Islamic, and European architectural influences and its use as a royal retreat and meditation site.
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E.
Akiyoshidō Cave
Akiyoshidō Cave is one of Japan’s largest and most famous limestone caves, renowned for its vast underground chambers and striking stalactite and stalagmite formations.
- 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: Hira Cave Target entity description: Hira Cave is a small mountain cave near Mecca in Saudi Arabia revered in Islam as the place where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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A.
Gyokusendo Cave
Gyokusendo Cave is a vast and spectacular limestone cave in Okinawa, Japan, famed for its extensive stalactites, underground river, and role as a major tourist attraction.
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B.
Toyoq Caves
The Toyoq Caves are a complex of ancient Buddhist cave temples near Turfan in Xinjiang, China, known for their murals and manuscripts that shed light on Silk Road religious and cultural history.
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C.
Kow-Ata cave
Kow-Ata cave is a famous underground cavern in Turkmenistan known for its warm, sulfur-rich subterranean lake and popular bathing spot.
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D.
Sunyaragi Cave
Sunyaragi Cave is a historic water palace and cave complex in Cirebon, Indonesia, notable for its unique blend of Javanese, Islamic, and European architectural influences and its use as a royal retreat and meditation site.
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E.
Akiyoshidō Cave
Akiyoshidō Cave is one of Japan’s largest and most famous limestone caves, renowned for its vast underground chambers and striking stalactite and stalagmite formations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.