Ennin
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Ennin was a prominent 9th-century Japanese Buddhist monk of the Tendai school, known for his extensive travels in China and his influential role in spreading esoteric Buddhism in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ennin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16728641 — 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: Ennin Context triple: [Dengyō Daishi, teacherOf, Ennin]
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A.
Etten
Etten is a village in the Netherlands known as one of the early places where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked.
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B.
Inden
Inden is a municipality in the Düren district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its proximity to lignite mining areas and its location between Aachen and Cologne.
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C.
Avant
Avant is a Spanish high-speed rail service brand operated by Renfe that focuses on medium-distance routes between nearby cities.
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D.
Avant
Avant is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for smooth, soulful ballads and early-2000s hits like "Separated" and "Read Your Mind."
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E.
Uelen
Uelen is a remote Chukchi village on Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula, known as one of the easternmost settlements in Eurasia and a traditional center of Indigenous coastal culture and marine hunting.
- 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: Ennin Target entity description: Ennin was a prominent 9th-century Japanese Buddhist monk of the Tendai school, known for his extensive travels in China and his influential role in spreading esoteric Buddhism in Japan.
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A.
Etten
Etten is a village in the Netherlands known as one of the early places where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked.
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B.
Inden
Inden is a municipality in the Düren district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its proximity to lignite mining areas and its location between Aachen and Cologne.
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C.
Avant
Avant is a Spanish high-speed rail service brand operated by Renfe that focuses on medium-distance routes between nearby cities.
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D.
Avant
Avant is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for smooth, soulful ballads and early-2000s hits like "Separated" and "Read Your Mind."
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E.
Uelen
Uelen is a remote Chukchi village on Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula, known as one of the easternmost settlements in Eurasia and a traditional center of Indigenous coastal culture and marine hunting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.