Tin How Temple
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Tin How Temple is a historic Taoist temple in San Francisco’s Chinatown, dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and known as one of the oldest Chinese temples in the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tin How Temple canonical | 3 |
| Mazu Temple | 1 |
| Mazu temples | 1 |
| Tin Hau Temple | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138202 — 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: Tin How Temple Context triple: [Chinatown (San Francisco), hasLandmark, Tin How Temple]
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A.
Guiyuan Temple
Guiyuan Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple in Wuhan, China, known for its rich cultural heritage and significant religious influence.
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B.
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.
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C.
Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower is a historic and iconic Chinese pavilion in Wuhan, renowned for its classical architecture, cultural significance, and scenic views over the Yangtze River.
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D.
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the political and ceremonial heart of Chinese dynasties for nearly 500 years and is now a major cultural and historical museum.
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E.
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
- 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: Tin How Temple Target entity description: Tin How Temple is a historic Taoist temple in San Francisco’s Chinatown, dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and known as one of the oldest Chinese temples in the United States.
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A.
Guiyuan Temple
Guiyuan Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple in Wuhan, China, known for its rich cultural heritage and significant religious influence.
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B.
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.
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C.
Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower is a historic and iconic Chinese pavilion in Wuhan, renowned for its classical architecture, cultural significance, and scenic views over the Yangtze River.
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D.
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the political and ceremonial heart of Chinese dynasties for nearly 500 years and is now a major cultural and historical museum.
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E.
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese temple
ⓘ
Taoist temple ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese seafaring traditions
ⓘ
protection of sailors and travelers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext |
Chinese American community in San Francisco
ⓘ
Chinese diaspora ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Mazu
ⓘ
Mazu ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Hau
|
| hasDeity |
Mazu
ⓘ
Mazu ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Hau
|
| hasFeature |
Chinese religious iconography
ⓘ
altars to Mazu ⓘ incense burners ⓘ |
| hasType |
place of worship
ⓘ
religious building ⓘ |
| heritage | Chinese American ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Tin How Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Mazu Temple
Tin How Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Hau Temple
|
| languageOfSignage |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Chinatown ⓘ
surface form:
Chinatown, San Francisco
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter |
Mazu
ⓘ
Mazu ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Hau
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese religious heritage in North America ⓘ |
| region | West Coast of the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Taoism ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the oldest Chinese temples in the United States
ⓘ
one of the oldest extant Taoist temples in North America ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
studies of Chinese American history
ⓘ
tourist guides to San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Taoist rituals
ⓘ
community gatherings ⓘ religious worship ⓘ |
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: Tin How Temple Description of subject: Tin How Temple is a historic Taoist temple in San Francisco’s Chinatown, dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and known as one of the oldest Chinese temples in the United States.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chinatown (San Francisco)
this entity surface form:
Tin Hau Temple
this entity surface form:
Mazu Temple
this entity surface form:
Mazu temples
subject surface form:
Chinatown, San Francisco