Sha'ban
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Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally observed as a time of increased voluntary worship and preparation for the holy month of Ramadan.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1324342 — 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: Sha'ban Context triple: [Ramadan, follows, Sha'ban]
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A.
Shawwal
Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, notable for beginning with the Eid al-Fitr celebration that marks the end of Ramadan.
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B.
Dhu al-Qadah
Dhu al-Qadah is the eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as one of the four sacred months in which warfare is forbidden.
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C.
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, regarded as one of the four sacred months and especially significant to Shia Muslims for the commemoration of Ashura.
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D.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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E.
Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
- 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: Sha'ban Target entity description: Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally observed as a time of increased voluntary worship and preparation for the holy month of Ramadan.
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A.
Shawwal
Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, notable for beginning with the Eid al-Fitr celebration that marks the end of Ramadan.
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B.
Dhu al-Qadah
Dhu al-Qadah is the eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as one of the four sacred months in which warfare is forbidden.
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C.
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, regarded as one of the four sacred months and especially significant to Shia Muslims for the commemoration of Ashura.
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D.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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E.
Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar month
ⓘ
month of the Islamic calendar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
increased voluntary worship
ⓘ
preparation for Ramadan ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Hijri calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar ⓘ |
| encouragesPractice |
increased prayer
ⓘ
recitation of the Qur'an ⓘ voluntary fasting ⓘ |
| follows | Rajab ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLengthInDays | 29–30 ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificanceIn | Islam ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo |
heightened devotion
ⓘ
spiritual preparation ⓘ |
| isMeasuredBy | lunar cycles ⓘ |
| isPreRamadanMonth | true ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
dating Islamic events
ⓘ
religious observances scheduling ⓘ |
| languageNameArabic |
Sha'ban
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
شعبان
|
| languageNameTransliteration | Shaʿbān ⓘ |
| observedBy | Muslims ⓘ |
| occursBefore |
Ramadan
ⓘ
surface form:
the fasting month of Ramadan
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| partOf | Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ |
| positionInIslamicCalendar | 8 ⓘ |
| precedes | Ramadan ⓘ |
| usedIn | Islam ⓘ |
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: Sha'ban Description of subject: Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally observed as a time of increased voluntary worship and preparation for the holy month of Ramadan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shaʿban
this entity surface form:
شعبان