Temple of Philae
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The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple of Isis at Philae | 10 |
| Temple of Philae canonical | 6 |
| Philae Temple | 5 |
| Philae temple complex | 5 |
| Temple of Isis | 2 |
| Isis cult at Philae | 1 |
| Philae temples | 1 |
| Temple complex of Philae | 1 |
| Temple of Isis (Philae) | 1 |
| temple of Isis at Philae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117723 — 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: Temple of Philae Context triple: [International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, significantMonument, Temple of Philae]
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Abu Simbel temples
The Abu Simbel temples are monumental rock-cut temples in southern Egypt built by Pharaoh Ramesses II, renowned for their colossal statues and relocation to save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Abu Rawash necropolis
Abu Rawash necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial site near Cairo best known for the remains of a pyramid complex attributed to the pharaoh Djedefre, son of Khufu.
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Abu Sir necropolis
Abu Sir necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial site south of Cairo, notable for its Old Kingdom pyramids and tombs of 5th Dynasty pharaohs and officials.
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Luxor
Luxor is a historic city in southern Egypt renowned for its vast ancient temple complexes and royal tombs along the Nile.
- 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: Temple of Philae Target entity description: The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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A.
Abu Simbel temples
The Abu Simbel temples are monumental rock-cut temples in southern Egypt built by Pharaoh Ramesses II, renowned for their colossal statues and relocation to save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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B.
Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Abu Rawash necropolis
Abu Rawash necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial site near Cairo best known for the remains of a pyramid complex attributed to the pharaoh Djedefre, son of Khufu.
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D.
Abu Sir necropolis
Abu Sir necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial site south of Cairo, notable for its Old Kingdom pyramids and tombs of 5th Dynasty pharaohs and officials.
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E.
Luxor
Luxor is a historic city in southern Egypt renowned for its vast ancient temple complexes and royal tombs along the Nile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Temple of Philae Description of subject: The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Philae temples
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Philae Temple
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Philae Temple
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Philae Temple
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Nubian Monuments
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Isis cult at Philae
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Temple of Isis (Philae)
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Temple complex of Philae
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Philae temple complex
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Philae temple complex
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Philae temple complex
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Temple of Isis at Philae
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Philae Temple
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Philae Temple