Tahrir Square
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Tahrir Square is a central public square in Cairo, Egypt, best known as a focal point for major political demonstrations, including the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tahrir Square canonical | 27 |
| Tahrir Square area | 4 |
| ميدان التحرير | 2 |
| Ismailia Square | 1 |
| Tahrir Square metro stations | 1 |
| Tahrir Square side | 1 |
| Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo, Egypt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T190340 — 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: Tahrir Square Context triple: [Cairo, hasLandmark, Tahrir Square]
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A.
Cairo Citadel
The Cairo Citadel is a historic medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt, that served for centuries as the seat of government and a symbol of the city’s military and political power.
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B.
Syntagma Square
Syntagma Square is the central and most politically significant public square in Athens, Greece, known as a focal point for demonstrations, public gatherings, and national events.
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C.
Khan el-Khalili
Khan el-Khalili is a historic bazaar and souq in Cairo renowned for its bustling markets, traditional crafts, and vibrant atmosphere.
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D.
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza is a public park and plaza in Manhattan, New York City, known for its proximity to the United Nations headquarters and its role as a site for international gatherings and demonstrations.
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E.
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a vast, historically significant public square in central Beijing known as a symbolic heart of modern China and the site of major political events and gatherings.
- 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: Tahrir Square Target entity description: Tahrir Square is a central public square in Cairo, Egypt, best known as a focal point for major political demonstrations, including the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
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A.
Cairo Citadel
The Cairo Citadel is a historic medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt, that served for centuries as the seat of government and a symbol of the city’s military and political power.
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B.
Syntagma Square
Syntagma Square is the central and most politically significant public square in Athens, Greece, known as a focal point for demonstrations, public gatherings, and national events.
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C.
Khan el-Khalili
Khan el-Khalili is a historic bazaar and souq in Cairo renowned for its bustling markets, traditional crafts, and vibrant atmosphere.
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D.
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza is a public park and plaza in Manhattan, New York City, known for its proximity to the United Nations headquarters and its role as a site for international gatherings and demonstrations.
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E.
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a vast, historically significant public square in central Beijing known as a symbolic heart of modern China and the site of major political events and gatherings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban square ⓘ |
| adjacentNeighborhood |
Downtown Cairo
ⓘ
Garden City (nearby) ⓘ |
| ArabicName |
Tahrir Square
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ميدان التحرير
|
| associatedWithMovement |
Arab Spring
ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian pro-democracy movement
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| formerName |
Tahrir Square
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ismailia Square
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| governingBody |
Cairo Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Cairo Governorate authorities
|
| hasFeature |
central roundabout
ⓘ
landscaped areas ⓘ pedestrian spaces ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Egyptian flagpole monument (post-2011 redevelopment) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBuilding |
Egyptian Museum
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Headquarters of the Arab League (nearby in Tahrir area) ⓘ Mogamma building ⓘ Nile Ritz-Carlton Hotel ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure |
Cairo Metro Line 1
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Cairo Metro Line 2 ⓘ Sadat metro station ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRiver | Nile River (to the west) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
ⓘ
Cairo Governorate ⓘ Greater Cairo metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Cairo
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive global television coverage during 2011 protests ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Egyptian Revolution of 1919 concept of liberation ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Liberation Square ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a central venue for national celebrations and rallies
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large-scale sit-ins and encampments during 2011 uprising ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance |
center of mass mobilization during Arab Spring in Egypt
ⓘ
symbol of resistance to authoritarian rule in Egypt ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
focal point of 2011 Egyptian Revolution mass protests
ⓘ
symbol of Egyptian pro-democracy movement in 2011 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1977 Egyptian Bread Riots
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Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
surface form:
2011 Egyptian Revolution
2013 Egyptian protests ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of liberation and popular sovereignty in Egypt ⓘ |
| transportRole | major node in Cairo road network ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation |
major renovation completed around 2020
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post-2011 redesign and beautification ⓘ |
| urbanFunction |
major traffic hub in central Cairo
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site for political demonstrations and public gatherings ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +2 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetDST | +3 ⓘ |
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: Tahrir Square Description of subject: Tahrir Square is a central public square in Cairo, Egypt, best known as a focal point for major political demonstrations, including the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ismailia Square
this entity surface form:
ميدان التحرير
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square metro stations
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo, Egypt
subject surface form:
Headquarters of the Arab League
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square area
subject surface form:
Headquarters of the Arab League
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square area
this entity surface form:
ميدان التحرير
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square area
subject surface form:
Garden City (Cairo)
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square side
this entity surface form:
Tahrir Square area