Al-Ma'arri
E316746
Al-Ma'arri was an 11th-century Syrian poet, philosopher, and skeptic known for his pessimistic, rationalist views and influential works in classical Arabic literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Ma'arri canonical | 2 |
| Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931097 — 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: Al-Ma'arri Context triple: [Arabic literature, hasNotableAuthor, Al-Ma'arri]
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A.
Al-Mutanabbi
Al-Mutanabbi was a renowned 10th-century Arab poet celebrated for his eloquent, powerful verse and lasting influence on classical Arabic literature.
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B.
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani was an influential 11th-century Muslim scholar best known for his works on Qur’anic exegesis, Arabic lexicography, and ethical philosophy.
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C.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
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E.
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas was a renowned classical Arabic poet of the Abbasid era, celebrated for his innovative, often irreverent verse on wine, love, and urban life in Baghdad.
- 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: Al-Ma'arri Target entity description: Al-Ma'arri was an 11th-century Syrian poet, philosopher, and skeptic known for his pessimistic, rationalist views and influential works in classical Arabic literature.
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A.
Al-Mutanabbi
Al-Mutanabbi was a renowned 10th-century Arab poet celebrated for his eloquent, powerful verse and lasting influence on classical Arabic literature.
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B.
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani was an influential 11th-century Muslim scholar best known for his works on Qur’anic exegesis, Arabic lexicography, and ethical philosophy.
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C.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
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E.
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas was a renowned classical Arabic poet of the Abbasid era, celebrated for his innovative, often irreverent verse on wine, love, and urban life in Baghdad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical Arabic poet
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intellectual ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ rationalist ⓘ satirist ⓘ skeptic ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ma'arrat al-Nu'man
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Syria ⓘ |
| birthYear | 973 ⓘ |
| causeOfDisability | blindness ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ma'arrat al-Nu'man ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1057 ⓘ |
| disabilityAcquired | in childhood ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
|
| fullName |
Al-Ma'arri
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri
|
| genre |
philosophical literature
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poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName |
Aḥmad
ⓘ
surface form:
Ahmad
|
| hasDisability | blind ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical Arabic literary tradition
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later Arab poets ⓘ modern Arab intellectuals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on Arabic literature
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innovative use of classical Arabic ⓘ pessimistic worldview ⓘ skeptical attitude toward religion ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu al-Ala ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| movement |
freethought
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pessimism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat
ⓘ
Luzūmiyyāt ⓘ
surface form:
Luzum ma la yalzam
Risalat al-Ghufran ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
asceticism
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pessimism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| region |
Levant region
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surface form:
Levant
|
| religiousView | religious skeptic ⓘ |
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: Al-Ma'arri Description of subject: Al-Ma'arri was an 11th-century Syrian poet, philosopher, and skeptic known for his pessimistic, rationalist views and influential works in classical Arabic literature.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri