Lingyin Temple
E334276
Lingyin Temple is one of China’s most renowned and historic Buddhist temples, nestled in a scenic valley near West Lake in Hangzhou.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lingyin Temple canonical | 2 |
| Lingyin Si | 1 |
| Lingyin Temple scenic area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3164140 — 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: Lingyin Temple Context triple: [Hangzhou, hasFamousSite, Lingyin 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.
Longshan Temple
Longshan Temple is a historic and richly decorated Buddhist and folk religion temple in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as one of the city’s most important religious and cultural sites.
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C.
Tianning Temple
Tianning Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple complex in Changzhou, China, famous for its towering pagoda and significant religious and cultural heritage.
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D.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
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E.
Nanshan Temple
Nanshan Temple is a major Buddhist temple and scenic coastal attraction in Hainan, China, known for its large Guanyin statue and tranquil seaside setting.
- 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: Lingyin Temple Target entity description: Lingyin Temple is one of China’s most renowned and historic Buddhist temples, nestled in a scenic valley near West Lake in Hangzhou.
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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.
Longshan Temple
Longshan Temple is a historic and richly decorated Buddhist and folk religion temple in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as one of the city’s most important religious and cultural sites.
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C.
Tianning Temple
Tianning Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple complex in Changzhou, China, famous for its towering pagoda and significant religious and cultural heritage.
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D.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
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E.
Nanshan Temple
Nanshan Temple is a major Buddhist temple and scenic coastal attraction in Hainan, China, known for its large Guanyin statue and tranquil seaside setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
religious site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Han Chinese Buddhism
|
| alternativeName |
Lingyin Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Lingyin Si
Temple of the Soul's Retreat ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese architecture ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| denomination |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
|
| foundedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 328 ⓘ |
| founder |
Huili
ⓘ
Monk Huili ⓘ |
| function |
pilgrimage site
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ |
| hasHall |
Hall of Heavenly Kings
ⓘ
Hall of the Five Hundred Arhats ⓘ Hall of the Medicine Buddha ⓘ |
| hasMainDeity | Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ |
| hasMainHall | Mahavira Hall ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Major National Historical and Cultural Site in China ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hangzhou
ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
Zhejiang Province ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | between Feilai Peak and North Peak ⓘ |
| locatedNear | West Lake ⓘ |
| nativeName | 灵隐寺 ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | zh ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Buddhist rock carvings
ⓘ
Feilai Feng grottoes ⓘ large Mahavira Hall ⓘ multiple courtyards and halls ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| region |
eastern China
ⓘ
surface form:
East China
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| tourismCategory | AAAAA tourist attraction (China) ⓘ |
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: Lingyin Temple Description of subject: Lingyin Temple is one of China’s most renowned and historic Buddhist temples, nestled in a scenic valley near West Lake in Hangzhou.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lingyin Si