Ananda Temple
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Ananda Temple is a major 12th-century Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and richly decorated interior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ananda Temple canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4211716 — 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: Ananda Temple Context triple: [Chinthe, hasNotableExampleAt, Ananda Temple]
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A.
Umananda Temple
Umananda Temple is a historic Shiva temple situated on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra River, renowned as a prominent religious and tourist attraction near Guwahati in Assam, India.
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B.
Gangaramaya Temple
Gangaramaya Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and cultural complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its eclectic architecture, religious significance, and extensive collection of artifacts.
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C.
Ngawen Temple
Ngawen Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its early Javanese architecture and association with the Sailendra dynasty.
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D.
Sarangapani Temple
Sarangapani Temple is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, renowned for its towering gopuram, intricate Dravidian architecture, and significance as one of the Divya Desams.
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E.
Kali Temple
Kali Temple is a Hindu shrine dedicated to the goddess Kali located within the historic Sinhagad Fort near Pune, India.
- 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: Ananda Temple Target entity description: Ananda Temple is a major 12th-century Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and richly decorated interior.
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A.
Umananda Temple
Umananda Temple is a historic Shiva temple situated on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra River, renowned as a prominent religious and tourist attraction near Guwahati in Assam, India.
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B.
Gangaramaya Temple
Gangaramaya Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and cultural complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its eclectic architecture, religious significance, and extensive collection of artifacts.
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C.
Ngawen Temple
Ngawen Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its early Javanese architecture and association with the Sailendra dynasty.
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D.
Sarangapani Temple
Sarangapani Temple is a major Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, renowned for its towering gopuram, intricate Dravidian architecture, and significance as one of the Divya Desams.
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E.
Kali Temple
Kali Temple is a Hindu shrine dedicated to the goddess Kali located within the historic Sinhagad Fort near Pune, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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cultural heritage site ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Burmese architecture
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Mon architecture ⓘ |
| builtByDynasty | Pagan Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| builtUnder | King Kyansittha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 12th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 11th century ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | the Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
pilgrimage site
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place of worship ⓘ |
| hasBuddhaImage |
standing Buddha facing east
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standing Buddha facing north ⓘ standing Buddha facing south ⓘ standing Buddha facing west ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central square sanctuary
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cloister-like outer corridor ⓘ extensive terracotta plaques ⓘ four large standing Buddha images ⓘ inner vaulted corridors ⓘ multiple receding terraces ⓘ ornate stucco decoration ⓘ sikhara tower ⓘ |
| hasMonasticBuildings | adjacent monastic structures ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Bagan" ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bagan
NERFINISHED
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Mandalay Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagan archaeological zone ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stucco ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Bagan period murals
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large-scale Buddha images ⓘ richly decorated interior ⓘ well-preserved architecture ⓘ |
| orientation | main entrance to the east ⓘ |
| planType | cruciform ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| restoration | subject to multiple restoration campaigns ⓘ |
| roofType | tiered ⓘ |
| structureType | solid core temple ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | earthquake damage ⓘ |
| tourism | major tourist attraction in Bagan ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2019 ⓘ |
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: Ananda Temple Description of subject: Ananda Temple is a major 12th-century Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and richly decorated interior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.