Candi Sewu
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Candi Sewu is a large 8th-century Buddhist temple complex near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, known for being one of the largest Buddhist temples in the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Candi Sewu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4099982 — 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: Candi Sewu Context triple: [Sewu temple complex, nativeName, Candi Sewu]
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A.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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B.
Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
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C.
Candi Tikus
Candi Tikus is an ancient brick bathing pool and ritual water structure from the Majapahit era, located within the archaeological site of Trowulan in East Java, Indonesia.
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D.
Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
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E.
Mendut Temple
Mendut Temple is an early 9th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and large statues of Buddhist deities.
- 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: Candi Sewu Target entity description: Candi Sewu is a large 8th-century Buddhist temple complex near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, known for being one of the largest Buddhist temples in the country.
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A.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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B.
Singosari Temple
Singosari Temple is a 13th-century Hindu-Buddhist temple in East Java, Indonesia, renowned as a key monument of the Singhasari Kingdom and an important example of classical Javanese architecture.
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C.
Candi Tikus
Candi Tikus is an ancient brick bathing pool and ritual water structure from the Majapahit era, located within the archaeological site of Trowulan in East Java, Indonesia.
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D.
Kalasan Temple
Kalasan Temple is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its intricate stone carvings and historical significance in the Sailendra dynasty era.
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E.
Mendut Temple
Mendut Temple is an early 9th-century Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and large statues of Buddhist deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple complex
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archaeological site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Javanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy | Sailendra dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Sailendra dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | circa 8th century CE ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Balai Pelestarian Cagar Budaya (Cultural Heritage Preservation Office)
NERFINISHED
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Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | via Prambanan temple complex entrance ⓘ |
| hasCentralTemple | main sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Central Javanese classical period ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
archaeological research site
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasDamageFrom | earthquakes ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeElements |
Buddhist statues
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reliefs ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
pilgrimage site
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religious worship site ⓘ |
| hasLayout | mandala-like concentric layout ⓘ |
| hasMainTempleType | central main shrine ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
andesite
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stone ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTemplesApprox | 249 ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | generally east-facing ⓘ |
| hasPerimeter | multiple concentric rows of perwara temples ⓘ |
| hasPlanType | square compound ⓘ |
| hasReliefType | Buddhist iconography ⓘ |
| hasRestoration |
20th-century restoration works
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21st-century restoration works ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Java
NERFINISHED
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Prambanan Temple Compounds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Prambanan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Java NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Candi Bubrah
NERFINISHED
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Candi Lumbung NERFINISHED ⓘ Candi Prambanan NERFINISHED ⓘ Prambanan Hindu temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oneOfLargest | Buddhist temples in Indonesia ⓘ |
| partOf | Prambanan archaeological park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | Special Region of Yogyakarta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Yogyakarta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteName | Prambanan Temple Compounds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Candi Sewu Description of subject: Candi Sewu is a large 8th-century Buddhist temple complex near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, known for being one of the largest Buddhist temples in the country.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.