Baphuon
E434115
Baphuon is an 11th-century Hindu temple mountain in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its grand pyramidal architecture and later conversion into a Buddhist site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baphuon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4336433 — 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: Baphuon Context triple: [Khmer Empire, notableSite, Baphuon]
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A.
Preah Khan
Preah Khan is a large 12th-century temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its intricate carvings, sprawling layout, and historical significance as a Buddhist and Hindu monastic center.
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B.
Wat Pho
Wat Pho is a famous Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its giant Reclining Buddha statue and as a historic center of traditional Thai massage.
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C.
Prasat Hin Phanom Wan
Prasat Hin Phanom Wan is an ancient Khmer-style temple complex in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, known for its sandstone sanctuaries and historical religious significance.
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D.
Wat Si Saket
Wat Si Saket is a historic Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos, renowned for its cloister walls filled with thousands of Buddha images and its well-preserved traditional architecture.
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E.
Wat Xieng Thong
Wat Xieng Thong is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple complex in Luang Prabang, Laos, renowned for its traditional Lao architecture and richly decorated mosaics.
- 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: Baphuon Target entity description: Baphuon is an 11th-century Hindu temple mountain in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its grand pyramidal architecture and later conversion into a Buddhist site.
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A.
Preah Khan
Preah Khan is a large 12th-century temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its intricate carvings, sprawling layout, and historical significance as a Buddhist and Hindu monastic center.
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B.
Wat Pho
Wat Pho is a famous Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its giant Reclining Buddha statue and as a historic center of traditional Thai massage.
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C.
Prasat Hin Phanom Wan
Prasat Hin Phanom Wan is an ancient Khmer-style temple complex in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, known for its sandstone sanctuaries and historical religious significance.
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D.
Wat Si Saket
Wat Si Saket is a historic Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos, renowned for its cloister walls filled with thousands of Buddha images and its well-preserved traditional architecture.
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E.
Wat Xieng Thong
Wat Xieng Thong is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple complex in Luang Prabang, Laos, renowned for its traditional Lao architecture and richly decorated mosaics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Hindu temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ temple mountain ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Khmer architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalType | temple mountain ⓘ |
| builtBy | Khmer Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtDuringReignOf | Udayadityavarman II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfConstruction | 11th century ⓘ |
| city | Angkor Thom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | mid-11th century ⓘ |
| contains | reclining Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | late 15th century ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Buddhist temple ⓘ |
| country | Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Khmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bas-reliefs
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central sanctuary ⓘ galleries ⓘ long elevated causeway ⓘ steep stairways ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| hasShape | pyramidal ⓘ |
| hasStructure | three-tiered pyramid ⓘ |
| heritageContext | UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Angkor
NERFINISHED
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Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ Siem Reap Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRestorationPeriod |
20th century
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early 21st century ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
laterite
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sandstone ⓘ |
| near |
Bayon
NERFINISHED
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Phimeanakas NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Palace of Angkor Thom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex restoration history
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grand pyramidal architecture ⓘ |
| partOf | Angkor Archaeological Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recliningBuddhaLocation | west side ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| reopenedToPublic | 2011 ⓘ |
| restorationBy | French archaeologists ⓘ |
| underwent | anastylosis restoration ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Angkor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Baphuon Description of subject: Baphuon is an 11th-century Hindu temple mountain in Angkor, Cambodia, renowned for its grand pyramidal architecture and later conversion into a Buddhist site.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.