Da Ci'en Temple
E584570
Da Ci'en Temple is a historic Buddhist temple complex in Xi'an, China, renowned as the site of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and a major center of Buddhist learning during the Tang dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Da Ci'en Temple canonical | 1 |
| Da Ci'en Temple complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6301822 — 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: Da Ci'en Temple Context triple: [Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, locatedIn, Da Ci'en Temple]
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A.
Nanyan Temple
Nanyan Temple is a renowned Taoist temple complex in China, celebrated for its dramatic cliffside setting and association with the sacred Wudang Mountains.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple is a historic and architecturally significant Buddhist temple in Quanzhou, Fujian, renowned as one of the largest and oldest temples in southeastern China.
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E.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
- 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: Da Ci'en Temple Target entity description: Da Ci'en Temple is a historic Buddhist temple complex in Xi'an, China, renowned as the site of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and a major center of Buddhist learning during the Tang dynasty.
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A.
Nanyan Temple
Nanyan Temple is a renowned Taoist temple complex in China, celebrated for its dramatic cliffside setting and association with the sacred Wudang Mountains.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple is a historic and architecturally significant Buddhist temple in Quanzhou, Fujian, renowned as one of the largest and oldest temples in southeastern China.
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E.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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temple complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Chinese architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligionSchool | Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
NERFINISHED
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Silk Road Buddhist transmission NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuanzang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
center for Buddhist scripture translation
ⓘ
center for dissemination of Buddhism in China ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
cultural heritage site
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monastery ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Buddhist murals
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bell tower ⓘ drum tower ⓘ statues of the Buddha ⓘ stone steles ⓘ |
| hasNameInChinese | 大慈恩寺 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPagoda | Giant Wild Goose Pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Giant Wild Goose Pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
courtyards
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main hall ⓘ monastic quarters ⓘ side halls ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Major National Historical and Cultural Site in China ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfFlourishing | 7th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhist learning during the Tang dynasty
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Giant Wild Goose Pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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Shaanxi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Xi'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanta District, Xi'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | ancient city walls of Xi'an ⓘ |
| region | Northwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance |
important pilgrimage site
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major center of Buddhist translation and learning ⓘ |
| tourism |
UNESCO Silk Roads-related attraction
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popular tourist attraction in Xi'an ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Great Ci'en Temple 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: Da Ci'en Temple Description of subject: Da Ci'en Temple is a historic Buddhist temple complex in Xi'an, China, renowned as the site of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and a major center of Buddhist learning during the Tang dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Da Ci'en Temple complex