Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall)
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Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) is a principal Buddhist lecture hall within the historic Hōryū-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan, used for religious teachings and ceremonies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6402243 — 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: Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) Context triple: [Horyu-ji, hasPart, Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall)]
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A.
Daigokuden Hall
Daigokuden Hall is the main audience hall of the ancient Heijō Palace in Nara, historically used for important state ceremonies and imperial functions during the Nara period of Japan.
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B.
Hōzōmon
Hōzōmon is the grand inner gate of Sensō-ji Temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, known for its massive lanterns and guardian statues.
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C.
Zuigudo Hall
Zuigudo Hall is a sub-temple within Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera complex, known for its dark underground pilgrimage route symbolizing a journey into the womb of a bodhisattva.
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D.
Haga Pavilion
Haga Pavilion is a historic royal building in Stockholm’s Haga Park, known for its 18th-century architecture and association with the Swedish monarchy.
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E.
Katsura Library
Katsura Library is the main academic library facility serving Kyoto University’s Katsura Campus, providing study spaces, research resources, and information services for students and faculty.
- 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: Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) Target entity description: Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) is a principal Buddhist lecture hall within the historic Hōryū-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan, used for religious teachings and ceremonies.
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A.
Daigokuden Hall
Daigokuden Hall is the main audience hall of the ancient Heijō Palace in Nara, historically used for important state ceremonies and imperial functions during the Nara period of Japan.
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B.
Hōzōmon
Hōzōmon is the grand inner gate of Sensō-ji Temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, known for its massive lanterns and guardian statues.
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C.
Zuigudo Hall
Zuigudo Hall is a sub-temple within Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera complex, known for its dark underground pilgrimage route symbolizing a journey into the womb of a bodhisattva.
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D.
Haga Pavilion
Haga Pavilion is a historic royal building in Stockholm’s Haga Park, known for its 18th-century architecture and association with the Swedish monarchy.
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E.
Katsura Library
Katsura Library is the main academic library facility serving Kyoto University’s Katsura Campus, providing study spaces, research resources, and information services for students and faculty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist lecture hall
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religious building ⓘ |
| affiliation | Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Asuka-period Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hossō school of Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Nara Buddhist culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Shōtoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPeriod | Asuka period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalPropertyStatus | Important cultural property of Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important site for Buddhist education in Japan ⓘ |
| functionInTempleComplex |
place for monks’ doctrinal training
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venue for major rituals and assemblies ⓘ |
| hasFunction | principal lecture hall of Hōryū-ji ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 大講堂 ⓘ |
| hasRoofType | tiled gabled roof ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hōryū-ji
NERFINISHED
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Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Five-storied Pagoda of Hōryū-ji
NERFINISHED
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Kondō (Main Hall of Hōryū-ji) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| orientation | within the Western Precinct of Hōryū-ji ⓘ |
| partOf | Hōryū-ji temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | timber frame construction ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Great Lecture Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist ceremonies
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lectures on Buddhist doctrine ⓘ religious teachings ⓘ |
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: Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) Description of subject: Daikō-dō (Great Lecture Hall) is a principal Buddhist lecture hall within the historic Hōryū-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan, used for religious teachings and ceremonies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.