Alawi
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Alawi is a historic Moroccan royal dynasty that has ruled the country since the 17th century and to which Sultan Moulay Ismail belonged.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alawi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9876845 — 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: Alawi Context triple: [Sultan Moulay Ismail, familyName, Alawi]
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A.
Alawi
Alawi was a constituent state within the former British-backed Federation of South Arabia in what is now southern Yemen.
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B.
Alawis
Alawis are members of a syncretic, Shia-influenced religious minority community primarily based in Syria, with distinct beliefs and practices that set them apart from mainstream Islam.
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C.
‘Alawiyya
‘Alawiyya is a Sufi order that emerged as a prominent branch of the Shadhiliyya tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification and remembrance of God.
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D.
Al-Asmaʿi
Al-Asmaʿi was a renowned 8th–9th century Arab philologist, grammarian, and scholar of Bedouin Arabic and poetry, associated with the early development of Arabic linguistic sciences.
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E.
Azali
Azali is a critically acclaimed Ghanaian drama film that explores themes of human trafficking, survival, and resilience through the journey of a young girl from a rural village to the city.
- 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: Alawi Target entity description: Alawi is a historic Moroccan royal dynasty that has ruled the country since the 17th century and to which Sultan Moulay Ismail belonged.
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A.
Alawi
Alawi was a constituent state within the former British-backed Federation of South Arabia in what is now southern Yemen.
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B.
Alawis
Alawis are members of a syncretic, Shia-influenced religious minority community primarily based in Syria, with distinct beliefs and practices that set them apart from mainstream Islam.
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C.
‘Alawiyya
‘Alawiyya is a Sufi order that emerged as a prominent branch of the Shadhiliyya tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification and remembrance of God.
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D.
Al-Asmaʿi
Al-Asmaʿi was a renowned 8th–9th century Arab philologist, grammarian, and scholar of Bedouin Arabic and poetry, associated with the early development of Arabic linguistic sciences.
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E.
Azali
Azali is a critically acclaimed Ghanaian drama film that explores themes of human trafficking, survival, and resilience through the journey of a young girl from a rural village to the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Moroccan dynasty
ⓘ
Sultan of Morocco ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Alaouite dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alawite dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Fez
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meknes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse | House of Alaouite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground |
Arab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sharifian ⓘ |
| founder | Moulay Ali Cherif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasAncestralClaimTo | Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Hassan I of Morocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hassan II of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammed III of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammed V of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammed VI of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Moulay Ali Cherif NERFINISHED ⓘ Moulay El Hassan (Crown Prince of Morocco) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moulay Ismail NERFINISHED ⓘ Moulay Rashid NERFINISHED ⓘ Yusef of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralization of royal authority in Morocco
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continuity of monarchy into modern era ⓘ longest-ruling Moroccan dynasty ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroccan Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Alawi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Hassan II of Morocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mohammed V of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammed VI of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Moulay Ismail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Saadi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| reign | 1672–1727 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Kingdom of Morocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultanate of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
17th century
ⓘ
circa 1631 ⓘ |
| titleOfRuler |
King of Morocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultan of Morocco 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: Alawi Description of subject: Alawi is a historic Moroccan royal dynasty that has ruled the country since the 17th century and to which Sultan Moulay Ismail belonged.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.