Phra Buddhasaiyas
E1001176
Phra Buddhasaiyas is the famous giant reclining Buddha statue housed in Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple, renowned as one of Thailand’s most iconic religious landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phra Buddhasaiyas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12735874 — 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: Phra Buddhasaiyas Context triple: [Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho), alsoKnownAs, Phra Buddhasaiyas]
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A.
Phra Buddha Sihing
Phra Buddha Sihing is a revered and historically significant Buddha image in Thailand, traditionally believed to date back to the Sukhothai period and associated with several major temples in the country.
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B.
Phra Mondop
Phra Mondop is an ornate scripture hall within Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple complex, known for housing sacred Buddhist texts and intricate traditional Thai architectural details.
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C.
Phra Mae Khongkha
Phra Mae Khongkha is a revered Thai water goddess associated with rivers, fertility, and purification, prominently venerated during the Loy Krathong festival.
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D.
Phra Lak
Phra Lak is a key heroic figure in Thai mythology, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of Phra Ram in the Ramakien epic.
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E.
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known as King Rama I, was the founder of the Chakri Dynasty and the first monarch of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand.
- 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: Phra Buddhasaiyas Target entity description: Phra Buddhasaiyas is the famous giant reclining Buddha statue housed in Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple, renowned as one of Thailand’s most iconic religious landmarks.
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A.
Phra Buddha Sihing
Phra Buddha Sihing is a revered and historically significant Buddha image in Thailand, traditionally believed to date back to the Sukhothai period and associated with several major temples in the country.
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B.
Phra Mondop
Phra Mondop is an ornate scripture hall within Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple complex, known for housing sacred Buddhist texts and intricate traditional Thai architectural details.
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C.
Phra Mae Khongkha
Phra Mae Khongkha is a revered Thai water goddess associated with rivers, fertility, and purification, prominently venerated during the Loy Krathong festival.
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D.
Phra Lak
Phra Lak is a key heroic figure in Thai mythology, known as the loyal younger brother and companion of Phra Ram in the Ramakien epic.
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E.
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known as King Rama I, was the founder of the Chakri Dynasty and the first monarch of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
reclining Buddha statue
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religious monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thai Buddhism
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Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Bangkok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| coveredWith | gold leaf ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major pilgrimage site for Buddhists
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major tourist attraction in Bangkok ⓘ one of Thailand’s most iconic religious landmarks ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Lord Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
108 auspicious symbols on the soles of the feet
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large reclining body ⓘ mother-of-pearl inlaid feet ⓘ serene facial expression ⓘ supporting arm under the head ⓘ tight curls on the head ⓘ |
| function |
object of veneration
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site for merit-making ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | associated with Rattanakosin-era Bangkok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Thai ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bangkok
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Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Wat Pho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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gold leaf ⓘ stucco ⓘ |
| notableFor |
giant size
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golden appearance ⓘ intricate mother-of-pearl decorations ⓘ reclining posture ⓘ |
| orientation | lying on right side ⓘ |
| partOf | Wat Pho temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posture | reclining ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| style |
Rattanakosin art
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Thai Buddhist art ⓘ |
| symbolism | Buddha entering parinirvana ⓘ |
| temple | Wat Pho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismCategory |
Bangkok landmark
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religious tourism site ⓘ |
| visitorActivity |
offering of incense and flowers
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photography ⓘ prayer ⓘ |
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: Phra Buddhasaiyas Description of subject: Phra Buddhasaiyas is the famous giant reclining Buddha statue housed in Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple, renowned as one of Thailand’s most iconic religious landmarks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho)