Shobak Castle
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Shobak Castle is a 12th-century Crusader fortress in southern Jordan, notable for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved medieval architecture.
All labels observed (1)
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| Shobak Castle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16301855 — 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: Shobak Castle Context triple: [Ma’an Governorate, contains, Shobak Castle]
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A.
Kerak Castle
Kerak Castle is a massive 12th-century hilltop fortress in modern-day Jordan, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most strategically important examples of Crusader military architecture in the Levant.
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B.
Khust Castle
Khust Castle is a ruined medieval fortress overlooking the town of Khust in western Ukraine, historically built to guard important trade routes and regional borders.
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C.
Zbiroh Castle
Zbiroh Castle is a historic Czech chateau-fortress known for its medieval origins, later Renaissance and Baroque modifications, and association with notable figures such as painter Alfons Mucha.
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D.
Didymoteicho Castle
Didymoteicho Castle is a medieval fortress in northeastern Greece, notable for its strategic hilltop position and well-preserved Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortifications.
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E.
Jódar Castle
Jódar Castle is a historic medieval fortress in the town of Jódar, Spain, notable for its defensive architecture and cultural heritage.
- 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: Shobak Castle Target entity description: Shobak Castle is a 12th-century Crusader fortress in southern Jordan, notable for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved medieval architecture.
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A.
Kerak Castle
Kerak Castle is a massive 12th-century hilltop fortress in modern-day Jordan, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most strategically important examples of Crusader military architecture in the Levant.
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B.
Khust Castle
Khust Castle is a ruined medieval fortress overlooking the town of Khust in western Ukraine, historically built to guard important trade routes and regional borders.
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C.
Zbiroh Castle
Zbiroh Castle is a historic Czech chateau-fortress known for its medieval origins, later Renaissance and Baroque modifications, and association with notable figures such as painter Alfons Mucha.
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D.
Didymoteicho Castle
Didymoteicho Castle is a medieval fortress in northeastern Greece, notable for its strategic hilltop position and well-preserved Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortifications.
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E.
Jódar Castle
Jódar Castle is a historic medieval fortress in the town of Jódar, Spain, notable for its defensive architecture and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.