Taj Mahal
E12234
The Taj Mahal is a 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, renowned worldwide as a masterpiece of Mughal architecture and a symbol of enduring love.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taj Mahal canonical | 68 |
| Taj Mahal complex | 3 |
| Taj Mahal (within the city of Agra) | 1 |
| Taj Mahal in Agra | 1 |
| Taj Mahal mausoleum | 1 |
| Taj Mahal of the Deccan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115183 — 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: Taj Mahal Context triple: [Mughal Empire, notableBuilding, Taj Mahal]
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A.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
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B.
Raj Ghat, Delhi, India
Raj Ghat in Delhi, India is a national memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, marking the site of his cremation and serving as a prominent place of homage and remembrance.
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C.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains, renowned as one of the most iconic archaeological sites and tourist destinations in the world.
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D.
Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is a towering white marble obelisk on the National Mall that honors George Washington, the first president of the United States.
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E.
Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest skyscraper, a landmark of modern engineering and architecture located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 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: Taj Mahal Target entity description: The Taj Mahal is a 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, renowned worldwide as a masterpiece of Mughal architecture and a symbol of enduring love.
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A.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
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B.
Raj Ghat, Delhi, India
Raj Ghat in Delhi, India is a national memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, marking the site of his cremation and serving as a prominent place of homage and remembrance.
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C.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains, renowned as one of the most iconic archaeological sites and tourist destinations in the world.
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D.
Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is a towering white marble obelisk on the National Mall that honors George Washington, the first president of the United States.
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E.
Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest skyscraper, a landmark of modern engineering and architecture located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal architecture
ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ mausoleum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Indo-Islamic architecture
ⓘ
Mughal dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal
|
| builtFor | Mumtaz Mahal ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Shah Jahan ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1653 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1632 ⓘ |
| containsTombOf |
Mumtaz Mahal
ⓘ
Shah Jahan ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Mumtaz Mahal ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
charbagh garden
ⓘ
guest house ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
calligraphic inscriptions
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central dome ⓘ four minarets ⓘ marble inlay work ⓘ red sandstone gateway ⓘ reflecting pool ⓘ symmetrical gardens ⓘ |
| height | approximately 73 metres ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| locatedOn | right bank of the Yamuna River ⓘ |
| location | Agra ⓘ |
| managedBy | Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ |
| materialUsed | white marble ⓘ |
| near |
Agra Fort
ⓘ
Mehtab Bagh ⓘ |
| partOf |
Taj Mahal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Taj Mahal complex
|
| purpose | tomb ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
masterpiece of Mughal architecture
ⓘ
one of the most beautiful buildings in the world ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
love
ⓘ
mourning ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
surface form:
Asia and the Pacific
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| visitorAttractionRank | one of the most visited tourist attractions in India ⓘ |
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: Taj Mahal Description of subject: The Taj Mahal is a 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, renowned worldwide as a masterpiece of Mughal architecture and a symbol of enduring love.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mughal Empire
subject surface form:
Northern India
this entity surface form:
Taj Mahal complex
subject surface form:
Humayun’s Tomb
this entity surface form:
Taj Mahal in Agra
this entity surface form:
Taj Mahal of the Deccan