Fa Hien Cave
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Fa Hien Cave is a prehistoric archaeological site in Sri Lanka known for yielding some of the earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans in South Asia, including ancient human remains and stone tools.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20048267 — 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: Fa Hien Cave Context triple: [Balangoda, hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite, Fa Hien Cave]
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Chi Lin Nunnery
Chi Lin Nunnery is a large Buddhist temple complex in Hong Kong renowned for its elegant Tang dynasty-style wooden architecture, tranquil gardens, and lotus ponds.
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Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site in northern China, famous for its extensive 5th–6th century Buddhist cave temples and thousands of rock-carved statues.
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Mogao Caves
The Mogao Caves are a renowned complex of Buddhist cave temples near Dunhuang in China, famous for their extensive collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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Fengxian Cave
Fengxian Cave is the largest and most famous Buddhist grotto at the Longmen Grottoes in China, renowned for its monumental rock-carved statues, including a towering image of Vairocana Buddha.
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E.
Binyang Caves
Binyang Caves are a prominent group of early Northern Wei Buddhist cave temples at the Longmen Grottoes in China, renowned for their large-scale stone carvings and imperial-sponsored sculptures.
- 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: Fa Hien Cave Target entity description: Fa Hien Cave is a prehistoric archaeological site in Sri Lanka known for yielding some of the earliest evidence of anatomically modern humans in South Asia, including ancient human remains and stone tools.
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A.
Chi Lin Nunnery
Chi Lin Nunnery is a large Buddhist temple complex in Hong Kong renowned for its elegant Tang dynasty-style wooden architecture, tranquil gardens, and lotus ponds.
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B.
Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site in northern China, famous for its extensive 5th–6th century Buddhist cave temples and thousands of rock-carved statues.
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C.
Mogao Caves
The Mogao Caves are a renowned complex of Buddhist cave temples near Dunhuang in China, famous for their extensive collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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D.
Fengxian Cave
Fengxian Cave is the largest and most famous Buddhist grotto at the Longmen Grottoes in China, renowned for its monumental rock-carved statues, including a towering image of Vairocana Buddha.
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E.
Binyang Caves
Binyang Caves are a prominent group of early Northern Wei Buddhist cave temples at the Longmen Grottoes in China, renowned for their large-scale stone carvings and imperial-sponsored sculptures.
- F. None of above. chosen
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