Karakhoja
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Karakhoja is the historical name for Gaochang, an ancient Silk Road oasis city and Buddhist cultural center near modern Turpan in Xinjiang, China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karakhoja canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21216276 — 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: Karakhoja Context triple: [Gaochang, alsoKnownAs, Karakhoja]
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A.
Chaghasarai
Chaghasarai is the former name of Asadabad, a city in western Iran that serves as the capital of Hamadan Province’s Asadabad County.
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B.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Karshi oasis
Karshi oasis is a fertile agricultural region in southern Uzbekistan, sustained by irrigation and known historically as a key settlement area along Central Asian trade routes.
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D.
Shemakhan
Shemakhan is a fictional realm best known as the exotic homeland of the seductive Queen of Shemakha in Russian literature and opera.
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E.
Gazakh
Gazakh is a town in northwestern Azerbaijan known as an administrative and cultural center near the country’s borders with Georgia and Armenia.
- 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: Karakhoja Target entity description: Karakhoja is the historical name for Gaochang, an ancient Silk Road oasis city and Buddhist cultural center near modern Turpan in Xinjiang, China.
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A.
Chaghasarai
Chaghasarai is the former name of Asadabad, a city in western Iran that serves as the capital of Hamadan Province’s Asadabad County.
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B.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Karshi oasis
Karshi oasis is a fertile agricultural region in southern Uzbekistan, sustained by irrigation and known historically as a key settlement area along Central Asian trade routes.
-
D.
Shemakhan
Shemakhan is a fictional realm best known as the exotic homeland of the seductive Queen of Shemakha in Russian literature and opera.
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E.
Gazakh
Gazakh is a town in northwestern Azerbaijan known as an administrative and cultural center near the country’s borders with Georgia and Armenia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ancient city of Gaochang