Dongba priest
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A Dongba priest is a traditional Naxi religious specialist who performs rituals, divination, and ceremonies using the pictographic Dongba script and ancient shamanic practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dongba priest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22569615 — 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: Dongba priest Context triple: [Dongba religion, clergy, Dongba priest]
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Houngans
Houngans are male priests in Haitian Vodou who serve as spiritual leaders, ritual specialists, and intermediaries between humans and the loa (spirits).
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Karbi priest
A Karbi priest is a traditional religious specialist of the Karbi people who conducts and oversees rituals, ceremonies, and offerings to their indigenous deities.
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C.
Shizong
Shizong is the posthumous temple name given to Emperor Wu of Han, one of China’s most powerful and expansionist Han dynasty rulers.
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Shizong
Shizong was the temple name of a prominent emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in China, noted for consolidating imperial power and promoting cultural and administrative reforms.
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E.
Shizong
Shizong is the temple name of the Jiajing Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler known for his long reign and efforts to strengthen imperial authority and Confucian orthodoxy in China.
- 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: Dongba priest Target entity description: A Dongba priest is a traditional Naxi religious specialist who performs rituals, divination, and ceremonies using the pictographic Dongba script and ancient shamanic practices.
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A.
Houngans
Houngans are male priests in Haitian Vodou who serve as spiritual leaders, ritual specialists, and intermediaries between humans and the loa (spirits).
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B.
Karbi priest
A Karbi priest is a traditional religious specialist of the Karbi people who conducts and oversees rituals, ceremonies, and offerings to their indigenous deities.
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C.
Shizong
Shizong is the posthumous temple name given to Emperor Wu of Han, one of China’s most powerful and expansionist Han dynasty rulers.
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D.
Shizong
Shizong was the temple name of a prominent emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in China, noted for consolidating imperial power and promoting cultural and administrative reforms.
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E.
Shizong
Shizong is the temple name of the Jiajing Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler known for his long reign and efforts to strengthen imperial authority and Confucian orthodoxy in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.