Borobudur Temple
E21750
Buddhist temple
Mahayana Buddhist monument
UNESCO World Heritage Site
archaeological site
pilgrimage site
stupa complex
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Borobudur | 15 |
| Borobudur Temple canonical | 11 |
| Borobudur Temple Compounds | 5 |
| Borobudur temple | 1 |
| Borobudur–Mendut–Pawon temple alignment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174255 — 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: Borobudur Temple Context triple: [Indonesia, hasCulturalHeritage, Borobudur Temple]
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A.
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
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B.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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C.
Taj Mahal
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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D.
Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's Tomb is a 16th-century Mughal mausoleum in Delhi, India, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major architectural precursor to the Taj Mahal.
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E.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
- 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: Borobudur Temple Target entity description: Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
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B.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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C.
Taj Mahal
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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D.
Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's Tomb is a 16th-century Mughal mausoleum in Delhi, India, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major architectural precursor to the Taj Mahal.
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E.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist monument ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ stupa complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gupta-influenced Buddhist architecture
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Javanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedFestival | Vesak ⓘ |
| BuddhistSchool |
Mahayana
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surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
|
| builtBy | Sailendra dynasty ⓘ |
| category |
9th-century Buddhist temples
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Buddhist pilgrimage sites ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Indonesia ⓘ |
| completionDate | 9th century ⓘ |
| constructionEndCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| discoveredByEuropeansYear | 1814 ⓘ |
| elevation | about 265 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| EuropeanRediscoveryLeader | Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ |
| feature |
Buddha statues
ⓘ
central dome ⓘ galleries ⓘ stone reliefs ⓘ stupas ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| function |
pilgrimage destination
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| governingBody | Government of Indonesia ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Java
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Java
Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ |
| managingAgency | Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Indonesia ⓘ |
| material | andesite stone ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Magelang
ⓘ
Yogyakarta ⓘ |
| nearRiver |
Elo River
ⓘ
Progo River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world
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intricate stone reliefs ⓘ massive stepped pyramid structure ⓘ |
| numberOfBuddhaStatues | over 500 ⓘ |
| numberOfLevels | 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfOpenworkStupas | 72 ⓘ |
| numberOfTerraces | 9 ⓘ |
| orientation | aligned with cardinal directions ⓘ |
| plan | square base with central dome ⓘ |
| province |
Java
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Java
|
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| reliefLength | approximately 5 kilometers ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| restoration |
UNESCO-led restoration 1973–1983
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major restoration 1907–1911 ⓘ |
| structureType |
mandala-shaped monument
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stepped pyramid ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Buddhist cosmology
ⓘ
path to enlightenment ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 592 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteName |
Borobudur Temple
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Borobudur Temple Compounds
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed ⓘ |
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: Borobudur Temple Description of subject: Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (33)
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Borobudur Temple Compounds
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur Temple Compounds
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur Temple Compounds
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Borobudur Temple Compounds
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Borobudur
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Central Java
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur Temple Compounds
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Borobudur
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Borobudur
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Borobudur temple
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Borobudur
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Borobudur–Mendut–Pawon temple alignment