Temple of the White Dagoba
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The Temple of the White Dagoba is a historic Buddhist temple in Beijing, China, renowned for its prominent white stupa designed by the Nepalese architect Araniko during the Yuan dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of the White Dagoba canonical | 1 |
| Temple of the White Dagoba (Baita Si) area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3164320 — 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: Temple of the White Dagoba Context triple: [Xicheng District, contains, Temple of the White Dagoba]
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A.
Dhamek Stupa
Dhamek Stupa is a massive 6th-century Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, India, marking the site where Gautama Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon.
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B.
Gangaramaya Temple
Gangaramaya Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and cultural complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its eclectic architecture, religious significance, and extensive collection of artifacts.
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C.
Chaukhandi Stupa
Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist monument at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, India, marking the spot where the Buddha is believed to have first met his initial disciples after attaining enlightenment.
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D.
Bhamala Stupa
Bhamala Stupa is an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in Pakistan, notable for its distinctive cruciform stupa and significant Gandharan-era relics.
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E.
Kuthodaw Pagoda
Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa complex in Mandalay, Myanmar, famed for its hundreds of marble slabs inscribed with the entire Pali Canon, often called the “world’s largest book.”
- 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: Temple of the White Dagoba Target entity description: The Temple of the White Dagoba is a historic Buddhist temple in Beijing, China, renowned for its prominent white stupa designed by the Nepalese architect Araniko during the Yuan dynasty.
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A.
Dhamek Stupa
Dhamek Stupa is a massive 6th-century Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, India, marking the site where Gautama Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon.
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B.
Gangaramaya Temple
Gangaramaya Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and cultural complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its eclectic architecture, religious significance, and extensive collection of artifacts.
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C.
Chaukhandi Stupa
Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist monument at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, India, marking the spot where the Buddha is believed to have first met his initial disciples after attaining enlightenment.
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D.
Bhamala Stupa
Bhamala Stupa is an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in Pakistan, notable for its distinctive cruciform stupa and significant Gandharan-era relics.
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E.
Kuthodaw Pagoda
Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa complex in Mandalay, Myanmar, famed for its hundreds of marble slabs inscribed with the entire Pali Canon, often called the “world’s largest book.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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historic site ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architect | Araniko ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | stupa ⓘ |
| associatedReligionSchool | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mongol rule in China
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Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| countryOfArchitect | Nepal ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| function |
place of Buddhist worship
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Buddhist symbols
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golden spire ⓘ large white dome ⓘ series of bronze canopies ⓘ |
| hasPart | white stupa ⓘ |
| hasView | panoramic view of central Beijing ⓘ |
| heritage | historic Buddhist temple ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected cultural relic of Beijing ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nepalese stupa architecture
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Tibetan Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beihai Park
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Beijing ⓘ Xicheng District ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Qionghua Island ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ white plaster ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its white dagoba (stupa) ⓘ |
| near |
Forbidden City
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Jingshan Park ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Yuan dynasty architecture
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prominent white stupa ⓘ |
| orientation | overlooking Beihai Lake ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance |
landmark of Beihai Park
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symbol of Sino-Nepalese cultural exchange ⓘ |
| touristStatus | popular tourist destination in Beijing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist rituals
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cultural tourism ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ |
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: Temple of the White Dagoba Description of subject: The Temple of the White Dagoba is a historic Buddhist temple in Beijing, China, renowned for its prominent white stupa designed by the Nepalese architect Araniko during the Yuan dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Temple of the White Dagoba (Baita Si) area