Temple
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Temple is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4394160 — 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 Context triple: [William Chase Temple, familyName, Temple]
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A.
Temple
Temple is a historic legal district in central London, renowned for housing the Inns of Court and many barristers’ chambers.
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B.
Temple
Temple is a mid-sized city in central Texas known as a regional medical and transportation hub.
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C.
The Temple
The Temple is a large, spiritually themed art installation at Burning Man that serves as a communal space for reflection, mourning, and symbolic release before being ceremonially burned.
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D.
Temple IV
Temple IV is one of the tallest and most iconic Mayan pyramid-temples at the ancient city of Tikal in Guatemala, renowned for its towering height and panoramic views over the surrounding rainforest.
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E.
Temple III
Temple III is one of the major ancient Maya pyramidal temples at the archaeological site of Tikal in Guatemala, notable for its towering structure and historical significance within the Classic Maya city.
- 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 Target entity description: Temple is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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A.
Temple
Temple is a historic legal district in central London, renowned for housing the Inns of Court and many barristers’ chambers.
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B.
Temple
Temple is a mid-sized city in central Texas known as a regional medical and transportation hub.
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C.
The Temple
The Temple is a large, spiritually themed art installation at Burning Man that serves as a communal space for reflection, mourning, and symbolic release before being ceremonially burned.
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D.
Temple IV
Temple IV is one of the tallest and most iconic Mayan pyramid-temples at the ancient city of Tikal in Guatemala, renowned for its towering height and panoramic views over the surrounding rainforest.
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E.
Temple III
Temple III is one of the major ancient Maya pyramidal temples at the archaeological site of Tikal in Guatemala, notable for its towering structure and historical significance within the Classic Maya city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category | English-language surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | topographic surname ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Bell Temple
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ William Johnson Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ William Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | England ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Archbishop of Canterbury
NERFINISHED
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actress ⓘ clergyman ⓘ crime writer ⓘ diplomat ⓘ film director ⓘ military historian ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: Temple is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.