Mina
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Mina is a valley and neighborhood near Mecca in Saudi Arabia that serves as a major site for key Hajj rituals, including the symbolic stoning of the devil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mina canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T340966 — 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: Mina Context triple: [Mecca, near, Mina]
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A.
Niña
Niña was one of the three ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.
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B.
Lulu
Lulu is a common feminine given name or nickname, often used as a diminutive form of names like Louise.
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C.
Maxine
Maxine is a character featured in the film "Once Again."
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D.
Annabella
Annabella was a French film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work in both European and Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
- 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: Mina Target entity description: Mina is a valley and neighborhood near Mecca in Saudi Arabia that serves as a major site for key Hajj rituals, including the symbolic stoning of the devil.
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A.
Niña
Niña was one of the three ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.
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B.
Lulu
Lulu is a common feminine given name or nickname, often used as a diminutive form of names like Louise.
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C.
Maxine
Maxine is a character featured in the film "Once Again."
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D.
Annabella
Annabella was a French film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work in both European and Hollywood cinema.
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E.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic holy site
ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | commemoration of Ibrahim’s rejection of Satan ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Prophet Ibrahim
ⓘ
Prophet Ismail ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Arafat
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Muzdalifah ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 5 kilometers east of Mecca ⓘ |
| governedBy | Government of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
densely occupied only during Hajj season
ⓘ
site of symbolic stoning of the devil ⓘ temporary residence for millions of pilgrims ⓘ |
| hasFacility | large tent city for pilgrims ⓘ |
| hasRoleInRitual |
Ramy al-Jamarat
ⓘ
Stoning of the Devil ⓘ |
| hasSafetyInfrastructure |
crowd management systems
ⓘ
multi-level Jamarat Bridge ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Jamarat Bridge
ⓘ
Jamarat pillars ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Hajj bus routes
ⓘ
pedestrian pathways to other Hajj sites ⓘ road links to Mecca ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Makkah Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mecca ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mecca
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Mecca metropolitan area
Hajj sites around Mecca ⓘ |
| pilgrimCapacity | millions of pilgrims per Hajj season ⓘ |
| primaryVisitors | Muslim pilgrims ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Hajj
ⓘ
Islamic pilgrimage ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorUse |
10th of Dhul Hijjah
ⓘ
11th of Dhul Hijjah ⓘ 12th of Dhul Hijjah ⓘ Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
surface form:
Dhul Hijjah
sometimes 13th of Dhul Hijjah ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accommodation of pilgrims during Hajj
ⓘ
performance of Hajj rites ⓘ |
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: Mina Description of subject: Mina is a valley and neighborhood near Mecca in Saudi Arabia that serves as a major site for key Hajj rituals, including the symbolic stoning of the devil.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.