Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran
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The Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran is a grand shrine complex and major pilgrimage site built to honor the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini | 3 |
| Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5168174 — 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: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran Context triple: [Ruhollah Khomeini, burialPlace, Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran]
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A.
Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz
The Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz is a historic Persian memorial and garden complex honoring the celebrated 13th-century poet Saadi, serving as both his tomb and a major cultural and literary pilgrimage site in Iran.
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B.
Imam Reza Shrine
The Imam Reza Shrine is a vast and revered Shia Islamic complex in Mashhad, Iran, built around the tomb of the eighth Shia Imam and serving as one of the world’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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C.
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine is a major Shia Muslim pilgrimage site and historic religious complex located in the ancient city of Rayy, now part of Tehran, Iran.
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D.
Avicenna Mausoleum
The Avicenna Mausoleum is a monumental tomb and museum in Hamadan, Iran, dedicated to the renowned Persian polymath and physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
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E.
Imam Ali Shrine
The Imam Ali Shrine is a major Shia Islamic holy site and pilgrimage destination in Najaf, Iraq, believed to house the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth caliph.
- 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: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran Target entity description: The Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran is a grand shrine complex and major pilgrimage site built to honor the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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A.
Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz
The Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz is a historic Persian memorial and garden complex honoring the celebrated 13th-century poet Saadi, serving as both his tomb and a major cultural and literary pilgrimage site in Iran.
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B.
Imam Reza Shrine
The Imam Reza Shrine is a vast and revered Shia Islamic complex in Mashhad, Iran, built around the tomb of the eighth Shia Imam and serving as one of the world’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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C.
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine
Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine is a major Shia Muslim pilgrimage site and historic religious complex located in the ancient city of Rayy, now part of Tehran, Iran.
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D.
Avicenna Mausoleum
The Avicenna Mausoleum is a monumental tomb and museum in Hamadan, Iran, dedicated to the renowned Persian polymath and physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
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E.
Imam Ali Shrine
The Imam Ali Shrine is a major Shia Islamic holy site and pilgrimage destination in Najaf, Iraq, believed to house the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth caliph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mausoleum
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ shrine complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
ⓘ
Persian architecture ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Ahmad Khomeini
ⓘ
Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ other family members of Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| category |
Mausoleums in Iran
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Religious buildings and structures in Tehran ⓘ Shia shrines in Iran ⓘ Tourist attractions in Tehran ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| function | commemoration of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Islamic Republic of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Iran
|
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasMinaret | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
burial chamber
ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ golden dome ⓘ library ⓘ minarets ⓘ mosque ⓘ museum ⓘ parking facilities ⓘ prayer halls ⓘ seminary buildings ⓘ |
| hasUse |
mosque
ⓘ
pilgrimage destination ⓘ religious shrine ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| honours | Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Behesht-e Zahra cemetery
ⓘ
linked to:
Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Tehran ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tehran–Qom freeway ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| operator | custodianship of Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine ⓘ |
| region | Tehran Province ⓘ |
| religion | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
major Shia pilgrimage site
ⓘ
symbol of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| significantEvent | funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| visitorType |
pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran Description of subject: The Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran is a grand shrine complex and major pilgrimage site built to honor the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran
linked to: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran
linked to: Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran