Sahrij Swani basin
E851534
Sahrij Swani basin is a historic man-made water reservoir in Meknes, Morocco, traditionally used to supply and cool the nearby royal granaries and palace complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sahrij Swani basin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10235477 — 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: Sahrij Swani basin Context triple: [Heri es-Souani, locatedNear, Sahrij Swani basin]
-
A.
Chitral River basin
The Chitral River basin is a mountainous watershed in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan that collects meltwater and runoff from the Hindu Kush, including peaks like Tirich Mir, before flowing south toward the Kabul River.
-
B.
Lagkadas basin
Lagkadas basin is a geographical lowland area in northern Greece known for its agricultural land, wetlands, and proximity to the city of Thessaloniki.
-
C.
Aar basin
The Aar basin is a major river drainage area in Switzerland that collects waters flowing into the Aare River, a key tributary of the Rhine.
-
D.
Jhelum Valley
Jhelum Valley is a scenic river valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, known for its mountainous landscapes, forests, and the Jhelum River flowing through it.
-
E.
Nagina Wadi
Nagina Wadi is a popular recreational island and amusement park located within Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad, India.
- 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: Sahrij Swani basin Target entity description: Sahrij Swani basin is a historic man-made water reservoir in Meknes, Morocco, traditionally used to supply and cool the nearby royal granaries and palace complex.
-
A.
Chitral River basin
The Chitral River basin is a mountainous watershed in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan that collects meltwater and runoff from the Hindu Kush, including peaks like Tirich Mir, before flowing south toward the Kabul River.
-
B.
Lagkadas basin
Lagkadas basin is a geographical lowland area in northern Greece known for its agricultural land, wetlands, and proximity to the city of Thessaloniki.
-
C.
Aar basin
The Aar basin is a major river drainage area in Switzerland that collects waters flowing into the Aare River, a key tributary of the Rhine.
-
D.
Jhelum Valley
Jhelum Valley is a scenic river valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, known for its mountainous landscapes, forests, and the Jhelum River flowing through it.
-
E.
Nagina Wadi
Nagina Wadi is a popular recreational island and amusement park located within Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural heritage site
ⓘ
historic water reservoir ⓘ man-made lake ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sultan Moulay Isma'il
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan Moulay Ismail
|
| builtFor |
Alaouite sultan
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah
royal complex of Meknes ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Palace of Meknes
|
| cityFunction | part of imperial capital infrastructure ⓘ |
| climateFunction | microclimate cooling ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
historic hydraulic system of Meknes
ⓘ
royal stables and granaries complex ⓘ underground water channels ⓘ |
| constructionType | man-made basin ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
example of traditional Moroccan hydraulic engineering
ⓘ
symbol of Meknes imperial past ⓘ |
| currentUse |
public leisure space
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| era |
Alaouite period
ⓘ
linked to:
Alaouite dynasty
|
| hasFeature |
adjacent gardens
ⓘ
massive retaining walls ⓘ views of Meknes city walls ⓘ walkways along the edge ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Historic City of Meknes)
ⓘ
linked to:
Historic City of Meknes
|
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site of Meknes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fès-Meknès region
ⓘ
Historic City of Meknes UNESCO site ⓘ
linked to:
Historic City of Meknes
Meknes ⓘ Meknes medina ⓘ
linked to:
Meknes
|
| locatedNear |
Heri es-Souani
ⓘ
Royal granaries of Meknes ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Granaries of Meknes
Royal palace complex of Meknes ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Palace of Meknes
|
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
plaster ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| partOf |
historic complex of Heri es-Souani
ⓘ
imperial city of Meknes ⓘ
linked to:
Historic City of Meknes
|
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major sightseeing spot in Meknes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cooling royal granaries
ⓘ
irrigation of nearby gardens ⓘ recreation ⓘ supplying water to palace complex ⓘ supplying water to royal granaries ⓘ tourism ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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: Sahrij Swani basin Description of subject: Sahrij Swani basin is a historic man-made water reservoir in Meknes, Morocco, traditionally used to supply and cool the nearby royal granaries and palace complex.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.