Maqam Yahya
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Maqam Yahya is a revered Islamic shrine dedicated to the prophet John the Baptist (Yahya), venerated as a holy site by local Muslim communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maqam Yahya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10532578 — 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: Maqam Yahya Context triple: [Shrine of John the Baptist, alsoKnownAs, Maqam Yahya]
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A.
Yaarab Shrine
Yaarab Shrine is a fraternal organization of Shriners based in Atlanta, Georgia, known for its philanthropic work and distinctive Middle Eastern–themed temple building.
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B.
Maqam Ibrahim
Maqam Ibrahim is a small, glass-enclosed stone near the Kaaba in Mecca that holds the footprints believed to be those of the Prophet Abraham and serves as a significant site of prayer for Muslim pilgrims.
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C.
Magharet es-Sitti Mariam
Magharet es-Sitti Mariam is a revered Christian grotto in Bethlehem traditionally associated with the Holy Family and venerated as a site of Marian devotion.
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D.
Qasr al-Mshatta
Qasr al-Mshatta is an unfinished 8th-century Umayyad desert palace in present-day Jordan, renowned for its richly carved stone façade, parts of which are now displayed in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum.
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E.
Ad-Deir
Ad-Deir is a monumental rock-cut façade and ancient structure in Petra, Jordan, renowned for its grand scale and role as one of the site's most iconic monuments.
- 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: Maqam Yahya Target entity description: Maqam Yahya is a revered Islamic shrine dedicated to the prophet John the Baptist (Yahya), venerated as a holy site by local Muslim communities.
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A.
Yaarab Shrine
Yaarab Shrine is a fraternal organization of Shriners based in Atlanta, Georgia, known for its philanthropic work and distinctive Middle Eastern–themed temple building.
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B.
Maqam Ibrahim
Maqam Ibrahim is a small, glass-enclosed stone near the Kaaba in Mecca that holds the footprints believed to be those of the Prophet Abraham and serves as a significant site of prayer for Muslim pilgrims.
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C.
Magharet es-Sitti Mariam
Magharet es-Sitti Mariam is a revered Christian grotto in Bethlehem traditionally associated with the Holy Family and venerated as a site of Marian devotion.
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D.
Qasr al-Mshatta
Qasr al-Mshatta is an unfinished 8th-century Umayyad desert palace in present-day Jordan, renowned for its richly carved stone façade, parts of which are now displayed in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum.
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E.
Ad-Deir
Ad-Deir is a monumental rock-cut façade and ancient structure in Petra, Jordan, renowned for its grand scale and role as one of the site's most iconic monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic shrine
ⓘ
religious building ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
John the Baptist
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prophet Yahya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic holy places
ⓘ
shrines dedicated to prophets ⓘ |
| commemorates |
life of Prophet Yahya
ⓘ
prophetic mission of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | local religious heritage ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
John the Baptist
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prophet Yahya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
site for prayer
ⓘ
site for supplication ⓘ site for veneration of a prophet ⓘ |
| hasDevotionalPractice |
offering of prayers
ⓘ
visitation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
shrine structure
ⓘ
space for visitors ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic | مقام يحيى NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
holy site
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| hasType | maqam ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
John the Baptist
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prophet Yahya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Muslims
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local Muslim communities ⓘ |
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: Maqam Yahya Description of subject: Maqam Yahya is a revered Islamic shrine dedicated to the prophet John the Baptist (Yahya), venerated as a holy site by local Muslim communities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.