Phra Prang Sam Yot

E940389

Khmer temple historical site temple tourist attraction

Phra Prang Sam Yot is a famous Khmer-style temple ruin in Lopburi, Thailand, known for its three connected prangs and resident monkey population.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Phra Prang Sam Yot canonical	3
Phra Prang Sam Yot temple	1
Wat Phra Yuen	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11675533 — 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: Phra Prang Sam Yot
Context triple: [Lopburi, hasLandmark, Phra Prang Sam Yot]

A. Phra Pathom Chedi
Phra Pathom Chedi is a towering and historically significant Buddhist stupa in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, regarded as one of the oldest and tallest of its kind in the country.
B. Wat Phra Yai
Wat Phra Yai is a prominent hilltop Buddhist temple near Pattaya, Thailand, best known for its large golden Buddha statue overlooking the city and coastline.
C. Phra Chula Chomklao Chao Yu Hua
Phra Chula Chomklao Chao Yu Hua is the formal royal name of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the modernizing monarch of Siam (Thailand) who reigned from 1868 to 1910 and implemented extensive social, legal, and governmental reforms.
D. Phra Ubosot
Phra Ubosot is the main ordination hall of Wat Pho in Bangkok, serving as a sacred space for important Buddhist rituals and housing revered Buddha images.
E. Phra Ram
Phra Ram is the heroic central figure in the Thai epic Ramakien, revered as a righteous prince and incarnation of the god Vishnu.
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: Phra Prang Sam Yot
Target entity description: Phra Prang Sam Yot is a famous Khmer-style temple ruin in Lopburi, Thailand, known for its three connected prangs and resident monkey population.

A. Phra Pathom Chedi
Phra Pathom Chedi is a towering and historically significant Buddhist stupa in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, regarded as one of the oldest and tallest of its kind in the country.
B. Wat Phra Yai
Wat Phra Yai is a prominent hilltop Buddhist temple near Pattaya, Thailand, best known for its large golden Buddha statue overlooking the city and coastline.
C. Phra Chula Chomklao Chao Yu Hua
Phra Chula Chomklao Chao Yu Hua is the formal royal name of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the modernizing monarch of Siam (Thailand) who reigned from 1868 to 1910 and implemented extensive social, legal, and governmental reforms.
D. Phra Ubosot
Phra Ubosot is the main ordination hall of Wat Pho in Bangkok, serving as a sacred space for important Buddhist rituals and housing revered Buddha images.
E. Phra Ram
Phra Ram is the heroic central figure in the Thai epic Ramakien, revered as a righteous prince and incarnation of the god Vishnu.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Khmer temple ⓘ historical site ⓘ temple ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
access	open to visitors for a fee ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Mueang Lopburi District ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Prang Sam Yot ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Khmer architecture ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Jayavarman VII ⓘ
builtInCentury	13th century ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf	Lopburi ⓘ
country	Thailand ⓘ
culturalEvent	annual monkey festival in Lopburi ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Buddha ⓘ
era	Khmer Empire ⓘ
fauna	crab-eating macaque ⓘ
governingBody	Fine Arts Department of Thailand ⓘ
hasFeature	Buddha images inside the prangs ⓘ stairways up the prangs (now usually closed to public) ⓘ
hasIssue	monkey-related damage to structures ⓘ
hasNameMeaning	Temple of the Three Prangs ⓘ
hasPart	central prang ⓘ northern prang ⓘ southern prang ⓘ three prangs ⓘ
hasSurroundings	fenced compound ⓘ grassy courtyard ⓘ
hasView	overlooks railway tracks in Lopburi ⓘ
heritageStatus	registered ancient monument of Thailand ⓘ
languageOfName	Thai ⓘ
locatedIn	Lopburi ⓘ Lopburi Province ⓘ linked to: Lopburi central Thailand ⓘ
material	laterite ⓘ sandstone ⓘ
near	Lopburi Old Town ⓘ linked to: Lopburi Lopburi railway station ⓘ San Phra Kan Shrine ⓘ linked to: San Phra Kan shrine
notableFor	Khmer-style architecture in Thailand ⓘ large monkey population ⓘ three connected prangs ⓘ
originalReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
protectionStatus	archaeological site under state protection ⓘ
region	Lower Central Region of Thailand ⓘ linked to: Central Thailand
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ
touristActivity	feeding monkeys ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lopburi → hasLandmark → Phra Prang Sam Yot ⓘ

Lopburi → hasLandmark → Wat Phra Yuen ⓘ

linked to: Phra Prang Sam Yot

San Phra Kan shrine → near → Phra Prang Sam Yot ⓘ

King Narai’s Palace → near → Phra Prang Sam Yot ⓘ

Monkey Buffet Festival → mainLocation → Phra Prang Sam Yot temple ⓘ