Tiratana
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Tiratana is the Pali term for the Buddhist "Triple Gem," referring to the Buddha, the Dhamma (teaching), and the Sangha (community) as the three central refuges in Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiratana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11826710 — 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: Tiratana Context triple: [Triple Gem, alsoKnownAs, Tiratana]
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A.
Tarana
Tarana is the first name of Tarana Burke, the American civil rights activist who founded the Me Too movement.
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B.
Shivta
Shivta is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert city in Israel, known for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and role along historic trade routes.
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C.
Katurian
Katurian is the troubled fiction writer at the center of Martin McDonagh’s dark play "The Pillowman," whose disturbing stories become entangled with a series of real-life crimes.
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D.
Baniata
Baniata is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Tirico
Tirico is the surname of American sportscaster Mike Tirico, known for his play-by-play work on major sports broadcasts.
- 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: Tiratana Target entity description: Tiratana is the Pali term for the Buddhist "Triple Gem," referring to the Buddha, the Dhamma (teaching), and the Sangha (community) as the three central refuges in Buddhism.
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A.
Tarana
Tarana is the first name of Tarana Burke, the American civil rights activist who founded the Me Too movement.
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B.
Shivta
Shivta is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert city in Israel, known for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and role along historic trade routes.
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C.
Katurian
Katurian is the troubled fiction writer at the center of Martin McDonagh’s dark play "The Pillowman," whose disturbing stories become entangled with a series of real-life crimes.
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D.
Baniata
Baniata is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian group spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Tirico
Tirico is the surname of American sportscaster Mike Tirico, known for his play-by-play work on major sports broadcasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist concept
ⓘ
Pali term ⓘ religious object of refuge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buddhist lay practice
ⓘ
Buddhist monastic ordination ⓘ refuge formula ⓘ |
| centralIn | Buddhism ⓘ |
| component |
Buddha as teacher
ⓘ
Dhamma as teaching ⓘ Sangha as community ⓘ |
| corePractice | taking refuge ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
formula for conversion to Buddhism
ⓘ
identity marker for Buddhists ⓘ |
| doctrineRole |
entry point to Buddhist path
ⓘ
foundation of Buddhist faith ⓘ |
| emphasizedInText |
Pali Canon
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Sutta Pitaka ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
ratana (jewel)
ⓘ
ti (three) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Three Jewels
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Jewels of Buddhism
Three Refuges ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfComponents | 3 ⓘ |
| hasPaliForm |
Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
ⓘ
Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi ⓘ Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Triple Gem ⓘ |
| isRecitedIn |
Buddhist rituals
ⓘ
daily chanting ⓘ precept ceremonies ⓘ |
| language | Pali ⓘ |
| meaning |
three jewels
ⓘ
three precious refuges ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Buddha
ⓘ
Dhamma ⓘ Sangha ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Buddhist devotion
ⓘ
Buddhist precepts ⓘ saraṇa (refuge) ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
source of guidance
ⓘ
source of liberation ⓘ source of protection ⓘ |
| usedAs | object of refuge ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
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: Tiratana Description of subject: Tiratana is the Pali term for the Buddhist "Triple Gem," referring to the Buddha, the Dhamma (teaching), and the Sangha (community) as the three central refuges in Buddhism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.