Angkor Wat
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Angkor Wat is a vast 12th-century temple complex and iconic symbol of Cambodia, renowned as one of the largest religious monuments in the world and a masterpiece of Khmer architecture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angkor Wat canonical | 14 |
| Angkor Wat represents spiritual and religious heritage | 1 |
| Angkor Wat temple complex | 1 |
| Angkor Wat temple silhouette | 1 |
| stylized three-towered Angkor Wat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T802262 — 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: Angkor Wat Context triple: [Cambodia, containsSite, Angkor Wat]
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A.
Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
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B.
Plaosan temple complex
Plaosan temple complex is a 9th-century Buddhist temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its twin main shrines and intricate stone reliefs.
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C.
Wat Pho
Wat Pho is a famous Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its giant Reclining Buddha statue and as a historic center of traditional Thai massage.
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D.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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E.
Sewu temple complex
Sewu temple complex is a large 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple compound near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable as one of the oldest and second-largest Buddhist temple complexes on the island.
- 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: Angkor Wat Target entity description: Angkor Wat is a vast 12th-century temple complex and iconic symbol of Cambodia, renowned as one of the largest religious monuments in the world and a masterpiece of Khmer architecture.
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A.
Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
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B.
Plaosan temple complex
Plaosan temple complex is a 9th-century Buddhist temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, renowned for its twin main shrines and intricate stone reliefs.
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C.
Wat Pho
Wat Pho is a famous Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its giant Reclining Buddha statue and as a historic center of traditional Thai massage.
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D.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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E.
Sewu temple complex
Sewu temple complex is a large 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple compound near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable as one of the oldest and second-largest Buddhist temple complexes on the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ religious monument ⓘ temple complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Khmer architecture ⓘ |
| area | about 162 hectares ⓘ |
| builtBy | King Suryavarman II ⓘ |
| conservationIssues |
environmental degradation
ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ |
| constructedInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 12th century ⓘ |
| country | Cambodia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | national identity of Cambodia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Vishnu ⓘ |
| depictedOn |
Cambodian currency
ⓘ
Flag of Cambodia ⓘ
surface form:
flag of Cambodia
|
| function | state temple of the Khmer Empire ⓘ |
| gridReferenceType | temple-mountain layout ⓘ |
| hasBasReliefsDepicting |
Samudra Manthan
ⓘ
surface form:
Churning of the Ocean of Milk
Hindu epics ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ |
| hasEnclosure |
inner galleries
ⓘ
outer enclosure wall ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central quincunx of towers
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extensive bas-relief galleries ⓘ long causeway ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
laterite
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ |
| hasStairways | steep staircases to central sanctuary ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscribedAsUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteIn | 1992 ⓘ |
| laterReligion |
Theravada
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surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| locatedIn | Siem Reap Province ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerState | Khmer Empire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Siem Reap Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Siem Reap
|
| nearbyAirport | Siem Reap International Airport ⓘ |
| notableFor | largest religious monument in the world ⓘ |
| orientation | west-facing ⓘ |
| originalReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| partOf | Angkor Archaeological Park ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | masterpiece of Khmer architecture ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | moat ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Cambodia ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major tourist attraction ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | ticketed entry via Angkor pass ⓘ |
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: Angkor Wat Description of subject: Angkor Wat is a vast 12th-century temple complex and iconic symbol of Cambodia, renowned as one of the largest religious monuments in the world and a masterpiece of Khmer architecture.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Angkor Wat temple complex
this entity surface form:
Angkor Wat represents spiritual and religious heritage
this entity surface form:
Angkor Wat temple silhouette
this entity surface form:
stylized three-towered Angkor Wat
subject surface form:
Independence Monument (Phnom Penh)