Zendan-e Eskandar
E1011503
Zendan-e Eskandar is a historic structure in Yazd, Iran, traditionally associated with legends of Alexander the Great and often identified as an ancient prison or dungeon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zendan-e Eskandar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12948433 — 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: Zendan-e Eskandar Context triple: [Alexander’s Prison (Zendan-e Eskandar), hasAlternativeName, Zendan-e Eskandar]
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A.
Zendan-e Soleyman
Zendan-e Soleyman is an ancient volcanic hill and archaeological site in Iran, notable for its deep, waterless pit and religious significance in pre-Islamic Iranian traditions.
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B.
Rakhshandeh
Rakhshandeh is the birth name of Parvin E’tesami, a prominent 20th-century Iranian poet known for her didactic and socially conscious verse.
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C.
The Black Obelisk
The Black Obelisk is a post–World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque that portrays the social and psychological turmoil of Germany during the hyperinflation and political instability of the 1920s.
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D.
Seghanasar
Seghanasar is a mountain peak located within Armenia’s Gegham mountain range.
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E.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra is a 1934 novel by American writer John O'Hara that portrays the rapid self-destruction of a young Pennsylvania businessman amid the social tensions of small-town life.
- 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: Zendan-e Eskandar Target entity description: Zendan-e Eskandar is a historic structure in Yazd, Iran, traditionally associated with legends of Alexander the Great and often identified as an ancient prison or dungeon.
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A.
Zendan-e Soleyman
Zendan-e Soleyman is an ancient volcanic hill and archaeological site in Iran, notable for its deep, waterless pit and religious significance in pre-Islamic Iranian traditions.
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B.
Rakhshandeh
Rakhshandeh is the birth name of Parvin E’tesami, a prominent 20th-century Iranian poet known for her didactic and socially conscious verse.
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C.
The Black Obelisk
The Black Obelisk is a post–World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque that portrays the social and psychological turmoil of Germany during the hyperinflation and political instability of the 1920s.
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D.
Seghanasar
Seghanasar is a mountain peak located within Armenia’s Gegham mountain range.
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E.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra is a 1934 novel by American writer John O'Hara that portrays the rapid self-destruction of a young Pennsylvania businessman amid the social tensions of small-town life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural monument
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cultural heritage site ⓘ historic structure ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexander the Great
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Persian legends ⓘ local folklore ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Iranian
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| eraAttributedByTradition | time of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| hasFunctionAccordingToTradition |
dungeon
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prison ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | زندان اسکندر ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the historic fabric of Yazd ⓘ |
| isPartOf | historic monuments of Yazd ⓘ |
| linkedMythologicallyTo | Alexander’s campaigns in Iran ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yazd
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Yazd Province ⓘ historic city of Yazd ⓘ |
| materialEvidenceStatus | historical function debated by scholars ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Alexander’s prison ⓘ |
| near | historic neighborhoods of Yazd ⓘ |
| region | central Iran ⓘ |
| religiousCulturalSetting | traditional Islamic-Iranian urban fabric ⓘ |
| tourismRole |
local sightseeing destination
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stop on cultural tours of Yazd ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
architectural interest
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connection to Alexander legends ⓘ historical significance ⓘ |
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: Zendan-e Eskandar Description of subject: Zendan-e Eskandar is a historic structure in Yazd, Iran, traditionally associated with legends of Alexander the Great and often identified as an ancient prison or dungeon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.