Maijishan Grottoes
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The Maijishan Grottoes are a renowned complex of ancient Buddhist cave temples carved into a sheer cliff face in Gansu, China, famous for their thousands of statues and murals.
All labels observed (1)
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| Maijishan Grottoes canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18947903 — 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: Maijishan Grottoes Context triple: [Tianshui, knownFor, Maijishan Grottoes]
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Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site in northern China, famous for its extensive 5th–6th century Buddhist cave temples and thousands of rock-carved statues.
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Mogao Caves
The Mogao Caves are a renowned complex of Buddhist cave temples near Dunhuang in China, famous for their extensive collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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C.
Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes are a renowned complex of thousands of Buddhist rock carvings and statues dating from the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties, carved into limestone cliffs along the Yi River in central China.
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D.
Feilai Feng grottoes
The Feilai Feng grottoes are a renowned cluster of ancient Buddhist rock carvings and sculptures set into a limestone peak near Hangzhou’s Lingyin Temple in China.
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E.
Badain Jaran Temple
Badain Jaran Temple is a remote Buddhist temple nestled among towering sand dunes and desert lakes in China’s Badain Jaran Desert, known for its striking isolation and dramatic landscape.
- 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: Maijishan Grottoes Target entity description: The Maijishan Grottoes are a renowned complex of ancient Buddhist cave temples carved into a sheer cliff face in Gansu, China, famous for their thousands of statues and murals.
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A.
Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage site in northern China, famous for its extensive 5th–6th century Buddhist cave temples and thousands of rock-carved statues.
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B.
Mogao Caves
The Mogao Caves are a renowned complex of Buddhist cave temples near Dunhuang in China, famous for their extensive collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.
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C.
Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes are a renowned complex of thousands of Buddhist rock carvings and statues dating from the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties, carved into limestone cliffs along the Yi River in central China.
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D.
Feilai Feng grottoes
The Feilai Feng grottoes are a renowned cluster of ancient Buddhist rock carvings and sculptures set into a limestone peak near Hangzhou’s Lingyin Temple in China.
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E.
Badain Jaran Temple
Badain Jaran Temple is a remote Buddhist temple nestled among towering sand dunes and desert lakes in China’s Badain Jaran Desert, known for its striking isolation and dramatic landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.