the Báb
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The Báb was a 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and is revered in the Bahá'í Faith as the herald of Bahá'u'lláh.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the Báb canonical | 9 |
| Siyyid ‘Alí-Muhammad (the Báb) | 1 |
| life of the Báb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1950288 — 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: the Báb Context triple: [Bahá'í Faith, recognizesForerunner, the Báb]
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A.
Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh was a 19th-century Persian religious leader and prophet who founded the Bahá'í Faith, teaching the unity of God, religion, and humanity.
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B.
Martyrdom of the Báb
The Martyrdom of the Báb is a Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1850 execution of the Báb, the faith’s prophetic forerunner, in Tabriz, Iran.
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C.
Birth of the Báb
Birth of the Báb is a central Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1819 birth of the Báb, the prophetic forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh and herald of the Bahá'í Faith.
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D.
Declaration of the Báb
The Declaration of the Báb is a central Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1844 announcement by the Báb of his prophetic mission, which heralded the coming of Bahá'u'lláh.
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E.
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá was the son of Bahá'u'lláh and the appointed interpreter and leader of the Bahá'í Faith after his father's death, renowned for his writings, travels, and promotion of peace and unity.
- 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: the Báb Target entity description: The Báb was a 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and is revered in the Bahá'í Faith as the herald of Bahá'u'lláh.
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A.
Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh was a 19th-century Persian religious leader and prophet who founded the Bahá'í Faith, teaching the unity of God, religion, and humanity.
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B.
Martyrdom of the Báb
The Martyrdom of the Báb is a Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1850 execution of the Báb, the faith’s prophetic forerunner, in Tabriz, Iran.
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C.
Birth of the Báb
Birth of the Báb is a central Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1819 birth of the Báb, the prophetic forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh and herald of the Bahá'í Faith.
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D.
Declaration of the Báb
The Declaration of the Báb is a central Bahá'í holy day commemorating the 1844 announcement by the Báb of his prophetic mission, which heralded the coming of Bahá'u'lláh.
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E.
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá was the son of Bahá'u'lláh and the appointed interpreter and leader of the Bahá'í Faith after his father's death, renowned for his writings, travels, and promotion of peace and unity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: the Báb Description of subject: The Báb was a 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and is revered in the Bahá'í Faith as the herald of Bahá'u'lláh.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Baha'i Faith
subject linked to:
Baha'i Faith
linked to: the Báb
linked to: the Báb