Yearning for Zion Ranch
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Yearning for Zion Ranch was a secluded Texas compound that served as a major residential and religious center for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for its polygamist community and subsequent law-enforcement raids.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yearning for Zion Ranch canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2087793 — 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: Yearning for Zion Ranch Context triple: [Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, hasSettlement, Yearning for Zion Ranch]
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A.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Struggle in the Valley
Struggle in the Valley is a classic 1954 Egyptian drama film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif, known for its romantic storyline and its role in launching Sharif’s film career.
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C.
God’s Acre
God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
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D.
Heart of the Valley
Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
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E.
Glory Farm
Glory Farm is a residential neighbourhood in the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
- 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: Yearning for Zion Ranch Target entity description: Yearning for Zion Ranch was a secluded Texas compound that served as a major residential and religious center for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for its polygamist community and subsequent law-enforcement raids.
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A.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Struggle in the Valley
Struggle in the Valley is a classic 1954 Egyptian drama film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif, known for its romantic storyline and its role in launching Sharif’s film career.
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C.
God’s Acre
God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
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D.
Heart of the Valley
Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
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E.
Glory Farm
Glory Farm is a residential neighbourhood in the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FLDS community
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ranch ⓘ religious compound ⓘ |
| abbreviation | YFZ Ranch ⓘ |
| access | restricted to FLDS members and approved visitors ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Yearning for Zion ⓘ |
| approximateArea | about 1,700 acres ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | functional, communal buildings ⓘ |
| associatedWithCrime |
bigamy-related offenses
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sexual assault of minors ⓘ |
| communityType | polygamist community ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | early 2000s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| evidenceUsedIn | criminal trials of Warren Jeffs ⓘ |
| features |
agricultural land
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dining facilities ⓘ housing complexes ⓘ school buildings ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Warren Jeffs ⓘ |
| governance | controlled by FLDS leadership ⓘ |
| leaderAssociatedWith | Warren Jeffs ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | subject to state seizure proceedings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Schleicher County, Texas
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Texas ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national media attention in 2008 ⓘ |
| near | Eldorado, Texas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
child custody and welfare controversies
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polygamist lifestyle practices ⓘ secrecy and isolation ⓘ |
| notableStructure | large FLDS temple ⓘ |
| ownedBy | FLDS-related corporate entities ⓘ |
| populationIncludes |
large numbers of children
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plural wives ⓘ |
| populationType | FLDS families ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
religious center for FLDS members
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residential center for FLDS members ⓘ |
| raidDate | April 2008 ⓘ |
| raidedBy |
Texas Child Protective Services
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Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| reasonForRaid |
allegations of child abuse
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allegations of underage marriages ⓘ |
| religion | Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ |
| security | gated and guarded compound ⓘ |
| seizedBy |
State of Texas
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linked to:
Texas
|
| seizureCompleted | 2014 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | 2008 law-enforcement raid ⓘ |
| subsequentUse | sold at auction ⓘ |
| usedBy | Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Yearning for Zion Ranch Description of subject: Yearning for Zion Ranch was a secluded Texas compound that served as a major residential and religious center for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known for its polygamist community and subsequent law-enforcement raids.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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hasSettlement
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Yearning for Zion Ranch
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