Imam
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An Imam is a religious leader in Islam who leads prayers and often provides spiritual guidance to the Muslim community.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Faithful | 11 |
| Imam canonical | 6 |
| al-Imam | 2 |
| أمير المؤمنين | 2 |
| Imam (in Shia doctrine) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2514487 — 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: Imam Context triple: [Ibrahim, titleInIslam, Imam]
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A.
Imam Muhammad al-Badr
Imam Muhammad al-Badr was the last ruling imam and king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, who led royalist forces against republicans during the North Yemen Civil War in the 1960s.
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B.
Sheikh Obekr
Sheikh Obekr is a revered religious figure in Yazidism, honored as part of the tradition’s sacred spiritual lineage.
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C.
Imamu Amiri Baraka
Imamu Amiri Baraka was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist known for his influential role in the Black Arts Movement and his politically charged, experimental writing.
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D.
Ismail
Ismail is a prophet in Islamic tradition, revered as a son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and an exemplar of patience and obedience to God.
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E.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- 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: Imam Target entity description: An Imam is a religious leader in Islam who leads prayers and often provides spiritual guidance to the Muslim community.
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A.
Imam Muhammad al-Badr
Imam Muhammad al-Badr was the last ruling imam and king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, who led royalist forces against republicans during the North Yemen Civil War in the 1960s.
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B.
Sheikh Obekr
Sheikh Obekr is a revered religious figure in Yazidism, honored as part of the tradition’s sacred spiritual lineage.
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C.
Imamu Amiri Baraka
Imamu Amiri Baraka was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist known for his influential role in the Black Arts Movement and his politically charged, experimental writing.
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D.
Ismail
Ismail is a prophet in Islamic tradition, revered as a son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and an exemplar of patience and obedience to God.
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E.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious role
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religious title ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Islamic organization
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local community ⓘ mosque committee ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Muslim community ⓘ |
| authorityScope | religious matters ⓘ |
| canLeadWomenOnlyCongregation | female Imam in some communities ⓘ |
| communityRole |
mediator in disputes
ⓘ
moral exemplar ⓘ teacher of children ⓘ |
| gender | usually male ⓘ |
| hasSubType |
grand Imam
ⓘ
prayer Imam ⓘ resident Imam ⓘ state Imam ⓘ visiting Imam ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Arabic ⓘ |
| leads |
Jumuah prayer
ⓘ
Salah ⓘ congregational prayer ⓘ |
| literalMeaning |
leader
ⓘ
one who is in front ⓘ |
| mayDeliver | Khutbah ⓘ |
| mayOffer |
marital counseling
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religious counseling ⓘ |
| mayPerform |
Nikah ceremony
ⓘ
funeral prayer ⓘ |
| provides |
Quranic teaching
ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ spiritual guidance ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Khatib
ⓘ
Mufti ⓘ Qari ⓘ Sheikh ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| requires |
knowledge of Islamic law
ⓘ
knowledge of Islamic theology ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
leading Friday sermon
ⓘ
leading Taraweeh prayers in Ramadan ⓘ leading daily prayers ⓘ |
| roleInMosque | prayer leader ⓘ |
| status | respected community leader ⓘ |
| studies |
Fiqh
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Hadith ⓘ Quran ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | mosque ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ibadi Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Ibadi Islam
Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Shia Islam
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
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: Imam Description of subject: An Imam is a religious leader in Islam who leads prayers and often provides spiritual guidance to the Muslim community.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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al-Mutawakkil
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