Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple)
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Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) is a colorful Chinese-style temple in Yokohama dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and serving as a major cultural and religious center for the local Chinese community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) canonical | 1 |
| Mazu Temple in Yokohama Chinatown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3070144 — 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: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) Context triple: [Chinatown (Yokohama), hasLandmark, Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple)]
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A.
Luermen Mazu Temple
Luermen Mazu Temple is a historic and prominent Mazu temple and pilgrimage site located in Tainan, Taiwan.
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B.
Ebara Shrine
Ebara Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, known for serving as a local spiritual and cultural center.
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C.
Nishinomiya Shrine
Nishinomiya Shrine is a major Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, revered as the head shrine of Ebisu, the god of prosperity and good fortune.
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D.
Shinagawa Shrine
Shinagawa Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district, known for its hilltop setting, miniature Mount Fuji, and traditional festivals.
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E.
Namba Yasaka Shrine
Namba Yasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Osaka, Japan, best known for its massive lion-head-shaped stage that is believed to bring good luck and success.
- 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: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) Target entity description: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) is a colorful Chinese-style temple in Yokohama dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and serving as a major cultural and religious center for the local Chinese community.
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A.
Luermen Mazu Temple
Luermen Mazu Temple is a historic and prominent Mazu temple and pilgrimage site located in Tainan, Taiwan.
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B.
Ebara Shrine
Ebara Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine located in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, known for serving as a local spiritual and cultural center.
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C.
Nishinomiya Shrine
Nishinomiya Shrine is a major Shinto shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, revered as the head shrine of Ebisu, the god of prosperity and good fortune.
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D.
Shinagawa Shrine
Shinagawa Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district, known for its hilltop setting, miniature Mount Fuji, and traditional festivals.
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E.
Namba Yasaka Shrine
Namba Yasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Osaka, Japan, best known for its massive lion-head-shaped stage that is believed to bring good luck and success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese temple
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Taoist temple ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Chinese style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese festivals in Yokohama
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Yokohama Chinatown cultural events ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | colorful ⓘ |
| communityServed |
local Chinese community
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overseas Chinese in Yokohama ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Chinese culture ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Mazu ⓘ |
| deityType | sea goddess ⓘ |
| hasAltarFor | Mazu ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Chinese diaspora religious sites in Japan
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Mazu temples ⓘ Temples in Yokohama ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
place of worship
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major landmark in Yokohama Chinatown
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symbol of Chinese maritime protection beliefs ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Chinese
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Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
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Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Yokohama Chinatown ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Mazu ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
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Taoism ⓘ |
| servesAs |
cultural center
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religious center ⓘ |
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: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) Description of subject: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple) is a colorful Chinese-style temple in Yokohama dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and serving as a major cultural and religious center for the local Chinese community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Chinatown
linked to: Mazu Miao (Yokohama Mazu Temple)