Najaf International Airport
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Najaf International Airport is a major Iraqi airport serving the holy city of Najaf, providing international air connections for religious pilgrims and other travelers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Najaf International Airport canonical | 3 |
| Al Najaf International Airport | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3209824 — 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: Najaf International Airport Context triple: [Najaf, transportInfrastructure, Najaf International Airport]
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A.
Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad International Airport is the main international gateway to Iraq’s capital, serving as the country’s largest and busiest airport for both civilian and military air traffic.
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B.
Mosul International Airport
Mosul International Airport is a major civilian and military airfield serving the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
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C.
Jazan Regional Airport
Jazan Regional Airport is a domestic airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia serving the city of Jazan and the surrounding Jazan Region.
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D.
Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
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E.
Taif Regional Airport
Taif Regional Airport is a public airport serving the city of Taif and surrounding areas in western Saudi Arabia, handling both domestic and limited international flights.
- 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: Najaf International Airport Target entity description: Najaf International Airport is a major Iraqi airport serving the holy city of Najaf, providing international air connections for religious pilgrims and other travelers.
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A.
Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad International Airport is the main international gateway to Iraq’s capital, serving as the country’s largest and busiest airport for both civilian and military air traffic.
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B.
Mosul International Airport
Mosul International Airport is a major civilian and military airfield serving the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
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C.
Jazan Regional Airport
Jazan Regional Airport is a domestic airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia serving the city of Jazan and the surrounding Jazan Region.
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D.
Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
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E.
Taif Regional Airport
Taif Regional Airport is a public airport serving the city of Taif and surrounding areas in western Saudi Arabia, handling both domestic and limited international flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | airport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Middle Eastern destinations
ⓘ
international destinations ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| handles |
charter passenger traffic
ⓘ
scheduled passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
baggage claim area ⓘ customs control ⓘ immigration control ⓘ parking area ⓘ passenger check-in area ⓘ runway lighting ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| hasRole |
civil airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| hasRunway | single main runway ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasService |
Hajj flights
ⓘ
Umrah flights ⓘ pilgrimage-related charter flights ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasUse | civilian use ⓘ |
| IATAcode | NJF ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | ORNI ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Najaf Governorate
ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
city of Najaf
ⓘ
linked to:
Najaf
|
| near |
Imam Ali Shrine
ⓘ
holy sites in Najaf ⓘ |
| operatedIn | public sector ⓘ |
| operatesFlights |
domestic flights
ⓘ
international flights ⓘ |
| partOf | Iraqi aviation infrastructure ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
air transport for Najaf region
ⓘ
support of religious tourism ⓘ |
| runwayType | paved runway ⓘ |
| serves |
domestic travelers
ⓘ
international travelers ⓘ religious pilgrims ⓘ |
| servesAs |
gateway for religious tourism
ⓘ
gateway to Shia holy sites in Iraq ⓘ |
| servesCity | Najaf ⓘ |
| timezone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +3 ⓘ |
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: Najaf International Airport Description of subject: Najaf International Airport is a major Iraqi airport serving the holy city of Najaf, providing international air connections for religious pilgrims and other travelers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Najaf International Airport
linked to: Najaf International Airport