Dosmoche
E373697
Dosmoche is a Buddhist festival in Ladakh marked by masked dances, ritual offerings, and ceremonies to ward off evil and ensure prosperity for the coming year.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3622355 — 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: Dosmoche Context triple: [Ladakh, traditionalFestival, Dosmoche]
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A.
Deinomache
Deinomache was an Athenian noblewoman of the 5th century BCE, best known as the mother of the prominent statesman and general Alcibiades.
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B.
Olzino
Olzino is a locality or subdivision within the municipality of Cernobbio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
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C.
Madoc
Madoc is an epic poem by Robert Southey that narrates the legendary voyages and adventures of the Welsh prince Madoc in the New World.
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D.
Doncieux
Doncieux is a French surname most notably associated with Camille Doncieux, the first wife and frequent model of painter Claude Monet.
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E.
Jincamocco
Jincamocco is an important archaeological site associated with the Wari Empire, reflecting the political and cultural influence of this pre-Inca Andean civilization.
- 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: Dosmoche Target entity description: Dosmoche is a Buddhist festival in Ladakh marked by masked dances, ritual offerings, and ceremonies to ward off evil and ensure prosperity for the coming year.
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A.
Deinomache
Deinomache was an Athenian noblewoman of the 5th century BCE, best known as the mother of the prominent statesman and general Alcibiades.
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B.
Olzino
Olzino is a locality or subdivision within the municipality of Cernobbio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
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C.
Madoc
Madoc is an epic poem by Robert Southey that narrates the legendary voyages and adventures of the Welsh prince Madoc in the New World.
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D.
Doncieux
Doncieux is a French surname most notably associated with Camille Doncieux, the first wife and frequent model of painter Claude Monet.
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E.
Jincamocco
Jincamocco is an important archaeological site associated with the Wari Empire, reflecting the political and cultural influence of this pre-Inca Andean civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dosmochey
ⓘ
linked to:
Dosmoche
Festival of Scapegoat ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Leh Palace
ⓘ
Likir Monastery ⓘ New Year rituals in Ladakh ⓘ |
| calendar | Tibetan lunar calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Leh
ⓘ
Likir ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ladakhi culture
ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| features |
monastic ceremonies
ⓘ
oracular rituals ⓘ public participation ⓘ |
| hasActivity | construction of ritual thread crosses (dos) ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
burning of ritual effigies
ⓘ
ceremonial processions ⓘ cham dance ⓘ masked dances ⓘ ritual offerings ⓘ |
| mainDeity | protective deities ⓘ |
| purpose |
ensure prosperity
ⓘ
purification of community ⓘ ward off evil ⓘ |
| region | Ladakh ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Losar
ⓘ
Monlam ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
end of Tibetan lunar year
ⓘ
late winter ⓘ |
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: Dosmoche Description of subject: Dosmoche is a Buddhist festival in Ladakh marked by masked dances, ritual offerings, and ceremonies to ward off evil and ensure prosperity for the coming year.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dosmoche