Adalaj
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Adalaj is a village near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, best known for its intricately carved 15th-century stepwell that is a significant example of Indo-Islamic architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adalaj canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3780081 — 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: Adalaj Context triple: [Adalaj Stepwell, locatedIn, Adalaj]
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A.
Alamata
Alamata is a town in northern Ethiopia that serves as a local commercial and administrative center in the southern part of the Tigray Region.
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B.
Ḍogrī
Ḍogrī is the native name of the Dogri language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Jammu region of India.
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C.
Martos
Martos is a historic town in southern Spain’s Andalusia region, known for its olive oil production and hilltop setting dominated by a medieval castle.
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D.
Dakhla
Dakhla is a coastal city in Western Sahara known for its strategic Atlantic location, fishing industry, and popularity as a wind- and kitesurfing destination.
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E.
Jowhar
Jowhar is a town in southern Somalia that serves as the capital of the Middle Shabelle region and an important agricultural and administrative center.
- 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: Adalaj Target entity description: Adalaj is a village near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, best known for its intricately carved 15th-century stepwell that is a significant example of Indo-Islamic architecture.
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A.
Alamata
Alamata is a town in northern Ethiopia that serves as a local commercial and administrative center in the southern part of the Tigray Region.
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B.
Ḍogrī
Ḍogrī is the native name of the Dogri language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Jammu region of India.
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C.
Martos
Martos is a historic town in southern Spain’s Andalusia region, known for its olive oil production and hilltop setting dominated by a medieval castle.
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D.
Dakhla
Dakhla is a coastal city in Western Sahara known for its strategic Atlantic location, fishing industry, and popularity as a wind- and kitesurfing destination.
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E.
Jowhar
Jowhar is a town in southern Somalia that serves as the capital of the Middle Shabelle region and an important agricultural and administrative center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural heritage site
ⓘ
stepwell ⓘ village ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision |
Gandhinagar taluka
ⓘ
linked to:
Gandhinagar district
|
| architecturalStyle | Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| constructionCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| district | Gandhinagar district ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | example of fusion of Hindu and Islamic motifs ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
floral motifs
ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ mythological carvings ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
intricately carved pillars
ⓘ
multi-storey stepped corridors ⓘ ornate balconies ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
resting place for travelers
ⓘ
water storage ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| hasNotableSite |
Adalaj Stepwell
ⓘ
linked to:
Adalaj Stepwell (near Ahmedabad)
|
| heritageStatus | protected monument (Archaeological Survey of India) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
15th-century stepwell
ⓘ
Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ intricate stone carvings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adalaj
ⓘ
western India ⓘ
linked to:
Western India
|
| locatedNear | Ahmedabad ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway
|
| materialUsed | sandstone ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | PIN ⓘ |
| state | Gujarat ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism destination ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +5:30 ⓘ |
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: Adalaj Description of subject: Adalaj is a village near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, best known for its intricately carved 15th-century stepwell that is a significant example of Indo-Islamic architecture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Adalaj Stepwell (near Ahmedabad)