Black Stone corner
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The Black Stone corner is the southeastern angle of the Kaaba in Mecca where the revered Black Stone is set and toward which many pilgrims begin and end their circumambulation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Stone corner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341096 — 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: Black Stone corner Context triple: [Kaaba, corner, Black Stone corner]
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A.
Meriam’s Corner
Meriam’s Corner is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, where colonial militia first engaged British troops in sustained combat during the opening day of the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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C.
Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays the intertwined lives of residents in a poor Cairo neighborhood during the 1940s.
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D.
Mallory Square
Mallory Square is a famous waterfront plaza in Key West, Florida, renowned for its nightly sunset celebrations featuring street performers, vendors, and views over the Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
Ashford Avenue
Ashford Avenue is a major thoroughfare in San Juan’s Condado district, known for its hotels, restaurants, shops, and beachfront access.
- 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: Black Stone corner Target entity description: The Black Stone corner is the southeastern angle of the Kaaba in Mecca where the revered Black Stone is set and toward which many pilgrims begin and end their circumambulation.
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A.
Meriam’s Corner
Meriam’s Corner is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, where colonial militia first engaged British troops in sustained combat during the opening day of the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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C.
Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley is a novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that portrays the intertwined lives of residents in a poor Cairo neighborhood during the 1940s.
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D.
Mallory Square
Mallory Square is a famous waterfront plaza in Key West, Florida, renowned for its nightly sunset celebrations featuring street performers, vendors, and views over the Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
Ashford Avenue
Ashford Avenue is a major thoroughfare in San Juan’s Condado district, known for its hotels, restaurants, shops, and beachfront access.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural feature
ⓘ
religious site feature ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Iraqi corner of the Kaaba
ⓘ
Yemeni corner of the Kaaba ⓘ
linked to:
Yemeni corner
|
| associatedRitual |
Hajj
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Umrah ⓘ tawaf ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic pilgrimage sites
ⓘ
Religious architectural elements ⓘ Sites associated with the Kaaba ⓘ |
| contains | Black Stone ⓘ |
| directionOfMovement | counterclockwise around the Kaaba ⓘ |
| hasArabicName |
الركن الأسود
ⓘ
ركن الحجر الأسود ⓘ
linked to:
al-Ḥajar al-Aswad
|
| hasPosition | southeastern corner of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| houses | Black Stone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Makkah Province ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| materialContext |
Black Stone is set into the Kaaba wall at this corner
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linked to:
Kaaba
|
| orientation |
faces roughly east
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faces roughly south ⓘ |
| partOf | Kaaba ⓘ |
| pilgrimPractice |
many pilgrims attempt to kiss the Black Stone there
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many pilgrims point toward the Black Stone there ⓘ many pilgrims touch the Black Stone there ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInPilgrimage | primary landmark for counting tawaf circuits ⓘ |
| significance |
ending point of tawaf for many pilgrims
ⓘ
starting point of tawaf for many pilgrims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Stone corner Description of subject: The Black Stone corner is the southeastern angle of the Kaaba in Mecca where the revered Black Stone is set and toward which many pilgrims begin and end their circumambulation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.