Shiraz school
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The Shiraz school is a prominent style of Persian miniature painting known for its vivid colors, detailed compositions, and flourishing during the medieval and early modern periods in the city of Shiraz.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiraz school canonical | 1 |
| Shiraz school of painting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5385889 — 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: Shiraz school Context triple: [Persian miniature painting, notableSchool, Shiraz school]
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A.
Akbarian school
The Akbarian school is a mystical-philosophical tradition in Islam that develops and systematizes the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi, especially his doctrines of divine unity and the imaginal realm.
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B.
Lonsdale College
Lonsdale College is one of the constituent colleges of Lancaster University, known for its strong student community and participation in the university’s collegiate system.
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C.
Swinburne
Swinburne was a prominent Victorian-era English poet and critic known for his innovative verse forms, musical language, and often controversial themes.
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D.
Fayan school
The Fayan school was a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition of the 10th–11th centuries, known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment and influential monastic lineages.
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E.
Branford College
Branford College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, known for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and central location on the New Haven campus.
- 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: Shiraz school Target entity description: The Shiraz school is a prominent style of Persian miniature painting known for its vivid colors, detailed compositions, and flourishing during the medieval and early modern periods in the city of Shiraz.
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A.
Akbarian school
The Akbarian school is a mystical-philosophical tradition in Islam that develops and systematizes the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi, especially his doctrines of divine unity and the imaginal realm.
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B.
Lonsdale College
Lonsdale College is one of the constituent colleges of Lancaster University, known for its strong student community and participation in the university’s collegiate system.
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C.
Swinburne
Swinburne was a prominent Victorian-era English poet and critic known for his innovative verse forms, musical language, and often controversial themes.
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D.
Fayan school
The Fayan school was a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition of the 10th–11th centuries, known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment and influential monastic lineages.
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E.
Branford College
Branford College is one of Yale University's residential colleges, known for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and central location on the New Haven campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian miniature painting school
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artistic style ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| artisticTradition | Persian art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic art
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literary manuscripts ⓘ manuscript illustration ⓘ |
| characteristic |
decorative detail
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dense pictorial space ⓘ detailed compositions ⓘ narrative scenes ⓘ ornamental landscapes ⓘ stylized figures ⓘ vivid colors ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Islamic Persia
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linked to:
Islamic Iran
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| developedIn |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
early modern period
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medieval period ⓘ |
| genre | miniature painting ⓘ |
| influenced | later Persian miniature schools ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Persian miniature traditions ⓘ |
| location |
Shiraz
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linked to:
Shiraz, Iran
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| medium |
opaque watercolors
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paper manuscripts ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Shiraz
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linked to:
Shiraz, Iran
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| notableFeature |
bright contrasting color schemes
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elaborate architectural settings ⓘ intricate costume patterns ⓘ |
| partOf |
Persian miniature tradition
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linked to:
Persian miniature painting
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| region | Fars Province ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
battle scenes
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courtly life ⓘ religious stories ⓘ romantic narratives ⓘ |
| usedFor |
illustration of epic poetry
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illustration of historical chronicles ⓘ illustration of religious texts ⓘ |
| visualLanguage |
emphasis on line and contour
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flat spatial representation ⓘ highly patterned surfaces ⓘ |
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: Shiraz school Description of subject: The Shiraz school is a prominent style of Persian miniature painting known for its vivid colors, detailed compositions, and flourishing during the medieval and early modern periods in the city of Shiraz.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shiraz school