Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran
E519435
Jaleh Square in Tehran, Iran, is a historic public square best known as the site of the 1978 massacre of protesters that became a turning point in the Iranian Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5435138 — 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: Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran Context triple: [Black Friday (8 September 1978), place, Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran]
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A.
Pasteur Street, Tehran
Pasteur Street in Tehran is a highly secured area that hosts key Iranian government institutions and leadership offices.
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B.
Azadi Square
Azadi Square is a major public square in western Tehran, Iran, known for hosting the iconic Azadi Tower and serving as a central site for gatherings and national events.
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C.
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Naqsh-e Jahan Square is a grand historic plaza in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its Safavid-era architecture and surrounding monumental mosques, palace, and bazaar.
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D.
Isfahan Chahar Bagh avenue gardens
The Isfahan Chahar Bagh avenue gardens are a historic Persian garden ensemble lining Isfahan’s famous Chahar Bagh boulevard, exemplifying classical charbagh design with tree-lined promenades, water channels, and symmetrical landscaping.
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E.
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni is a major port city in southwestern Iran on the Persian Gulf, serving as a key maritime and industrial hub.
- 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: Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran Target entity description: Jaleh Square in Tehran, Iran, is a historic public square best known as the site of the 1978 massacre of protesters that became a turning point in the Iranian Revolution.
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A.
Pasteur Street, Tehran
Pasteur Street in Tehran is a highly secured area that hosts key Iranian government institutions and leadership offices.
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B.
Azadi Square
Azadi Square is a major public square in western Tehran, Iran, known for hosting the iconic Azadi Tower and serving as a central site for gatherings and national events.
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C.
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Naqsh-e Jahan Square is a grand historic plaza in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its Safavid-era architecture and surrounding monumental mosques, palace, and bazaar.
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D.
Isfahan Chahar Bagh avenue gardens
The Isfahan Chahar Bagh avenue gardens are a historic Persian garden ensemble lining Isfahan’s famous Chahar Bagh boulevard, exemplifying classical charbagh design with tree-lined promenades, water channels, and symmetrical landscaping.
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E.
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni is a major port city in southwestern Iran on the Persian Gulf, serving as a key maritime and industrial hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public square
ⓘ
urban square ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic Revolution movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian Revolution
Pahlavi dynasty opposition ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian Islamic revolutionary movement
Tehran political history ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| eventDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| eventType | massacre of civilians ⓘ |
| hasContext |
escalation of protests leading to 1979 revolution
ⓘ
pre‑revolution unrest in Iran ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
1978 protest demonstration
ⓘ
anti‑monarchy demonstrations ⓘ mass shooting of protesters in 1978 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | turning point in the Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| hasVictimType | political protesters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1978 massacre of protesters
ⓘ
events of Black Friday ⓘ role in the Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tehran ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Tehran Province ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greater Tehran metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Tehran
urban fabric of Tehran ⓘ |
| significance |
symbol of resistance against the Shah
ⓘ
symbol of state repression in late Pahlavi era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
political demonstrations
ⓘ
protests ⓘ public gatherings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jaleh Square, Tehran, Iran Description of subject: Jaleh Square in Tehran, Iran, is a historic public square best known as the site of the 1978 massacre of protesters that became a turning point in the Iranian Revolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.