Ginkaku-ji
E55753
Ginkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its elegant Silver Pavilion, serene gardens, and embodiment of traditional Japanese aesthetics.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ginkaku-ji canonical | 18 |
| Ginkaku-ji temple complex | 2 |
| Ginkaku-ji (Jisho-ji) | 1 |
| Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) | 1 |
| Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion | 1 |
| Ginkaku-ji Temple | 1 |
| Ginkaku-ji area | 1 |
| Ginkaku‑ji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435932 — 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: Ginkaku-ji Context triple: [Kyoto, contains, Ginkaku-ji]
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A.
Kinkaku-ji
Kinkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its top two floors covered entirely in gold leaf and its picturesque setting beside a reflective pond.
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B.
Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera is a famous historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its large wooden stage that offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding hills.
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C.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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D.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
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E.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace is the historic former seat of Japan’s emperors in Kyoto, renowned for its traditional architecture and role as the center of imperial court life before the capital moved to Tokyo.
- 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: Ginkaku-ji Target entity description: Ginkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its elegant Silver Pavilion, serene gardens, and embodiment of traditional Japanese aesthetics.
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A.
Kinkaku-ji
Kinkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its top two floors covered entirely in gold leaf and its picturesque setting beside a reflective pond.
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B.
Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera is a famous historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its large wooden stage that offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding hills.
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C.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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D.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
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E.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace is the historic former seat of Japan’s emperors in Kyoto, renowned for its traditional architecture and role as the center of imperial court life before the capital moved to Tokyo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Ginkaku-ji Description of subject: Ginkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its elegant Silver Pavilion, serene gardens, and embodiment of traditional Japanese aesthetics.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ginkaku-ji
linked to: Ginkaku-ji
subject linked to:
Osaka and Kyoto
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subject linked to:
Shokoku-ji Temple
subject linked to:
Shokoku-ji Temple