Philae
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Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex on an island in the Nile, renowned for its dedication to the goddess Isis and its relocation during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philae canonical | 22 |
| Philae Island (before relocation) | 1 |
| Philae lander | 1 |
| Rosetta Philae lander | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T448898 — 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: Philae Context triple: [Lower Nubia, hasMajorSite, Philae]
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A.
Luna 10
Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon, marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration.
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B.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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C.
Gaia
Gaia is the primordial Greek earth goddess, revered as the ancestral mother of all life and the personification of the Earth itself.
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D.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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E.
Comet
Comet is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, often depicted as swift and spirited as he helps pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve.
- 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: Philae Target entity description: Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex on an island in the Nile, renowned for its dedication to the goddess Isis and its relocation during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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A.
Luna 10
Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Moon, marking a major milestone in early lunar exploration.
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B.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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C.
Gaia
Gaia is the primordial Greek earth goddess, revered as the ancestral mother of all life and the personification of the Earth itself.
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D.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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E.
Comet
Comet is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, often depicted as swift and spirited as he helps pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian temple complex
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessibleBy | boat ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
construction of Aswan High Dam
ⓘ
construction of Aswan Low Dam ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Christian church ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
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| dedicatedTo |
Horus
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Isis ⓘ Osiris ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Birth House of Isis
ⓘ
First Pylon of Isis Temple ⓘ Kiosk of Trajan ⓘ Nilometer ⓘ Second Pylon of Isis Temple ⓘ Temple of Augustus ⓘ Temple of Hathor ⓘ Temple of Isis ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Philae
colonnaded courtyard ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Coptic crosses carved on walls
ⓘ
early Christian chapels ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" ⓘ |
| inscriptionsLanguage |
Demotic
ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aswan Governorate
ⓘ
Nile River ⓘ
linked to:
Nile
|
| locatedNear | Aswan ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Philae Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Agilkia Island
|
| mainDeity | Isis ⓘ |
| managedBy | Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Aswan High Dam
ⓘ
Elephantine Island ⓘ Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan ⓘ
linked to:
Unfinished Obelisk
|
| notableInscription |
Philae obelisk inscription
ⓘ
late hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| period |
Ptolemaic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
cult center of Isis
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Agilkia Island ⓘ |
| relocationCampaign | UNESCO Nubia Campaign ⓘ |
| relocationEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| relocationMethod | dismantled and reassembled block by block ⓘ |
| relocationStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 1979 ⓘ |
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: Philae Description of subject: Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex on an island in the Nile, renowned for its dedication to the goddess Isis and its relocation during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Philae
linked to: Philae