Heiden
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Heiden is the central hall of worship within Japan’s Itsukushima Shrine, used for Shinto religious ceremonies and offerings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heiden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10485348 — 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: Heiden Context triple: [Itsukushima Shrine, hasPart, Heiden]
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Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, known as the place where Red Cross founder Henry Dunant spent his final years and died.
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B.
Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Borken district of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, known for its rural character and local cultural traditions.
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Heidiland
Heidiland is a popular Swiss tourist region in Eastern Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes and associations with Johanna Spyri’s "Heidi" stories.
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Stockheim
Stockheim is a village and district of the town of Brackenheim in the Heilbronn district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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E.
Thalheim
Thalheim is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt that was incorporated into the larger city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
- 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: Heiden Target entity description: Heiden is the central hall of worship within Japan’s Itsukushima Shrine, used for Shinto religious ceremonies and offerings.
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A.
Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, known as the place where Red Cross founder Henry Dunant spent his final years and died.
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B.
Heiden
Heiden is a municipality in the Borken district of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, known for its rural character and local cultural traditions.
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C.
Heidiland
Heidiland is a popular Swiss tourist region in Eastern Switzerland, known for its alpine landscapes and associations with Johanna Spyri’s "Heidi" stories.
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D.
Stockheim
Stockheim is a village and district of the town of Brackenheim in the Heilbronn district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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E.
Thalheim
Thalheim is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt that was incorporated into the larger city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto worship hall
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religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Shinden-zukuri-influenced Shinto shrine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Miyajima pilgrimage
ⓘ
Shinto festivals at Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ |
| connectedTo | other shrine buildings by corridors and boardwalks ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto
ⓘ
Tagitsuhime-no-Mikoto ⓘ Tagorihime-no-Mikoto ⓘ
linked to:
Tagitsuhime-no-Mikoto
kami of sea and storms ⓘ |
| facing | Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| function | central hall of worship ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Itsukushima Shinto Shrine" ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Itsukushima Island ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| partOf | Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ |
| primaryActivities |
offering rituals
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prayer ⓘ purification rites ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1996 ⓘ |
| use |
Shinto religious ceremonies
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offerings ⓘ ritual worship ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Heiden Description of subject: Heiden is the central hall of worship within Japan’s Itsukushima Shrine, used for Shinto religious ceremonies and offerings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.