Tinmal
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Tinmal is a historic fortified village in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, renowned as the spiritual and political cradle of the Almohad movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tinmal canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10708880 — 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: Tinmal Context triple: [Ibn Tumart, deathPlace, Tinmal]
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A.
Comala
Comala is the haunting, ghostly Mexican town that serves as the central setting of Juan Rulfo’s novel "Pedro Páramo."
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B.
Taimani
Taimani are a sub-tribe of the Aimaq people of western Afghanistan, traditionally semi-nomadic and known for pastoralism and tribal social structures.
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C.
Tawilis
Tawilis is a small freshwater sardine species found only in the Philippines’ Taal Lake and is notable as the world’s only known freshwater sardine.
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D.
Melaque
Melaque is a coastal town in Jalisco, Mexico, known for its relaxed beach atmosphere, tourism, and role as a popular vacation spot on the Pacific coast.
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E.
Tamasopo
Tamasopo is a small town in the Huasteca Potosina region of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, known for its lush landscapes and popular nearby waterfalls and natural swimming areas.
- 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: Tinmal Target entity description: Tinmal is a historic fortified village in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, renowned as the spiritual and political cradle of the Almohad movement.
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A.
Comala
Comala is the haunting, ghostly Mexican town that serves as the central setting of Juan Rulfo’s novel "Pedro Páramo."
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B.
Taimani
Taimani are a sub-tribe of the Aimaq people of western Afghanistan, traditionally semi-nomadic and known for pastoralism and tribal social structures.
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C.
Tawilis
Tawilis is a small freshwater sardine species found only in the Philippines’ Taal Lake and is notable as the world’s only known freshwater sardine.
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D.
Melaque
Melaque is a coastal town in Jalisco, Mexico, known for its relaxed beach atmosphere, tourism, and role as a popular vacation spot on the Pacific coast.
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E.
Tamasopo
Tamasopo is a small town in the Huasteca Potosina region of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, known for its lush landscapes and popular nearby waterfalls and natural swimming areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortified settlement
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ mosque ⓘ village ⓘ |
| accessRoad | road along Nfis valley from Marrakesh ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Almohad architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
Almohad Caliphate
ⓘ
linked to:
Almohad dynasty
|
| associatedReligiousMovement |
Almohad movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Almohad dynasty
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| buildingTechnique | traditional Atlas construction methods ⓘ |
| builtBy | Abd al-Mu’min ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| climate | mountain climate ⓘ |
| contains | Tinmal Mosque ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Berber (Amazigh) High Atlas region
ⓘ
linked to:
High Atlas Berber
|
| distanceFromMarrakesh | about 100 kilometres ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1200 metres ⓘ |
| fortificationType | mountain stronghold ⓘ |
| foundedAsBaseBy | Ibn Tumart ⓘ |
| founder | Ibn Tumart ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| function | royal necropolis ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | candidate for UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
political cradle of the Almohad movement
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spiritual cradle of the Almohad movement ⓘ |
| landscape | rugged mountain valley ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Tachelhit-speaking area ⓘ |
| laterStatus | declined after shift of Almohad capital to Marrakesh ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
High Atlas Mountains
ⓘ
linked to:
High Atlas
|
| locatedInRegion |
Al Haouz Province
ⓘ
Marrakesh-Safi ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Nfis River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Tinmal ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Marrakesh ⓘ |
| notableEvent | burial of Almohad rulers in Tinmal Mosque ⓘ |
| notableFor | Tinmal Mosque ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing | 12th century ⓘ |
| primaryConstructionMaterial |
rammed earth
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationHistorical | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | center of Almohad religious reform ⓘ |
| strategicFunction |
base for Almohad expansion in Morocco
ⓘ
control of High Atlas passes ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
religious heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedAsCapitalBy |
Almohad movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Almohad dynasty
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| wallType | fortified enclosure walls ⓘ |
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: Tinmal Description of subject: Tinmal is a historic fortified village in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, renowned as the spiritual and political cradle of the Almohad movement.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.