Lioz limestone
E104032
Lioz limestone is a dense, decorative Portuguese limestone widely used in historic architecture and monuments, especially in and around Lisbon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lioz limestone canonical | 1 |
| lioz limestone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T876375 — 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: Lioz limestone Context triple: [Belém Tower, materialUsed, Lioz limestone]
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A.
Tura limestone
Tura limestone is a fine white Egyptian limestone historically prized for its high quality and used as the outer casing stone for major monuments such as the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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B.
Anston limestone
Anston limestone is a durable, fine-grained building stone from Anston in South Yorkshire, England, historically quarried for major 19th-century architectural projects.
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C.
Bedford limestone
Bedford limestone is a high-quality, fine-grained building stone from southern Indiana widely used in prominent architectural landmarks across the United States.
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D.
Kimmeridgian limestone
Kimmeridgian limestone is a fossil-rich Jurassic-era calcareous rock that forms the distinctive, mineral-driven terroir underlying many classic Chablis vineyards.
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E.
Tuckahoe marble
Tuckahoe marble is a high-quality white to gray dolomitic marble historically quarried in Westchester County, New York, widely used in prominent 19th-century American buildings and monuments.
- 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: Lioz limestone Target entity description: Lioz limestone is a dense, decorative Portuguese limestone widely used in historic architecture and monuments, especially in and around Lisbon.
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A.
Tura limestone
Tura limestone is a fine white Egyptian limestone historically prized for its high quality and used as the outer casing stone for major monuments such as the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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B.
Anston limestone
Anston limestone is a durable, fine-grained building stone from Anston in South Yorkshire, England, historically quarried for major 19th-century architectural projects.
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C.
Bedford limestone
Bedford limestone is a high-quality, fine-grained building stone from southern Indiana widely used in prominent architectural landmarks across the United States.
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D.
Kimmeridgian limestone
Kimmeridgian limestone is a fossil-rich Jurassic-era calcareous rock that forms the distinctive, mineral-driven terroir underlying many classic Chablis vineyards.
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E.
Tuckahoe marble
Tuckahoe marble is a high-quality white to gray dolomitic marble historically quarried in Westchester County, New York, widely used in prominent 19th-century American buildings and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
ⓘ
limestone ⓘ ornamental stone ⓘ |
| color |
beige
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cream ⓘ light pink ⓘ |
| containsFossils | yes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of Lisbon’s architectural identity
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traditional Portuguese ornamental stone ⓘ |
| density | high ⓘ |
| extractionMethod | quarrying ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Upper Jurassic ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Jurassic ⓘ |
| lithology | bioclastic limestone ⓘ |
| mechanicalProperty |
high abrasion resistance
ⓘ
high compressive strength ⓘ |
| notableUseInCity |
Belém
ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ Mafra ⓘ |
| porosity | low ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfOccurrence |
Lisbon region
ⓘ
linked to:
Lisbon metropolitan area
Mafra ⓘ Sintra ⓘ |
| texture | fine- to medium-grained ⓘ |
| typicalFinish |
bush-hammered
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honed ⓘ polished ⓘ |
| typicalFossils |
bivalves
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echinoderms ⓘ gastropods ⓘ rudists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
churches
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cladding ⓘ monuments ⓘ palaces ⓘ paving ⓘ public buildings ⓘ sculptural elements ⓘ |
| usedInMonument |
Aqueduto das Águas Livres
ⓘ
Basílica da Estrela ⓘ
linked to:
Estrela Basilica
Belém Tower ⓘ Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ Lisbon Cathedral ⓘ Mafra National Palace ⓘ Praça do Comércio arcades ⓘ |
| usedSinceCentury |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
| weatheringResistance | good in urban environments ⓘ |
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: Lioz limestone Description of subject: Lioz limestone is a dense, decorative Portuguese limestone widely used in historic architecture and monuments, especially in and around Lisbon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lioz limestone