Cedar Tree Tower
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Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cedar Tree Tower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cedar Tree Tower Context triple: [Mesa Top Loop Road sites, hasRepresentativeSite, Cedar Tree Tower]
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A.
Kaden Tower
Kaden Tower is a distinctive mid-20th-century modernist office building in Louisville, Kentucky, noted for its innovative design and patterned facade.
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B.
Leland Tower
Leland Tower is a historic high-rise building in downtown Aurora, Illinois, once the tallest building in the state outside Chicago and a prominent local landmark.
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C.
Gatliff Tower
Gatliff Tower is a residential high-rise block located within the World’s End Estate in Chelsea, London.
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D.
Wood Tower
Wood Tower is a historic medieval watchtower and former city gate located in the German city of Mainz along the Rhine River.
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E.
Tower 185
Tower 185 is a prominent high-rise office building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its distinctive architecture and role in shaping the city’s modern financial district skyline.
- 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: Cedar Tree Tower Target entity description: Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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A.
Kaden Tower
Kaden Tower is a distinctive mid-20th-century modernist office building in Louisville, Kentucky, noted for its innovative design and patterned facade.
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B.
Leland Tower
Leland Tower is a historic high-rise building in downtown Aurora, Illinois, once the tallest building in the state outside Chicago and a prominent local landmark.
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C.
Gatliff Tower
Gatliff Tower is a residential high-rise block located within the World’s End Estate in Chelsea, London.
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D.
Wood Tower
Wood Tower is a historic medieval watchtower and former city gate located in the German city of Mainz along the Rhine River.
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E.
Tower 185
Tower 185 is a prominent high-rise office building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its distinctive architecture and role in shaping the city’s modern financial district skyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site
ⓘ
masonry tower ruin ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| access | viewed from designated trail and overlook ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionPeriod | Pueblo II–Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithParkFeature |
Mesa Top Loop archaeological overlooks
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesa Top Loop Road sites
|
| associatedWithTimePeriod | late prehistoric period of U.S. Southwest ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected within national park ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancestral Puebloan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancestral Puebloans
|
| elevation | high mesa-top setting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| functionHypothesis |
possible ceremonial or ritual structure
ⓘ
possible lookout or signaling tower ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
mortar
ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSignage | yes ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for nearby cedar (juniper) trees ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
kiva ruin
ⓘ
prehistoric roomblock foundations ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | surrounding canyons and mesas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Mesa Verde National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological ruin ⓘ |
| includedIn | interpretive materials about Mesa Verde mesa-top sites ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Mesa Top Loop Road interpretive route
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesa Top Loop Road
|
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Colorado
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInCounty | Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Mesa Verde plateau ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Mesa Verde
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesa Verde National Park
|
| locatedOnRoad | Mesa Top Loop Road ⓘ |
| location | Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| managedBy |
U.S. National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| nearbyCity |
Cortez, Colorado
ⓘ
Mancos, Colorado ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesa Top archaeological district (Mesa Verde)
ⓘ
linked to:
cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde
|
| partOfCulturalLandscape |
Four Corners region Ancestral Puebloan sites
ⓘ
linked to:
Four Corners region
|
| preservationState | ruin ⓘ |
| significance |
example of above-ground Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture
ⓘ
provides insight into Ancestral Puebloan community layout on Mesa Verde mesa tops ⓘ
linked to:
cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde
|
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| visitorAccessMode | private vehicles on Mesa Top Loop Road ⓘ |
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Subject: Cedar Tree Tower Description of subject: Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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