Tokeen marble
E113101
Tokeen marble is a high-quality decorative stone quarried on Marble Island in Southeast Alaska, historically used in prominent public buildings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tokeen marble canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T962193 — 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: Tokeen marble Context triple: [Alaska State Capitol, materialUsed, Tokeen marble]
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A.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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B.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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C.
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.
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D.
Alabaster
Alabaster is a suburban city in central Alabama, known as part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and one of the state's larger, rapidly growing communities.
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E.
Colorado Yule marble
Colorado Yule marble is a high-quality, pure white marble from Colorado renowned for its use in major U.S. monuments and buildings.
- 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: Tokeen marble Target entity description: Tokeen marble is a high-quality decorative stone quarried on Marble Island in Southeast Alaska, historically used in prominent public buildings.
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A.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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B.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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C.
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.
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D.
Alabaster
Alabaster is a suburban city in central Alabama, known as part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and one of the state's larger, rapidly growing communities.
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E.
Colorado Yule marble
Colorado Yule marble is a high-quality, pure white marble from Colorado renowned for its use in major U.S. monuments and buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
ⓘ
decorative stone ⓘ marble ⓘ |
| category |
Alaskan marble
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dimension stone ⓘ |
| color |
light gray
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| composition | calcite ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exportedTo |
continental United States
ⓘ
linked to:
contiguous United States
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| geologicalProvince | Coast Mountains ⓘ |
| geologicalRegion | Alexander Archipelago ⓘ |
| historicalUse | early 20th century public buildings in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Alaska
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linked to:
Southeastern Alaska
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| material | metamorphic rock ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tokeen, Alaska ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
fine grain
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high durability ⓘ high polish ⓘ |
| quarriedAt | Marble Island ⓘ |
| quarryType | open-pit quarry ⓘ |
| texture | fine-grained ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architectural decoration
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exterior cladding ⓘ interior finishes ⓘ public buildings ⓘ |
| usedIn |
banks
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courthouses ⓘ government buildings ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tokeen marble Description of subject: Tokeen marble is a high-quality decorative stone quarried on Marble Island in Southeast Alaska, historically used in prominent public buildings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.