Pentelic marble
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Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pentelic marble canonical | 26 |
| Pentelic marble deposit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118835 — 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: Pentelic marble Context triple: [Acropolis of Athens, primaryBuildingMaterial, Pentelic marble]
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A.
Georgia marble
Georgia marble is a high-quality, durable white and gray marble quarried in the state of Georgia, widely used in prominent American monuments and buildings.
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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.
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.
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E.
Quartz
Quartz is a digital news outlet known for its global business journalism, data-driven reporting, and mobile-first storytelling.
- 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: Pentelic marble Target entity description: Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
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A.
Georgia marble
Georgia marble is a high-quality, durable white and gray marble quarried in the state of Georgia, widely used in prominent American monuments and buildings.
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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.
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.
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E.
Quartz
Quartz is a digital news outlet known for its global business journalism, data-driven reporting, and mobile-first storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marble
ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Ancient Greek architecture
ⓘ
Classical sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite | Acropolis of Athens ⓘ |
| category |
Greek marble
ⓘ
building material ⓘ sculptural material ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| colorHint | subtle golden tint ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Mesozoic
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesozoic Era
|
| geologicalFormationType | metamorphosed limestone ⓘ |
| grain | fine-grained ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
high quality building stone
ⓘ
symbol of classical Greek art ⓘ |
| historicalExport | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| historicallyPrizedFor |
beauty
ⓘ
durability ⓘ workability ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Attica ⓘ |
| materialComposition | calcite ⓘ |
| minedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
| notableWorkUsedIn |
Acropolis of Athens monuments
ⓘ
linked to:
Acropolis of Athens
Erechtheion ⓘ Parthenon ⓘ
linked to:
the Parthenon
Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
| placeOfOrigin | Mount Pentelicus ⓘ |
| quarriedFrom | Penteli quarries ⓘ |
| quarryLocation |
Mount Pentelicus, Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Pentelicus
|
| regionOfUse |
Europe
ⓘ
Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Sea
|
| surfaceFinishPotential | high polish ⓘ |
| texture | homogeneous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architecture
ⓘ
monuments ⓘ public buildings ⓘ sculpture ⓘ statues ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| visualCharacteristic |
translucent quality
ⓘ
uniform texture ⓘ warm tone ⓘ |
| weatheringCharacteristic | good resistance to weathering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pentelic marble Description of subject: Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Parthenon
linked to: Pentelic marble
subject linked to:
monastery of Penteli
subject linked to:
horsemen of the frieze