Pyrenean orogeny
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The Pyrenean orogeny was the major mountain-building event that created the Pyrenees through the collision of the Iberian and Eurasian tectonic plates during the Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pyrenean orogeny canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18365576 — 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: Pyrenean orogeny Context triple: [Pyrenean foothills karst system, associatedWith, Pyrenean orogeny]
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A.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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B.
Carpathian orogeny
The Carpathian orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for forming the Carpathian Mountains through the collision and deformation of tectonic plates in Central and Eastern Europe.
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C.
Apennine orogeny
The Apennine orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for forming Italy’s Apennine Mountains through the collision and complex interaction of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
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D.
Pindus orogeny
The Pindus orogeny is a mountain-building event that formed much of the Pindus mountain range in Greece through the collision and deformation of tectonic plates during the Mesozoic–Cenozoic eras.
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E.
Zagros orogeny
The Zagros orogeny is the mountain-building event that formed the Zagros Mountains through the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the former Tethys Ocean margin.
- 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: Pyrenean orogeny Target entity description: The Pyrenean orogeny was the major mountain-building event that created the Pyrenees through the collision of the Iberian and Eurasian tectonic plates during the Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic.
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A.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan orogeny was a major late Paleozoic mountain-building event in Europe, broadly contemporaneous with the Appalachian orogeny, that resulted from the collision of continental plates during the assembly of the supercontinent Pangaea.
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B.
Carpathian orogeny
The Carpathian orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for forming the Carpathian Mountains through the collision and deformation of tectonic plates in Central and Eastern Europe.
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C.
Apennine orogeny
The Apennine orogeny is the mountain-building event responsible for forming Italy’s Apennine Mountains through the collision and complex interaction of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
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D.
Pindus orogeny
The Pindus orogeny is a mountain-building event that formed much of the Pindus mountain range in Greece through the collision and deformation of tectonic plates during the Mesozoic–Cenozoic eras.
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E.
Zagros orogeny
The Zagros orogeny is the mountain-building event that formed the Zagros Mountains through the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the former Tethys Ocean margin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.