Chauvet cave paintings
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The Chauvet cave paintings are some of the oldest and most spectacular known prehistoric artworks, featuring remarkably detailed depictions of animals created by early humans over 30,000 years ago in what is now southern France.
All labels observed (2)
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| Chauvet cave paintings canonical | 1 |
| Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic art | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20914892 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chauvet cave paintings Context triple: [Upper Palaeolithic, associatedWith, Chauvet cave paintings]
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Painted Cave
Painted Cave is a renowned archaeological site within Niah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, famous for its ancient rock art and evidence of early human habitation.
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Lascaux cave
Lascaux cave is a famous prehistoric site in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings, especially depictions of large animals.
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Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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Altamira Cave
Altamira Cave is a prehistoric cave in northern Spain renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Paleolithic rock art, especially vivid polychrome paintings of bison.
- 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: Chauvet cave paintings Target entity description: The Chauvet cave paintings are some of the oldest and most spectacular known prehistoric artworks, featuring remarkably detailed depictions of animals created by early humans over 30,000 years ago in what is now southern France.
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A.
Painted Cave
Painted Cave is a renowned archaeological site within Niah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, famous for its ancient rock art and evidence of early human habitation.
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B.
Lascaux cave
Lascaux cave is a famous prehistoric site in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings, especially depictions of large animals.
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C.
Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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D.
Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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E.
Altamira Cave
Altamira Cave is a prehistoric cave in northern Spain renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Paleolithic rock art, especially vivid polychrome paintings of bison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
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Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic art
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linked to: Chauvet cave paintings