El Castillo (Muyil)
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El Castillo (Muyil) is a prominent Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Muyil on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, notable for its steep stepped design and role as a ceremonial and possibly navigational landmark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| El Castillo (Muyil) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21144588 — 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: El Castillo (Muyil) Context triple: [Muyil, hasStructure, El Castillo (Muyil)]
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A.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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B.
Temple of Kukulkan
The Temple of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo, is a monumental step pyramid at the Maya archaeological site of Chichén Itzá in Mexico, famed for its precise astronomical alignment and equinox serpent-shadow phenomenon.
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C.
House of Moctezuma
The House of Moctezuma is the noble lineage descended from the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II, whose members held significant status and privileges in both pre-Hispanic and colonial New Spain.
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D.
Templo Mayor
Templo Mayor was the main Aztec temple complex in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, serving as a central religious and ceremonial center of the Mexica empire.
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E.
Great Pyramid of Uxmal
The Great Pyramid of Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial pyramid in the ancient city of Uxmal on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
- 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: El Castillo (Muyil) Target entity description: El Castillo (Muyil) is a prominent Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Muyil on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, notable for its steep stepped design and role as a ceremonial and possibly navigational landmark.
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A.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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B.
Temple of Kukulkan
The Temple of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo, is a monumental step pyramid at the Maya archaeological site of Chichén Itzá in Mexico, famed for its precise astronomical alignment and equinox serpent-shadow phenomenon.
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C.
House of Moctezuma
The House of Moctezuma is the noble lineage descended from the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II, whose members held significant status and privileges in both pre-Hispanic and colonial New Spain.
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D.
Templo Mayor
Templo Mayor was the main Aztec temple complex in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, serving as a central religious and ceremonial center of the Mexica empire.
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E.
Great Pyramid of Uxmal
The Great Pyramid of Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial pyramid in the ancient city of Uxmal on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.