Great Plaza
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The Great Plaza is a large central ceremonial and civic space within the ancient Olmec site of La Venta, used for major public and ritual activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Plaza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1587100 — 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: Great Plaza Context triple: [La Venta, hasPart, Great Plaza]
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A.
Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, surrounded by major temples and palaces that formed the heart of its political and religious life.
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B.
Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the main ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Copán, renowned for its impressive stelae, altars, and monumental architecture.
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C.
Plaza de Oriente
Plaza de Oriente is a grand historic square in central Madrid, known for its formal gardens, statues of Spanish monarchs, and its prominent location between the Royal Palace and the Royal Theatre.
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D.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square and civic heart of Santiago, Chile, surrounded by important colonial-era buildings, churches, and public institutions.
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E.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square of Guadalajara, Mexico, known for its ornate bandstand, surrounding colonial architecture, and role as a central gathering place in the city.
- 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: Great Plaza Target entity description: The Great Plaza is a large central ceremonial and civic space within the ancient Olmec site of La Venta, used for major public and ritual activities.
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A.
Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, surrounded by major temples and palaces that formed the heart of its political and religious life.
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B.
Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the main ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Copán, renowned for its impressive stelae, altars, and monumental architecture.
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C.
Plaza de Oriente
Plaza de Oriente is a grand historic square in central Madrid, known for its formal gardens, statues of Spanish monarchs, and its prominent location between the Royal Palace and the Royal Theatre.
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D.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square and civic heart of Santiago, Chile, surrounded by important colonial-era buildings, churches, and public institutions.
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E.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square of Guadalajara, Mexico, known for its ornate bandstand, surrounding colonial architecture, and role as a central gathering place in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological feature
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ceremonial plaza ⓘ civic space ⓘ |
| access | open-air space ⓘ |
| approximateDateRange | c. 900–400 BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | excavated area ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
La Venta ceremonial core
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linked to:
La Venta
Olmec political authority ⓘ Olmec religious practices ⓘ |
| culture | Olmec civilization ⓘ |
| featureOf | Olmec urban planning ⓘ |
| function |
central ceremonial space
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central civic space ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of a major Olmec center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
La Venta archaeological site
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linked to:
La Venta
Mexico ⓘ Tabasco ⓘ |
| material | earthen construction ⓘ |
| partOf | La Venta ⓘ |
| primaryActivities |
community gatherings
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political events ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ |
| relativeLocation | central area of La Venta ⓘ |
| researchField | Mesoamerican archaeology ⓘ |
| scale | large plaza ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular plan ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Formative period
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Middle Formative period ⓘ |
| use |
civic gatherings
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public ceremonies ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Great Plaza Description of subject: The Great Plaza is a large central ceremonial and civic space within the ancient Olmec site of La Venta, used for major public and ritual activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.