Sacred Plaza
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The Sacred Plaza is a central ceremonial square in the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, surrounded by important religious and architectural structures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sacred Plaza canonical | 2 |
| Sacred Plaza complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2731508 — 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: Sacred Plaza Context triple: [Room of the Three Windows, locatedInArea, Sacred Plaza]
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A.
La Gran Plaza
La Gran Plaza, also known as the Macroplaza, is a vast central public square in Monterrey, Mexico, renowned for its monuments, government buildings, and cultural attractions.
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B.
Zócalo
Zócalo is the vast central plaza of Mexico City, historically and politically significant as a focal point for public gatherings, ceremonies, and cultural events.
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C.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square of Old Havana, Cuba, known for its colonial architecture, leafy central park, and role as a cultural and political hub since the 16th century.
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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: Sacred Plaza Target entity description: The Sacred Plaza is a central ceremonial square in the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, surrounded by important religious and architectural structures.
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A.
La Gran Plaza
La Gran Plaza, also known as the Macroplaza, is a vast central public square in Monterrey, Mexico, renowned for its monuments, government buildings, and cultural attractions.
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B.
Zócalo
Zócalo is the vast central plaza of Mexico City, historically and politically significant as a focal point for public gatherings, ceremonies, and cultural events.
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C.
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas is the historic main square of Old Havana, Cuba, known for its colonial architecture, leafy central park, and role as a cultural and political hub since the 16th century.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site feature
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ceremonial square ⓘ plaza ⓘ |
| access | by foot within Machu Picchu complex ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Intihuatana sector
ⓘ
Main Temple ⓘ Temple of the Sun ⓘ Temple of the Three Windows ⓘ |
| archaeologicalResearch | studied by Andean archaeologists ⓘ |
| builtBy | Inca Empire ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | finely cut stone ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique | ashlar masonry ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culture |
Inca civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Inca people
|
| elevation | about 2430 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| floorSurface | leveled terrace ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
religious center ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Machu Picchu ⓘ |
| includedIn | Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cusco Region
ⓘ
Machu Picchu ⓘ Peru ⓘ |
| management |
Ministry of Culture of Peru
ⓘ
linked to:
Peruvian Ministry of Culture
|
| orientation | aligned with surrounding temples ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inca citadel of Machu Picchu
ⓘ
linked to:
Machu Picchu
urban sector of Machu Picchu ⓘ |
| period | Late Horizon ⓘ |
| shape | roughly rectangular ⓘ |
| significance | central ceremonial space of Machu Picchu ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
elite architecture
ⓘ
important religious structures ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
gatherings
ⓘ
public rituals ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ |
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: Sacred Plaza Description of subject: The Sacred Plaza is a central ceremonial square in the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, surrounded by important religious and architectural structures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sacred Plaza