Spruce Tree House
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Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spruce Tree House canonical | 8 |
| Spruce Tree House area | 1 |
| Spruce-tree House | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3057072 — 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: Spruce Tree House Context triple: [Mesa Verde National Park, contains, Spruce Tree House]
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A.
Stone House
Stone House is a historic Civil War-era structure on the Manassas battlefield in Virginia that served as a field hospital during the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
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B.
Wigwam
A wigwam is a domed, bark-covered dwelling traditionally built and used by various Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.
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C.
Pioneer Cabin Tree
The Pioneer Cabin Tree was a famous giant sequoia in California’s Calaveras Big Trees State Park that had a tunnel carved through its trunk and collapsed during a storm in 2017.
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D.
The Wigwam
The Wigwam was the longtime nickname for Braves Field, the historic Boston baseball park that served as the home of the Boston Braves.
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E.
Val-Kill Cottage
Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
- 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: Spruce Tree House Target entity description: Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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A.
Stone House
Stone House is a historic Civil War-era structure on the Manassas battlefield in Virginia that served as a field hospital during the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
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B.
Wigwam
A wigwam is a domed, bark-covered dwelling traditionally built and used by various Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.
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C.
Pioneer Cabin Tree
The Pioneer Cabin Tree was a famous giant sequoia in California’s Calaveras Big Trees State Park that had a tunnel carved through its trunk and collapsed during a storm in 2017.
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D.
The Wigwam
The Wigwam was the longtime nickname for Braves Field, the historic Boston baseball park that served as the home of the Boston Braves.
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E.
Val-Kill Cottage
Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ cliff dwelling ⓘ |
| abandoned | late 13th century ⓘ |
| access | hiking trail from Chapin Mesa Archaeological Museum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Spruce-tree House
ⓘ
linked to:
Spruce Tree House
|
| archaeologicalCulture |
Mesa Verde culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancestral Puebloans
|
| constructionEnd | circa 1278 CE ⓘ |
| constructionStart | circa 1211 CE ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture |
Ancestral Puebloan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancestral Puebloans
|
| discoveredBy |
Charlie Mason
ⓘ
Richard Wetherill ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 2130 meters ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential settlement ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
kivas
ⓘ
multi-story masonry rooms ⓘ plaza ⓘ rock overhang shelter ⓘ |
| hasView | Spruce Canyon ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | Chapin Mesa ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
mortar
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Cortez, Colorado ⓘ |
| numberOfKivas | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfRooms | about 130 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesa Verde National Park
|
| period | Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| region |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
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| significance |
one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde
ⓘ
third largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1978 ⓘ |
| visitorAccessStatus | subject to closure due to rockfall danger ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Spruce Tree House Description of subject: Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
Referenced by (10)
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