Site 2
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Site 2 is one of the principal jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Site 2 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3088104 — 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: Site 2 Context triple: [Plain of Jars, hasPart, Site 2]
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A.
Site 1
Site 1 is the most visited and extensively studied cluster of ancient stone jars on Laos’s Plain of Jars, notable for its large concentration of megalithic vessels and accessibility to tourists.
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B.
Site 23
Site 23 is one of the designated jar clusters within Laos’s ancient Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its scattered megalithic stone vessels.
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C.
Site 16
Site 16 is one of the designated jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological landscape, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
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D.
Sito
Sito is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the provider of grain and sustenance.
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E.
Site 52
Site 52 is one of the designated jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological landscape, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
- 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: Site 2 Target entity description: Site 2 is one of the principal jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
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A.
Site 1
Site 1 is the most visited and extensively studied cluster of ancient stone jars on Laos’s Plain of Jars, notable for its large concentration of megalithic vessels and accessibility to tourists.
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B.
Site 23
Site 23 is one of the designated jar clusters within Laos’s ancient Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its scattered megalithic stone vessels.
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C.
Site 16
Site 16 is one of the designated jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological landscape, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
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D.
Sito
Sito is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the provider of grain and sustenance.
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E.
Site 52
Site 52 is one of the designated jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological landscape, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
jar site ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | Phonsavan by road ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | partially cleared and managed for tourism ⓘ |
| country | Laos ⓘ |
| culturalAttribution |
Megalithic jar culture of Laos
ⓘ
linked to:
Plain of Jars
|
| distanceFromSite1 | approximately 15–30 km ⓘ |
| estimatedDateRange | c. 500 BCE–500 CE ⓘ |
| governedBy | Lao Department of Heritage ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf |
burial-related activity
ⓘ
secondary mortuary practices ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
associated stone discs
ⓘ
elevated hilltop setting ⓘ megalithic stone jars ⓘ stone jar clusters ⓘ views over surrounding valleys ⓘ |
| hasManagementPlan | Plain of Jars site management framework ⓘ |
| hasTouristInfrastructure |
interpretive signage
ⓘ
parking area ⓘ visitor path ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | surrounding agricultural landscape ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationPartOf |
Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
ⓘ
linked to:
Plain of Jars
|
| includedIn | UNESCO World Heritage property ID 1587 ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalCommunity |
Hmong
ⓘ
Lao ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Xiangkhouang Province
ⓘ
Xieng Khouang Plateau ⓘ
linked to:
Laos highlands
|
| locatedNear | Phonsavan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | low hills ⓘ |
| materialOfJars |
conglomerate
ⓘ
other local stone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plain of Jars
ⓘ
cluster of principal jar-bearing sites (Sites 1, 2, 3) ⓘ |
| period | Iron Age ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
archaeological significance
ⓘ
outstanding testimony to Iron Age funerary traditions ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| riskFactor | past unexploded ordnance contamination ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological research on mortuary practices
ⓘ
studies of megalithic jar production ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2019 ⓘ |
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: Site 2 Description of subject: Site 2 is one of the principal jar-bearing locations within Laos’s Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its clusters of ancient megalithic stone vessels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.