Site 3
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Site 3 is one of the principal jar fields within Laos’s Plain of Jars, known for its clusters of ancient stone jars scattered across a scenic, rural landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Site 3 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3088105 — 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 3 Context triple: [Plain of Jars, hasPart, Site 3]
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A.
Site 2
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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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 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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D.
Site 25
Site 25 is one of the archaeological jar sites within Laos’s Plain of Jars, featuring clusters of ancient megalithic stone jars whose origins and purpose remain partly mysterious.
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E.
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.
- 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 3 Target entity description: Site 3 is one of the principal jar fields within Laos’s Plain of Jars, known for its clusters of ancient stone jars scattered across a scenic, rural landscape.
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A.
Site 2
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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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 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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D.
Site 25
Site 25 is one of the archaeological jar sites within Laos’s Plain of Jars, featuring clusters of ancient megalithic stone jars whose origins and purpose remain partly mysterious.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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jar field ⓘ |
| access |
short hike from parking area
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signposted walking trail ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
funerary rituals
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megalithic culture of Southeast Asia ⓘ mortuary practices ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | active conservation and clearance efforts ⓘ |
| country | Laos ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| estimatedDateRange | approximately 500 BCE to 500 CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clusters of ancient stone jars
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lids or discs associated with some jars ⓘ rural landscape setting ⓘ scenic views ⓘ stone jars carved from rock ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
conglomerate
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granite ⓘ limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
anthropology
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archaeology ⓘ heritage management ⓘ |
| hasView |
nearby hills
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rice fields ⓘ rural villages ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| includedIn | Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars ⓘ |
| isComparableTo |
Site 1
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Site 2 ⓘ |
| jarFunctionHypothesis |
funerary urns
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ritual or ceremonial use ⓘ secondary burial containers ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalCommunity | Lao ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Xiangkhouang Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ban Xieng Di
ⓘ
Phonsavan ⓘ |
| management | Lao heritage authorities ⓘ |
| numberOfJarsApproximate | over 100 ⓘ |
| partOf | Plain of Jars ⓘ |
| region | northern Laos ⓘ |
| risk | unexploded ordnance in surrounding region ⓘ |
| significance | one of the principal jar fields of the Plain of Jars ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear | 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 3 Description of subject: Site 3 is one of the principal jar fields within Laos’s Plain of Jars, known for its clusters of ancient stone jars scattered across a scenic, rural landscape.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.