House of the Tiles
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The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age corridor house in Lerna, Greece, notable for its advanced architecture and role as an important administrative or communal building.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of the Tiles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9022832 — 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: House of the Tiles Context triple: [Lerna, notableStructure, House of the Tiles]
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A.
House of Tiles
House of Tiles is a historic Baroque palace in Mexico City famed for its façade covered in blue-and-white Puebla tiles and its current use as a landmark restaurant and cultural venue.
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B.
Tiler
Tiler is the first name of Tiler Peck, a renowned American ballet dancer and principal with the New York City Ballet.
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C.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
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D.
House of Cramm
The House of Cramm is a German noble family historically associated with the aristocracy of the region that produced figures such as Armgard von Cramm.
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E.
The Pantiles
The Pantiles is a historic colonnaded promenade and shopping area in Royal Tunbridge Wells, famed for its Georgian architecture, boutiques, and cafés.
- 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: House of the Tiles Target entity description: The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age corridor house in Lerna, Greece, notable for its advanced architecture and role as an important administrative or communal building.
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A.
House of Tiles
House of Tiles is a historic Baroque palace in Mexico City famed for its façade covered in blue-and-white Puebla tiles and its current use as a landmark restaurant and cultural venue.
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B.
Tiler
Tiler is the first name of Tiler Peck, a renowned American ballet dancer and principal with the New York City Ballet.
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C.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
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D.
House of Cramm
The House of Cramm is a German noble family historically associated with the aristocracy of the region that produced figures such as Armgard von Cramm.
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E.
The Pantiles
The Pantiles is a historic colonnaded promenade and shopping area in Royal Tunbridge Wells, famed for its Georgian architecture, boutiques, and cafés.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Bronze Age structure
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corridor house ⓘ prehistoric building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | corridor house type ⓘ |
| associatedWith | emergence of social complexity in Early Bronze Age Greece ⓘ |
| chronology | Early Helladic II ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Early Helladic II ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| destructionPeriod | transition from Early Helladic II to Early Helladic III ⓘ |
| endTime | ca. 2200 BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ⓘ
John L. Caskey ⓘ
linked to:
John Langdon Caskey
|
| excavationStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center
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communal building ⓘ possible elite residence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central corridor
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courtyard or open area ⓘ massive walls ⓘ monumental entrance ⓘ multiple stories ⓘ staircase ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for its large number of terracotta roof tiles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argolid
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Greece ⓘ Lerna ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
mudbrick
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stone socle ⓘ terracotta roof tiles ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Bay of Argos
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Argolis
Lernaean marshes ⓘ |
| partOf | prehistoric settlement of Lerna ⓘ |
| period | Early Bronze Age ⓘ |
| postDestructionTreatment |
covered by tumulus
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not rebuilt after destruction ⓘ |
| referencedIn | scholarship on corridor houses in the Aegean ⓘ |
| roofType | tiled roof ⓘ |
| significance |
example of complex Early Bronze Age architecture in the Aegean
ⓘ
one of the earliest known tiled-roof buildings in Greece ⓘ |
| site | Lerna archaeological site ⓘ |
| startTime | ca. 2500 BC ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Aegean prehistory
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archaeology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: House of the Tiles Description of subject: The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age corridor house in Lerna, Greece, notable for its advanced architecture and role as an important administrative or communal building.
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