Indiana limestone
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Indiana limestone is a durable, fine-grained sedimentary building stone from Indiana widely used in prominent American architecture and monuments.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indiana limestone canonical | 13 |
| Indiana Limestone | 1 |
| Indiana Limestone (in building stone trade) | 1 |
| Indiana limestone district | 1 |
| Indiana limestone industry | 1 |
| Lawrence County limestone belt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T88240 — 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: Indiana limestone Context triple: [Jefferson Memorial, materialUsed, Indiana limestone]
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A.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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B.
Aquia Creek sandstone
Aquia Creek sandstone is a historically significant building stone quarried in Virginia, widely known for its use in early U.S. federal architecture including the White House and the Capitol.
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C.
Colorado Yule marble
Colorado Yule marble is a high-quality, pure white marble from Colorado renowned for its use in major U.S. monuments and buildings.
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D.
Fairfax Stone
Fairfax Stone is a historic boundary marker in West Virginia that denotes the traditional source of the North Branch of the Potomac River and once defined colonial land grants.
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E.
Rosendale cement
Rosendale cement is a natural hydraulic cement historically prized in the 19th century United States for its durability and use in major infrastructure projects.
- 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: Indiana limestone Target entity description: Indiana limestone is a durable, fine-grained sedimentary building stone from Indiana widely used in prominent American architecture and monuments.
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A.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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B.
Aquia Creek sandstone
Aquia Creek sandstone is a historically significant building stone quarried in Virginia, widely known for its use in early U.S. federal architecture including the White House and the Capitol.
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C.
Colorado Yule marble
Colorado Yule marble is a high-quality, pure white marble from Colorado renowned for its use in major U.S. monuments and buildings.
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D.
Fairfax Stone
Fairfax Stone is a historic boundary marker in West Virginia that denotes the traditional source of the North Branch of the Potomac River and once defined colonial land grants.
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E.
Rosendale cement
Rosendale cement is a natural hydraulic cement historically prized in the 19th century United States for its durability and use in major infrastructure projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
ⓘ
limestone ⓘ sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bedford limestone
ⓘ
Salem limestone ⓘ
linked to:
Bedford limestone
|
| color |
buff
ⓘ
light gray ⓘ |
| commercialSignificance | major U.S. dimension stone ⓘ |
| commonlyAssociatedWith |
Beaux-Arts architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Beaux-Arts
Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic Revival
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| extractionMethod | quarrying ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Carboniferous period
ⓘ
Mississippian ⓘ |
| grainSize | fine-grained ⓘ |
| industryCenter |
Bedford, Indiana
ⓘ
Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Indiana ⓘ |
| majorQuarryArea |
Lawrence County, Indiana
ⓘ
Monroe County, Indiana ⓘ |
| marketRegion | North America ⓘ |
| notableProperty |
durable
ⓘ
easily carved ⓘ uniform texture ⓘ weather resistant ⓘ |
| notableUse |
national monuments in the United States
ⓘ
prominent American architecture ⓘ |
| porosity | relatively low ⓘ |
| primaryConstituent | calcite ⓘ |
| resistanceTo |
air pollution (moderate)
ⓘ
freeze-thaw cycles ⓘ |
| rockType | oolitic limestone ⓘ |
| typicalApplication |
cladding
ⓘ
load-bearing masonry ⓘ ornamental stonework ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architectural trim
ⓘ
building facades ⓘ government buildings ⓘ institutional buildings ⓘ monuments ⓘ skyscrapers ⓘ university buildings ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Biltmore Estate
ⓘ
Chicago Tribune Tower ⓘ
linked to:
Tribune Tower
Empire State Building ⓘ National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ
linked to:
National Cathedral
Pentagon ⓘ Rockefeller Center ⓘ U.S. state capitol buildings ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Indiana limestone Description of subject: Indiana limestone is a durable, fine-grained sedimentary building stone from Indiana widely used in prominent American architecture and monuments.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Indiana limestone
linked to: Indiana limestone
linked to: Indiana limestone
linked to: Indiana limestone
subject linked to:
The Tower on the Plains
subject linked to:
Salem Limestone formation
linked to: Indiana limestone