Mèdol Quarry
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Mèdol Quarry is an ancient Roman stone quarry near Tarragona, Spain, known for supplying much of the building material used in the monumental architecture of the Roman city of Tarraco.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mèdol Quarry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13325681 — 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: Mèdol Quarry Context triple: [Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, hasPart, Mèdol Quarry]
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A.
Balf Quarry
Balf Quarry is an album by the American noise rock band Magik Markers, showcasing their experimental and abrasive sound.
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B.
Wellington Quarry
Wellington Quarry is an underground network of tunnels in Arras, France, used extensively by Allied troops during World War I as a strategic shelter and staging area.
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C.
Skarloey Quarry
Skarloey Quarry is a stone quarry served by the narrow-gauge Skarloey Railway in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends universe.
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D.
Markfield Quarry
Markfield Quarry is a disused Leicestershire quarry noted for its exposed ancient igneous rock formations and geological significance.
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E.
Huyton Quarry
Huyton Quarry is a suburban area of Huyton in Merseyside, England, historically associated with local quarrying and later railway development.
- 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: Mèdol Quarry Target entity description: Mèdol Quarry is an ancient Roman stone quarry near Tarragona, Spain, known for supplying much of the building material used in the monumental architecture of the Roman city of Tarraco.
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A.
Balf Quarry
Balf Quarry is an album by the American noise rock band Magik Markers, showcasing their experimental and abrasive sound.
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B.
Wellington Quarry
Wellington Quarry is an underground network of tunnels in Arras, France, used extensively by Allied troops during World War I as a strategic shelter and staging area.
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C.
Skarloey Quarry
Skarloey Quarry is a stone quarry served by the narrow-gauge Skarloey Railway in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends universe.
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D.
Markfield Quarry
Markfield Quarry is a disused Leicestershire quarry noted for its exposed ancient igneous rock formations and geological significance.
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E.
Huyton Quarry
Huyton Quarry is a suburban area of Huyton in Merseyside, England, historically associated with local quarrying and later railway development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman stone quarry
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman city of Tarraco ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| hasAlternateName | Pedrera del Mèdol ⓘ |
| hasFeature | large central rock pillar (medol needle) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected cultural property ⓘ |
| locatedAlong |
AP-7 motorway corridor near Tarragona
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linked to:
AP-7 motorway
|
| locatedIn |
Catalonia
ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Province of Tarragona ⓘ Tarragona ⓘ |
| locatedInOrAround |
ancient city of Tarraco
ⓘ
linked to:
Tarraco
|
| locatedNear | Tarragona ⓘ |
| materialExtracted | limestone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco
ⓘ
Roman quarries of Tarraco ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | Roman period ⓘ |
| region | Camp de Tarragona ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Roman engineering and construction history
ⓘ
monumental architecture of Tarraco ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 875 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
construction material for Tarraco
ⓘ
extraction of building stone ⓘ supplying stone for Roman architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mèdol Quarry Description of subject: Mèdol Quarry is an ancient Roman stone quarry near Tarragona, Spain, known for supplying much of the building material used in the monumental architecture of the Roman city of Tarraco.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.