Cedar Tree Tower
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Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cedar Tree Tower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13544946 — 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: Cedar Tree Tower Context triple: [Mesa Top Loop Road sites, hasRepresentativeSite, Cedar Tree Tower]
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A.
Kaden Tower
Kaden Tower is a distinctive mid-20th-century modernist office building in Louisville, Kentucky, noted for its innovative design and patterned facade.
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B.
Leland Tower
Leland Tower is a historic high-rise building in downtown Aurora, Illinois, once the tallest building in the state outside Chicago and a prominent local landmark.
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C.
Gatliff Tower
Gatliff Tower is a residential high-rise block located within the World’s End Estate in Chelsea, London.
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D.
Wood Tower
Wood Tower is a historic medieval watchtower and former city gate located in the German city of Mainz along the Rhine River.
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E.
Tower 185
Tower 185 is a prominent high-rise office building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its distinctive architecture and role in shaping the city’s modern financial district skyline.
- 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: Cedar Tree Tower Target entity description: Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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A.
Kaden Tower
Kaden Tower is a distinctive mid-20th-century modernist office building in Louisville, Kentucky, noted for its innovative design and patterned facade.
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B.
Leland Tower
Leland Tower is a historic high-rise building in downtown Aurora, Illinois, once the tallest building in the state outside Chicago and a prominent local landmark.
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C.
Gatliff Tower
Gatliff Tower is a residential high-rise block located within the World’s End Estate in Chelsea, London.
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D.
Wood Tower
Wood Tower is a historic medieval watchtower and former city gate located in the German city of Mainz along the Rhine River.
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E.
Tower 185
Tower 185 is a prominent high-rise office building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, known for its distinctive architecture and role in shaping the city’s modern financial district skyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site
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masonry tower ruin ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| access | viewed from designated trail and overlook ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionPeriod | Pueblo II–Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithParkFeature | Mesa Top Loop archaeological overlooks GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTimePeriod | late prehistoric period of U.S. Southwest ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected within national park ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culture | Ancestral Puebloan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | high mesa-top setting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionHypothesis |
possible ceremonial or ritual structure
ⓘ
possible lookout or signaling tower ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
mortar
ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSignage | yes ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for nearby cedar (juniper) trees ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
kiva ruin
ⓘ
prehistoric roomblock foundations ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | surrounding canyons and mesas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Mesa Verde National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological ruin ⓘ |
| includedIn | interpretive materials about Mesa Verde mesa-top sites ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesa Top Loop Road interpretive route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Mesa Verde plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Mesa Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoad | Mesa Top Loop Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| nearbyCity |
Cortez, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mancos, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Mesa Top archaeological district (Mesa Verde) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalLandscape | Four Corners region Ancestral Puebloan sites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationState | ruin ⓘ |
| significance |
example of above-ground Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture
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provides insight into Ancestral Puebloan community layout on Mesa Verde mesa tops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| visitorAccessMode | private vehicles on Mesa Top Loop Road ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cedar Tree Tower Description of subject: Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Referenced by (1)
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