Second Pylon
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The Second Pylon is a monumental gateway structure within the Karnak Temple complex at Thebes, forming one of the main entrances to the vast religious precinct dedicated to the god Amun-Re.
All labels observed (1)
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| Second Pylon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17337110 — 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: Second Pylon Context triple: [Precinct of Amun-Re, contains, Second Pylon]
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A.
First Pylon
The First Pylon is the massive monumental gateway that forms the main entrance to the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt.
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B.
Sekhen
Sekhen is an alternative name for the ancient Egyptian king Ka, an early ruler of the First Dynasty period.
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C.
House of Pepi
The House of Pepi was the royal family dynasty of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, centered around Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare and his relatives who ruled during the late Old Kingdom.
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D.
Setnakhte phase
The Setnakhte phase refers to the period of decorative work carried out in Theban tomb KV14 during the reign of Pharaoh Setnakhte, marking an early 20th Dynasty modification of the monument.
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E.
House of Ramesses
House of Ramesses is the alternative name for Pi-Ramesses, the grand royal capital city built by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Nile Delta during Egypt’s New Kingdom.
- 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: Second Pylon Target entity description: The Second Pylon is a monumental gateway structure within the Karnak Temple complex at Thebes, forming one of the main entrances to the vast religious precinct dedicated to the god Amun-Re.
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A.
First Pylon
The First Pylon is the massive monumental gateway that forms the main entrance to the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt.
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B.
Sekhen
Sekhen is an alternative name for the ancient Egyptian king Ka, an early ruler of the First Dynasty period.
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C.
House of Pepi
The House of Pepi was the royal family dynasty of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, centered around Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare and his relatives who ruled during the late Old Kingdom.
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D.
Setnakhte phase
The Setnakhte phase refers to the period of decorative work carried out in Theban tomb KV14 during the reign of Pharaoh Setnakhte, marking an early 20th Dynasty modification of the monument.
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E.
House of Ramesses
House of Ramesses is the alternative name for Pi-Ramesses, the grand royal capital city built by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Nile Delta during Egypt’s New Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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