Tula
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Tula is an important ancient Mesoamerican city, once a major Toltec capital known for its monumental architecture and iconic stone warrior statues.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tula canonical | 5 |
| Tula Chico | 1 |
| Tula Grande | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1232507 — 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: Tula Context triple: [Central Mexico, notableArchaeologicalSite, Tula]
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A.
Tula
Tula is a historic Russian city south of Moscow, known for its metalworking, samovar production, and as a cultural center near Leo Tolstoy’s estate at Yasnaya Polyana.
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B.
Solan
Solan is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh known for its mushroom cultivation and as a growing commercial and educational hub in the region.
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C.
Ciudad Serdán
Ciudad Serdán is a town in the Mexican state of Puebla, known as a gateway community to the nearby Pico de Orizaba volcano and surrounding highland region.
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D.
Tacuba
Tacuba is a historic neighborhood in Mexico City known for its colonial-era architecture and role as a former pre-Hispanic town.
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E.
San Carlos
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
- 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: Tula Target entity description: Tula is an important ancient Mesoamerican city, once a major Toltec capital known for its monumental architecture and iconic stone warrior statues.
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A.
Tula
Tula is a historic Russian city south of Moscow, known for its metalworking, samovar production, and as a cultural center near Leo Tolstoy’s estate at Yasnaya Polyana.
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B.
Solan
Solan is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh known for its mushroom cultivation and as a growing commercial and educational hub in the region.
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C.
Ciudad Serdán
Ciudad Serdán is a town in the Mexican state of Puebla, known as a gateway community to the nearby Pico de Orizaba volcano and surrounding highland region.
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D.
Tacuba
Tacuba is a historic neighborhood in Mexico City known for its colonial-era architecture and role as a former pre-Hispanic town.
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E.
San Carlos
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican site
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former capital city ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tula (Tollan)
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surface form:
Tollan
Tula de Allende ⓘ Tula de Hidalgo ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavation | 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Quetzalcoatl
ⓘ
Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture |
Toltec civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Toltec
|
| distanceFrom | about 70 km northwest of Mexico City ⓘ |
| flourished | c. 900–1150 CE ⓘ |
| governedBy | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bas-relief friezes
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jaguar and eagle motifs ⓘ serpent imagery ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Burnt Palace
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Pyramid B ⓘ Pyramid C ⓘ ballcourt ⓘ colonnaded hall ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important national archaeological zone of Mexico ⓘ |
| influenced |
Central Mexican art
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Chichén Itzá ⓘ
surface form:
Chichen Itza
Postclassic Mesoamerican iconography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Atlantean figures
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Chacmool sculptures ⓘ ballcourts ⓘ colonnaded halls ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ palatial complexes ⓘ pyramids ⓘ relief sculpture ⓘ stone warrior statues ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Mexico
ⓘ
Hidalgo ⓘ |
| material |
basalt
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volcanic stone ⓘ |
| politicalRole | regional hegemonic center in Central Mexico ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| religion | Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ |
| significance | major Toltec capital ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Epiclassic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Postclassic period
Epiclassic period ⓘ |
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: Tula Description of subject: Tula is an important ancient Mesoamerican city, once a major Toltec capital known for its monumental architecture and iconic stone warrior statues.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tula Chico
this entity surface form:
Tula Grande