House of the Turtles
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House of the Turtles is a small, intricately carved Maya building at the ancient city of Uxmal in Mexico, named for the turtle motifs adorning its cornice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of the Turtles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2154846 — 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: House of the Turtles Context triple: [Uxmal, hasStructure, House of the Turtles]
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A.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) is a CGI-animated reboot of the classic franchise that follows the adventures of four mutant turtle brothers as they battle villains in New York City.
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B.
Turtle Tower
Turtle Tower is a small historic pagoda-like structure on an islet in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, symbolizing the city and associated with the legendary Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) myth.
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C.
Mitey-Mite
Mitey-Mite is a youth football age division in Pop Warner programs for the youngest players, typically around 7–9 years old.
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D.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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E.
The Paras
The Paras are an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for their rigorous training, rapid deployment capabilities, and distinguished combat history.
- 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: House of the Turtles Target entity description: House of the Turtles is a small, intricately carved Maya building at the ancient city of Uxmal in Mexico, named for the turtle motifs adorning its cornice.
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A.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) is a CGI-animated reboot of the classic franchise that follows the adventures of four mutant turtle brothers as they battle villains in New York City.
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B.
Turtle Tower
Turtle Tower is a small historic pagoda-like structure on an islet in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, symbolizing the city and associated with the legendary Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) myth.
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C.
Mitey-Mite
Mitey-Mite is a youth football age division in Pop Warner programs for the youngest players, typically around 7–9 years old.
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D.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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E.
The Paras
The Paras are an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for their rigorous training, rapid deployment capabilities, and distinguished combat history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya building
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archaeological structure ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Puuc style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maya cosmology
ⓘ
Maya priesthood ⓘ
surface form:
Maya religion
|
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle | Maya stone carving ⓘ |
| hasDecorativeMotif |
carved stone turtles
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turtles ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cornice adorned with turtle figures
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intricately carved façade ⓘ |
| heritageContext | pre-Columbian architecture ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Uxmal UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| isPartOf | ceremonial core of Uxmal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesoamerica
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Mexico ⓘ Uxmal ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ Yucatán state ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | turtle motifs on its cornice ⓘ |
| near | Governor’s Palace at Uxmal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Uxmal
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient city of Uxmal
|
| region |
Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatán
|
| relativeSize | small building ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Classic period
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surface form:
Late Classic Maya period
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| touristAttractionIn |
Uxmal
ⓘ
surface form:
Uxmal archaeological zone
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| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf |
Uxmal
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Maya City of Uxmal
|
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
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: House of the Turtles Description of subject: House of the Turtles is a small, intricately carved Maya building at the ancient city of Uxmal in Mexico, named for the turtle motifs adorning its cornice.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.