Great Plaza
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The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and architectural complex of the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilán, featuring prominent temples, stelae, and carved monuments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Plaza canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7195910 — 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: Great Plaza Context triple: [Yaxchilán, hasMajorStructure, Great Plaza]
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, surrounded by major temples and palaces that formed the heart of its political and religious life.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the main ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Copán, renowned for its impressive stelae, altars, and monumental architecture.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Calakmul, surrounded by major pyramids and elite structures that formed the core of its urban and ritual life.
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Great Plaza
Great Plaza is a central outdoor waterfront gathering space at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, known for hosting concerts, festivals, and public events.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is a large central ceremonial and civic space within the ancient Olmec site of La Venta, used for major public and ritual activities.
- 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: Great Plaza Target entity description: The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and architectural complex of the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilán, featuring prominent temples, stelae, and carved monuments.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, surrounded by major temples and palaces that formed the heart of its political and religious life.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the main ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Copán, renowned for its impressive stelae, altars, and monumental architecture.
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C.
Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is a large central ceremonial and civic space within the ancient Olmec site of La Venta, used for major public and ritual activities.
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Great Plaza
The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and civic square of the ancient Maya city of Calakmul, surrounded by major pyramids and elite structures that formed the core of its urban and ritual life.
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Great Plaza
Great Plaza is a central outdoor waterfront gathering space at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, known for hosting concerts, festivals, and public events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site feature
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ceremonial plaza ⓘ |
| access | reached primarily by boat on the Usumacinta River ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Maya architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Itzamnaaj Bʼalam II
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Yaxchilán dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Yaxchilán royal dynasty
Yaxun Bʼalam IV ⓘ |
| civilization | Maya ⓘ |
| contains |
hieroglyphic texts
ⓘ
iconography of warfare ⓘ ritual iconography ⓘ royal portraits ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists from Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | Late Classic period ⓘ |
| function |
architectural complex
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central ceremonial complex ⓘ |
| hasPart |
carved monuments
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hieroglyphic stairways ⓘ palace structures ⓘ platforms ⓘ stelae ⓘ temples ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Usumacinta River ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Yaxchilán UNESCO World Heritage tentative listing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chiapas
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Mexico ⓘ Yaxchilán ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Usumacinta River ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carved stelae
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monumental inscriptions ⓘ sculpted lintels ⓘ |
| partOf | Yaxchilán archaeological site ⓘ |
| period | Classic period ⓘ |
| region |
Maya Lowlands
ⓘ
linked to:
Maya lowlands
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| researchField | Maya archaeology ⓘ |
| tourism | popular visitor area at Yaxchilán ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dynastic commemoration
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political display ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Plaza Description of subject: The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and architectural complex of the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilán, featuring prominent temples, stelae, and carved monuments.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Yaxchilán archaeological site