Marble Boat
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The Marble Boat is an ornate lakeside pavilion in Beijing’s Summer Palace, built to resemble a stone ship and symbolizing the Qing dynasty’s imperial grandeur.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marble Boat canonical | 9 |
| Boat of Purity and Ease | 2 |
| the ship that never sailed | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685708 — 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.
Target entity: Marble Boat Context triple: [Summer Palace, hasPart, Marble Boat]
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Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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Galeata
Galeata is a small historic town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its Roman and medieval heritage in the Apennine foothills.
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C.
Octopus (yacht)
Octopus is a famous 126-meter luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its extensive exploration capabilities and lavish amenities.
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D.
Granma yacht
The Granma yacht is the vessel that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, marking the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
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E.
Sea Venture
Sea Venture was the flagship of the Virginia Company fleet that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, an event that influenced the early history of English colonization in America and is often cited as an inspiration for Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Marble Boat Target entity description: The Marble Boat is an ornate lakeside pavilion in Beijing’s Summer Palace, built to resemble a stone ship and symbolizing the Qing dynasty’s imperial grandeur.
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A.
Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Galeata
Galeata is a small historic town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its Roman and medieval heritage in the Apennine foothills.
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C.
Octopus (yacht)
Octopus is a famous 126-meter luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its extensive exploration capabilities and lavish amenities.
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D.
Granma yacht
The Granma yacht is the vessel that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, marking the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.
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E.
Sea Venture
Sea Venture was the flagship of the Virginia Company fleet that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, an event that influenced the early history of English colonization in America and is often cited as an inspiration for Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic structure
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lakeside pavilion ⓘ pavilion ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Qing dynasty architecture ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| city | Beijing ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
example of Qing imperial garden architecture
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iconic symbol of the Summer Palace ⓘ |
| destroyedOrDamagedIn |
Opium Wars
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surface form:
Second Opium War
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| district | Haidian District ⓘ |
| function |
ornamental pavilion
ⓘ
scenic viewing platform ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Summer Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Summer Palace Administration
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Marble Boat
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surface form:
Boat of Purity and Ease
Marble Boat of the Summer Palace ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 石舫 ⓘ |
| hasDesignForm | stone ship ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
intricate carvings
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lakeside terrace ⓘ mirrored waterside reflections ⓘ stone balustrades ⓘ traditional Chinese decorative elements ⓘ two-story superstructure ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace ⓘ |
| isPopularWith |
domestic tourists
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international tourists ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ Summer Palace ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kunming Lake ⓘ |
| majorRestorationPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
marble
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stone ⓘ |
| originalConstructionEnd | 1755 ⓘ |
| originalConstructionStart | 1755 ⓘ |
| originallyBuiltDuringReignOf | Qianlong Emperor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Summer Palace
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surface form:
Summer Palace complex
|
| rebuiltDuringReignOf | Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
imperial grandeur
ⓘ
stability of the Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| tourismSignificance | popular photo spot in Summer Palace ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1998 ⓘ |
| viewIncludes | distant hills around Summer Palace ⓘ |
| viewOverlooks | Kunming Lake ⓘ |
| yearDamaged | 1860 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Marble Boat Description of subject: The Marble Boat is an ornate lakeside pavilion in Beijing’s Summer Palace, built to resemble a stone ship and symbolizing the Qing dynasty’s imperial grandeur.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.