Nazca Lines
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The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T100688 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nazca Lines Context triple: [Peru, contains, Nazca Lines]
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Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
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Meteora
Meteora is a spectacular rock formation in central Greece famous for its centuries-old monasteries perched atop towering sandstone pillars and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza is an ancient colossal limestone statue with a lion’s body and a human head, regarded as one of Egypt’s most iconic and enigmatic monuments.
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Nile Valley cultural landscape
The Nile Valley cultural landscape is a historically rich region along the Nile River in Egypt, renowned for its concentration of ancient settlements, monumental architecture, and archaeological sites that reflect the development of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.
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Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
- 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: Nazca Lines Target entity description: The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.
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A.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
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B.
Meteora
Meteora is a spectacular rock formation in central Greece famous for its centuries-old monasteries perched atop towering sandstone pillars and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza is an ancient colossal limestone statue with a lion’s body and a human head, regarded as one of Egypt’s most iconic and enigmatic monuments.
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D.
Nile Valley cultural landscape
The Nile Valley cultural landscape is a historically rich region along the Nile River in Egypt, renowned for its concentration of ancient settlements, monumental architecture, and archaeological sites that reflect the development of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.
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E.
Malecón
Malecón is a famous seaside promenade and seawall in Havana, Cuba, known for its ocean views, social life, and historic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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archaeological site ⓘ geoglyphs ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionEnd | c. 500 CE ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionStart | c. 500 BCE ⓘ |
| climateCondition | extremely arid ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
Nazca culture
ⓘ
Paracas culture ⓘ |
| controversy | purpose remains debated ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| creationMethod | removal of surface pebbles to expose lighter subsoil ⓘ |
| culture | Nazca culture ⓘ |
| depicts |
condor
ⓘ
dog ⓘ hands ⓘ heron ⓘ hummingbird ⓘ lizard ⓘ monkey ⓘ spider ⓘ spirals ⓘ straight lines ⓘ trapezoids ⓘ tree ⓘ whale ⓘ |
| discoveredByModernScience | early 20th century ⓘ |
| earlyAerialStudyBy |
Maria Reiche
ⓘ
Paul Kosok ⓘ |
| featureType |
animal figures
ⓘ
biomorphic figures ⓘ geometric shapes ⓘ lines ⓘ plant figures ⓘ |
| governedBy | Peruvian Ministry of Culture ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| largestFigureLengthApprox | over 300 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nazca Desert
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
surface form:
southern Peru
|
| material |
desert surface
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reddish-brown iron oxide–coated pebbles ⓘ |
| nearestTown |
Nazca culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazca
Palpa ⓘ |
| numberOfIndividualGeoglyphsApprox | hundreds ⓘ |
| possibleFunction |
astronomical markers
ⓘ
processional pathways ⓘ ritual landscape ⓘ water-related rituals ⓘ |
| preservationFactor | stable dry climate ⓘ |
| region | Ica Region ⓘ |
| researcherAssociatedWithPreservation | Maria Reiche ⓘ |
| threat |
illegal encroachment
ⓘ
modern development ⓘ vehicle tracks ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Nazca period
ⓘ
Late Paracas period ⓘ |
| tourism | major tourist attraction in Peru ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1994 ⓘ |
| visibility | best seen from the air ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nazca Lines Description of subject: The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nazca culture
this entity surface form:
Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana
this entity surface form:
Palpa geoglyphs
this entity surface form:
Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana
this entity surface form:
Nazca Lines archaeological site
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa
this entity surface form:
Nazca lines
this entity surface form:
Nazca Lines as a subject of scientific study
this entity surface form:
Nazca Lines observation towers
subject surface form:
Maria Reiche
subject surface form:
Maria Reiche
this entity surface form:
Palpa geoglyphs