Beaver Dam Quarry
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Beaver Dam Quarry is a historic stone quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, known for producing high-quality marble used in prominent 19th-century American buildings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beaver Dam Quarry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13021804 — 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: Beaver Dam Quarry Context triple: [Cockeysville, Maryland, hasQuarry, Beaver Dam Quarry]
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A.
Bedrock Quarry
Bedrock Quarry is the stone-extraction worksite in the animated series "The Flintstones," serving as the primary workplace of Fred Flintstone and his boss, Mr. Slate.
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B.
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry is a renowned fossil site in central Utah famous for its exceptionally dense concentration of Jurassic dinosaur bones, particularly those of Allosaurus.
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C.
Winspit quarry
Winspit quarry is a disused coastal stone quarry on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, known for its dramatic cliffs, caves, and use as a filming location.
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D.
Dry Mesa Quarry
Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.
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E.
Horseshoe Dam
Horseshoe Dam is a concrete arch dam on Arizona’s Verde River that forms Horseshoe Lake and provides water storage, flood control, and recreation.
- 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: Beaver Dam Quarry Target entity description: Beaver Dam Quarry is a historic stone quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, known for producing high-quality marble used in prominent 19th-century American buildings.
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A.
Bedrock Quarry
Bedrock Quarry is the stone-extraction worksite in the animated series "The Flintstones," serving as the primary workplace of Fred Flintstone and his boss, Mr. Slate.
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B.
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry is a renowned fossil site in central Utah famous for its exceptionally dense concentration of Jurassic dinosaur bones, particularly those of Allosaurus.
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C.
Winspit quarry
Winspit quarry is a disused coastal stone quarry on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, known for its dramatic cliffs, caves, and use as a filming location.
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D.
Dry Mesa Quarry
Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.
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E.
Horseshoe Dam
Horseshoe Dam is a concrete arch dam on Arizona’s Verde River that forms Horseshoe Lake and provides water storage, flood control, and recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic stone quarry
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industrial archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry | stone quarrying industry ⓘ |
| associatedWithMaterial | building marble ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eraOfGreatestActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | Cockeysville Marble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | contributed to American architectural heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse | commercial marble quarrying ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| knownFor | production of high-quality marble ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltimore County, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cockeysville, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| materialExtracted | marble ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | high quality of marble produced ⓘ |
| partOf | Cockeysville marble quarries region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
architectural marble
ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ |
| region | Piedmont region of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | source of marble for prominent 19th-century American buildings ⓘ |
| usedFor | building stone ⓘ |
| usedInConstructionOf | prominent public buildings in the United States ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | 19th century American architecture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beaver Dam Quarry Description of subject: Beaver Dam Quarry is a historic stone quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, known for producing high-quality marble used in prominent 19th-century American buildings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.