Pit 91
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Pit 91 is a major fossil excavation site at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, renowned for yielding exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pit 91 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1628935 — 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: Pit 91 Context triple: [La Brea Tar Pits, hasExcavationSite, Pit 91]
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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B.
PIT
PIT is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in scores, standings, and statistics.
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C.
Platform of the Skulls
Platform of the Skulls is a carved stone platform at the Maya archaeological site of Chichén Itzá, notable for its reliefs depicting rows of skulls associated with ritual sacrifice and warfare.
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D.
Pantopia
Pantopia is a themed area within Busch Gardens Tampa Bay featuring colorful architecture, rides, shops, and entertainment.
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E.
Botlektunnel
The Botlektunnel is a major Dutch road tunnel near Rotterdam that carries traffic beneath the Nieuwe Maas river as part of the busy A15 corridor in the Port of Rotterdam area.
- 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: Pit 91 Target entity description: Pit 91 is a major fossil excavation site at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, renowned for yielding exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal remains.
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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B.
PIT
PIT is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in scores, standings, and statistics.
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C.
Platform of the Skulls
Platform of the Skulls is a carved stone platform at the Maya archaeological site of Chichén Itzá, notable for its reliefs depicting rows of skulls associated with ritual sacrifice and warfare.
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D.
Pantopia
Pantopia is a themed area within Busch Gardens Tampa Bay featuring colorful architecture, rides, shops, and entertainment.
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E.
Botlektunnel
The Botlektunnel is a major Dutch road tunnel near Rotterdam that carries traffic beneath the Nieuwe Maas river as part of the busy A15 corridor in the Port of Rotterdam area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fossil excavation site
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paleontological site ⓘ |
| age | Ice Age ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
La Brea Tar Pits
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surface form:
Rancho La Brea fossil assemblage
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| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| excavationMethod | systematic grid excavation ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
La Brea Tar Pits
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surface form:
Rancho La Brea fossil locality complex
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| geologicalPeriod |
Pleistocene epoch
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surface form:
Pleistocene
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| hasFeature |
dense concentration of vertebrate fossils
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high fossil abundance per unit volume ⓘ stratified asphaltic deposits ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pleistocene megafauna fossils
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exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal remains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInNeighborhood | Miracle Mile ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Wilshire Boulevard vicinity ⓘ |
| managedBy |
La Brea Tar Pits
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surface form:
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
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| materialPreserved |
asphalt-impregnated fossils
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bones ⓘ teeth ⓘ |
| openFor | scientific excavation ⓘ |
| partOf | La Brea Tar Pits ⓘ |
| preservationType | asphaltic preservation ⓘ |
| researchUse |
evolutionary biology
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paleoclimatology ⓘ paleoecology ⓘ taphonomy ⓘ |
| significance |
important reference site for taphonomic studies
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key locality for studying Ice Age carnivore guilds ⓘ major source of data on late Pleistocene ecosystems in Southern California ⓘ |
| yieldsFossilsOf |
American lion
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birds ⓘ bison ⓘ camel ⓘ dire wolf ⓘ ground sloth ⓘ horse ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ reptiles ⓘ saber-toothed cat ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pit 91 Description of subject: Pit 91 is a major fossil excavation site at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, renowned for yielding exceptionally well-preserved Ice Age animal remains.
Referenced by (1)
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