Castells
E208035
Castells are a traditional Catalan cultural practice in which teams build and dismantle multi-tiered human towers at festivals and public celebrations.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1868911 — 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: Castells Context triple: [Catalonia, traditionalFestival, Castells]
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A.
Miquel
Miquel is a given name, commonly used in Catalan and other languages, that corresponds to the English name Michael.
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B.
Antoni
Antoni is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Poland and other European countries.
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C.
Pérez-Castejón
Pérez-Castejón is the compound surname of Spanish politician Pedro Sánchez, reflecting his paternal and maternal family lineages.
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D.
Val Badia
Val Badia is a valley in the Dolomites of northern Italy known for its Ladin-speaking communities, alpine landscapes, and ski tourism.
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E.
Boyeros
Boyeros is a municipality in Havana, Cuba, known for hosting the country’s main international gateway, José Martí International Airport.
- 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: Castells Target entity description: Castells are a traditional Catalan cultural practice in which teams build and dismantle multi-tiered human towers at festivals and public celebrations.
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A.
Miquel
Miquel is a given name, commonly used in Catalan and other languages, that corresponds to the English name Michael.
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B.
Antoni
Antoni is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Poland and other European countries.
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C.
Pérez-Castejón
Pérez-Castejón is the compound surname of Spanish politician Pedro Sánchez, reflecting his paternal and maternal family lineages.
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D.
Val Badia
Val Badia is a valley in the Dolomites of northern Italy known for its Ladin-speaking communities, alpine landscapes, and ski tourism.
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E.
Boyeros
Boyeros is a municipality in Havana, Cuba, known for hosting the country’s main international gateway, José Martí International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catalan cultural tradition
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human tower ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedInstrument |
drum
ⓘ
gralla ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedMusic |
gralla
ⓘ
toc de castells ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
acotxador
ⓘ
enxaneta ⓘ folre ⓘ manilles ⓘ pinya ⓘ pom de dalt ⓘ tronc ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| hasDressCode |
bandana or headscarf
ⓘ
black sash (faixa) ⓘ team-coloured shirt ⓘ white trousers ⓘ |
| hasKeyValue |
community identity
ⓘ
intergenerational cooperation ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | Catalan ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Catalonia ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
collective display of balance
ⓘ
collective display of courage ⓘ collective display of strength ⓘ collective display of teamwork ⓘ |
| hasRisk | falls ⓘ |
| hasRule |
structure must remain stable for a short time
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tower must be assembled and dismantled ⓘ |
| hasSeasonality | mainly performed in summer and autumn ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus | Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
| inscribedOnUNESCOListInYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| involvesAgeGroup |
adults
ⓘ
children ⓘ elderly people ⓘ |
| performedAt |
festivals
ⓘ
public celebrations ⓘ |
| performedBy | colla castellera ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| requires |
balance
ⓘ
coordination ⓘ physical strength ⓘ training ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
Barcelona
ⓘ
Tarragona ⓘ Valls ⓘ Vilafranca del Penedès ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Castells Description of subject: Castells are a traditional Catalan cultural practice in which teams build and dismantle multi-tiered human towers at festivals and public celebrations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
castells