Great Pyramid
E221530
The Great Pyramid at La Venta is a massive ancient earthen mound built by the Olmec civilization in present-day Mexico, serving as a central ceremonial and possibly religious structure in the site’s layout.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Pyramid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1587095 — 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: Great Pyramid Context triple: [La Venta, hasPart, Great Pyramid]
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A.
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb and the largest of the Giza pyramids, renowned as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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B.
The Pyramid
The Pyramid is the popular nickname for the Transamerica Pyramid, a distinctive, pyramid-shaped skyscraper and iconic feature of the San Francisco skyline.
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C.
The Pyramid
The Pyramid is a massive pyramid-shaped arena and entertainment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, known for its distinctive architecture and current use as a Bass Pro Shops megastore and tourist attraction.
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D.
Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest of the Giza pyramids, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre and notable for its relatively well-preserved casing stones and association with the Great Sphinx.
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E.
Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid is an early, uniquely double-angled pyramid built for Pharaoh Sneferu at Dahshur, marking a key transitional stage in the development of true smooth-sided pyramids in ancient Egypt.
- 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: Great Pyramid Target entity description: The Great Pyramid at La Venta is a massive ancient earthen mound built by the Olmec civilization in present-day Mexico, serving as a central ceremonial and possibly religious structure in the site’s layout.
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A.
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb and the largest of the Giza pyramids, renowned as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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B.
The Pyramid
The Pyramid is the popular nickname for the Transamerica Pyramid, a distinctive, pyramid-shaped skyscraper and iconic feature of the San Francisco skyline.
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C.
The Pyramid
The Pyramid is a massive pyramid-shaped arena and entertainment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, known for its distinctive architecture and current use as a Bass Pro Shops megastore and tourist attraction.
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D.
Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest of the Giza pyramids, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre and notable for its relatively well-preserved casing stones and association with the Great Sphinx.
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E.
Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid is an early, uniquely double-angled pyramid built for Pharaoh Sneferu at Dahshur, marking a key transitional stage in the development of true smooth-sided pyramids in ancient Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site feature
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ceremonial structure ⓘ earthen mound ⓘ pyramid ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Olmec ceremonial practices
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Mesoamerican mythology ⓘ
surface form:
Olmec religion
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| belongsTo |
Olmec heartland
ⓘ
surface form:
Olmec archaeological heritage
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| builtBy | Olmec civilization ⓘ |
| constructionType | earthen construction ⓘ |
| culture | Olmec civilization ⓘ |
| currentCondition | eroded mound ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | archaeologists in the 20th century ⓘ |
| elevationRelative | highest structure at La Venta ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
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religious structure ⓘ ritual platform ⓘ |
| heritage | pre-Columbian monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
La Venta
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Mesoamerica ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Tabasco ⓘ |
| material |
clay
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earth ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| partOf |
La Venta
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surface form:
La Venta archaeological site
ceremonial core of La Venta ⓘ |
| period | Middle Formative period ⓘ |
| shape | conical ⓘ |
| significance |
central monument of La Venta
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dominant feature of site layout ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elite ceremonies
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public rituals ⓘ |
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: Great Pyramid Description of subject: The Great Pyramid at La Venta is a massive ancient earthen mound built by the Olmec civilization in present-day Mexico, serving as a central ceremonial and possibly religious structure in the site’s layout.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.