Old Temple
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Old Temple is an ancient ceremonial structure at the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site in Peru, notable for its labyrinthine galleries and central religious significance to the Chavín culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Temple canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3023724 — 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: Old Temple Context triple: [Chavín de Huántar, hasStructure, Old Temple]
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A.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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B.
Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal cathedral in San Francisco known for its Gothic Revival architecture, labyrinths, and cultural and interfaith programs.
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C.
St Stephen's Chapel
St Stephen's Chapel was a former royal chapel within the Palace of Westminster that later served as the historic meeting place of the British House of Commons.
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D.
Queen's Chapel
Queen's Chapel is a historic royal chapel in central London used for worship and ceremonial functions associated with the British monarchy.
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E.
Trinity Chapel
Trinity Chapel is a prominent eastern chapel within Canterbury Cathedral, renowned for its medieval stained glass and historical association with the shrine of Thomas Becket.
- 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: Old Temple Target entity description: Old Temple is an ancient ceremonial structure at the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site in Peru, notable for its labyrinthine galleries and central religious significance to the Chavín culture.
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A.
Temple Church
Temple Church is a historic 12th-century church in London, originally built by the Knights Templar and renowned for its distinctive round nave and medieval effigies.
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B.
Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal cathedral in San Francisco known for its Gothic Revival architecture, labyrinths, and cultural and interfaith programs.
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C.
St Stephen's Chapel
St Stephen's Chapel was a former royal chapel within the Palace of Westminster that later served as the historic meeting place of the British House of Commons.
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D.
Queen's Chapel
Queen's Chapel is a historic royal chapel in central London used for worship and ceremonial functions associated with the British monarchy.
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E.
Trinity Chapel
Trinity Chapel is a prominent eastern chapel within Canterbury Cathedral, renowned for its medieval stained glass and historical association with the shrine of Thomas Becket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological feature
ⓘ
ceremonial structure ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionDate | circa 900 BCE ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Chavín architecture ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Formative Period of the Andes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
the Lanzón monolith
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surface form:
Lanzón monolith
|
| civilization |
Chavín culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín civilization
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| constructionMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| contains |
Lanzón Gallery
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surface form:
Lanzón gallery
chambers ⓘ galleries ⓘ ritual spaces ⓘ ventilation ducts ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culture | Chavín culture ⓘ |
| functionedAs | ritual nucleus of Chavín de Huántar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
acoustic ducts
ⓘ
anthropomorphic motifs ⓘ drainage system ⓘ iconographic reliefs ⓘ inner sanctuaries ⓘ labyrinthine galleries ⓘ monumental stairways ⓘ narrow corridors ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ stone masonry ⓘ sunken circular plaza ⓘ underground passages ⓘ ventilation shafts ⓘ zoomorphic motifs ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Chavín (Archaeological Site) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancash Region
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Andes ⓘ
surface form:
Andes Mountains
Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín de Huántar archaeological site
Peru ⓘ |
| partOf | Chavín de Huántar ⓘ |
| period | Early Horizon ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | central to Chavín religious life ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial activities
ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ religious 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: Old Temple Description of subject: Old Temple is an ancient ceremonial structure at the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site in Peru, notable for its labyrinthine galleries and central religious significance to the Chavín culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chavín de Huántar