Copán
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Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
All labels observed (26)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227253 — 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: Copán Context triple: [Mesoamerica, majorSite, Copán]
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A.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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B.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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E.
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
- 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: Copán Target entity description: Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
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A.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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B.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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C.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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D.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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E.
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, a vast and sophisticated metropolis built on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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ancient Maya city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedInCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| culture | Maya ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Alfred P. Maudslay
ⓘ
Harvard University projects ⓘ Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia ⓘ Sylvanus G. Morley ⓘ |
| firstHistoricalRuler | Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Honduras ⓘ |
| hasDynasty |
Copán
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Copán royal dynasty
|
| hasFeature |
altars with hieroglyphic texts
ⓘ
ballcourt markers ⓘ carved stelae depicting rulers ⓘ inscribed stairways ⓘ zoomorphic sculptures ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Classic Maya language
|
| hasNearbyTown |
Copán
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Copán Ruinas
|
| hasPeakPeriod |
5th to 9th centuries CE
ⓘ
Classic period ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Copán River ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Acropolis
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Great Plaza ⓘ Hieroglyphic Stairway ⓘ Temple 16 ⓘ Temple 22 ⓘ ballcourt ⓘ residential compounds ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince | 1980 ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Maya script ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hieroglyphic Stairway
ⓘ
altars ⓘ ballcourt ⓘ elaborate stone sculptures ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ stelae ⓘ well-preserved archaeological remains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Copán Department
ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form:
Maya region
western Maya lowlands ⓘ
surface form:
western Honduras
|
| near | Guatemalan border ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
18-Rabbit
ⓘ
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil ⓘ |
| partOf | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major archaeological tourism destination in Honduras ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iv)
ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Copán Description of subject: Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Copán Ruinas
this entity surface form:
Copán archaeological site
this entity surface form:
Copán Archaeological Site
this entity surface form:
Maya Site of Copán
subject surface form:
Western Honduras
this entity surface form:
Copán Ruins