Tinos marble
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Tinos marble is a distinctive dark green marble from the Greek island of Tinos, prized in architecture and sculpture for its rich color and fine texture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tinos island quarries | 1 |
| Tinos marble canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4141643 — 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: Tinos marble Context triple: [Barcelona Pavilion, material, Tinos marble]
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A.
Pentelic marble
Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
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B.
Kallimarmaro
Kallimarmaro is the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, renowned as an ancient athletic venue revived for the first modern Olympic Games.
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C.
Parian marble
Parian marble is a highly prized, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Paros, renowned in antiquity for its use in classical sculpture and architecture.
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D.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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E.
Candoglia marble
Candoglia marble is a distinctive pinkish-grey marble quarried in Candoglia, Italy, historically renowned as the exclusive stone used to construct and restore Milan Cathedral.
- 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: Tinos marble Target entity description: Tinos marble is a distinctive dark green marble from the Greek island of Tinos, prized in architecture and sculpture for its rich color and fine texture.
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A.
Pentelic marble
Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
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B.
Kallimarmaro
Kallimarmaro is the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, renowned as an ancient athletic venue revived for the first modern Olympic Games.
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C.
Parian marble
Parian marble is a highly prized, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Paros, renowned in antiquity for its use in classical sculpture and architecture.
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D.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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E.
Candoglia marble
Candoglia marble is a distinctive pinkish-grey marble quarried in Candoglia, Italy, historically renowned as the exclusive stone used to construct and restore Milan Cathedral.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building material
ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ marble ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Cycladic figurines
ⓘ
surface form:
Cycladic marbles
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| color | dark green ⓘ |
| commercialClassification | ornamental stone ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| extractionMethod | open-pit quarrying ⓘ |
| geologicalFormationType | metamorphosed limestone ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
export stone
ⓘ
local construction material ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
decorative stone
ⓘ
dense ⓘ fine texture ⓘ polishable ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Cyclades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Aegean ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Tinos Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | metamorphic rock ⓘ |
| notableProperty | rich dark green color with veining ⓘ |
| originatesFromIsland | Tinos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greek marbles ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tinos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quarriedIn |
Tinos marble
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tinos island quarries
|
| stoneIndustryCategory | green marble ⓘ |
| texture | fine-grained ⓘ |
| typicalUseRegion |
Greece
ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
|
| usedFor |
architecture
ⓘ
exterior cladding ⓘ flooring ⓘ interior decoration ⓘ monuments ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| usedIn |
church architecture
ⓘ
decorative panels ⓘ public buildings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tinos marble Description of subject: Tinos marble is a distinctive dark green marble from the Greek island of Tinos, prized in architecture and sculpture for its rich color and fine texture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tinos island quarries