Temple of the Jaguar Priest
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The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is a prominent stepped pyramid at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, notable for its towering structure and richly carved funerary shrine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of the Great Jaguar | 1 |
| Temple of the Hieroglyphic Jaguar | 1 |
| Temple of the Jaguar Priest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6542183 — 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: Temple of the Jaguar Priest Context triple: [Temple III, alsoKnownAs, Temple of the Jaguar Priest]
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A.
Temple of the Eagle and Jaguar Warriors
The Temple of the Eagle and Jaguar Warriors is an Aztec rock-cut ceremonial structure at Malinalco, Mexico, associated with elite warrior orders and initiation rites.
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B.
Temple of the Carved Skulls
The Temple of the Carved Skulls is an archaeological structure at the pre-Columbian Totonac city of Cempoala in Veracruz, Mexico, notable for its stone carvings of human skulls and association with ritual practices.
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Temple of the Inscriptions
The Temple of the Inscriptions is a stepped pyramid and funerary monument at the Maya city of Palenque, renowned for housing the richly adorned tomb of the ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal.
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D.
Temple of the Skull
The Temple of the Skull is an ancient Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, noted for its distinctive carved skull imagery.
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E.
Altar of the Kings
Altar of the Kings is a richly ornamented Baroque altarpiece inside Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, renowned for its elaborate gilded carvings and religious iconography.
- 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: Temple of the Jaguar Priest Target entity description: The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is a prominent stepped pyramid at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, notable for its towering structure and richly carved funerary shrine.
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A.
Temple of the Eagle and Jaguar Warriors
The Temple of the Eagle and Jaguar Warriors is an Aztec rock-cut ceremonial structure at Malinalco, Mexico, associated with elite warrior orders and initiation rites.
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B.
Temple of the Carved Skulls
The Temple of the Carved Skulls is an archaeological structure at the pre-Columbian Totonac city of Cempoala in Veracruz, Mexico, notable for its stone carvings of human skulls and association with ritual practices.
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C.
Temple of the Inscriptions
The Temple of the Inscriptions is a stepped pyramid and funerary monument at the Maya city of Palenque, renowned for housing the richly adorned tomb of the ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal.
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D.
Temple of the Skull
The Temple of the Skull is an ancient Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, noted for its distinctive carved skull imagery.
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E.
Altar of the Kings
Altar of the Kings is a richly ornamented Baroque altarpiece inside Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, renowned for its elaborate gilded carvings and religious iconography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya temple
ⓘ
stepped pyramid ⓘ |
| civilization | Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfHeritage | Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | a Maya elite or priest (uncertain identity) ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Maya architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
carved decoration
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richly carved funerary shrine ⓘ stepped pyramid form ⓘ towering superstructure ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
funerary monument
ⓘ
ritual center ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
funerary temple
ⓘ
pyramid ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological monument at Tikal ⓘ |
| isPartOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Tikal National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tikal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInEcosystem | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tikal archaeological site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Maya city of Tikal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Classic period of Maya civilization (approximate) ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | World Heritage Site (via Tikal National Park) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial rituals
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religious ceremonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Temple of the Jaguar Priest Description of subject: The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is a prominent stepped pyramid at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, notable for its towering structure and richly carved funerary shrine.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Temple of the Great Jaguar
this entity surface form:
Temple of the Hieroglyphic Jaguar