McKim Building
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The McKim Building is the historic, Renaissance Revival-style landmark that serves as the original central structure of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston Public Library, McKim Building | 1 |
| McKim Building canonical | 1 |
| McKim Building of the Boston Public Library | 1 |
| McKim Building, Boston Public Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T894783 — 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: McKim Building Context triple: [Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch), hasPart, McKim Building]
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A.
Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington building
The Carnegie Institution of Washington building is a grand Beaux-Arts style research and administrative facility in Washington, D.C., designed in the early 20th century as a prominent home for scientific advancement.
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D.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building
The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is a historic museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., known as one of the oldest Smithsonian buildings and an early home for the Institution’s exhibitions of American innovation and culture.
- 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: McKim Building Target entity description: The McKim Building is the historic, Renaissance Revival-style landmark that serves as the original central structure of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
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A.
Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington building
The Carnegie Institution of Washington building is a grand Beaux-Arts style research and administrative facility in Washington, D.C., designed in the early 20th century as a prominent home for scientific advancement.
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D.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building
The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is a historic museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., known as one of the oldest Smithsonian buildings and an early home for the Institution’s exhibitions of American innovation and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance Revival architecture
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ library building ⓘ |
| architect |
Charles Follen McKim
ⓘ
McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
ⓘ
Renaissance Revival ⓘ |
| category |
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch)
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Public Library buildings
Libraries in Boston ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Boston ⓘ Renaissance Revival architecture in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1888 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasArtwork |
murals by Edwin Austin Abbey
ⓘ
murals by John Singer Sargent ⓘ murals by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasDome | no ⓘ |
| hasFloorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
exhibition space
ⓘ
public library ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ |
| hasMainEntranceOn | Dartmouth Street ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Abbey Room
ⓘ
Bates Hall Reading Room ⓘ
surface form:
Bates Hall
Courtyard ⓘ Grand Staircase ⓘ Sargent Gallery ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryFrontageOn |
Boylston Street, Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boylston Street
|
| heritageDesignation |
Boston Landmark
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Back Bay
ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Copley Square, Boston ⓘ
surface form:
Copley Square
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material | granite ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Follen McKim ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1895 ⓘ |
| operator |
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch)
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Public Library
|
| overlooks |
Copley Square, Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Copley Square
|
| ownedBy |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Boston
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| partOf |
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch)
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Public Library
Copley Square, Boston ⓘ
surface form:
Copley Square Historic District
|
| publicTransitAccess |
Copley station
ⓘ
surface form:
Copley station (MBTA Green Line)
|
| streetAddress | 700 Boylston Street ⓘ |
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: McKim Building Description of subject: The McKim Building is the historic, Renaissance Revival-style landmark that serves as the original central structure of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boston Public Library, McKim Building
this entity surface form:
McKim Building, Boston Public Library
this entity surface form:
McKim Building of the Boston Public Library