McPherson Square
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McPherson Square is a prominent public park and transportation hub in downtown Washington, D.C., known for its historic statue of Civil War General James B. McPherson and its surrounding commercial and office buildings.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McPherson Square canonical | 11 |
| Farragut Square | 1 |
| McPherson Square area | 1 |
| McPherson Square park | 1 |
| McPherson Square, Washington, D.C. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1265143 — 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: McPherson Square Context triple: [Downtown Washington, D.C., hasLandmark, McPherson Square]
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A.
Rodney Square
Rodney Square is a central public square and civic hub in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, known for its historic buildings, monuments, and role as a focal point for community events.
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B.
McAuliffe Square
McAuliffe Square is a central public square in Bastogne, Belgium, named in honor of U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe and known for its World War II memorials commemorating the Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is a historic public park in Washington, D.C., located just north of the White House and known for its statues, political demonstrations, and surrounding government buildings.
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D.
Constitution Square
Constitution Square, commonly known as the Zócalo, is the vast historic main plaza in the heart of Mexico City and one of the largest public squares in the world.
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E.
Palmer Square
Palmer Square is a prominent mixed-use town square in downtown Princeton, New Jersey, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, offices, and public gathering spaces adjacent to Princeton University.
- 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: McPherson Square Target entity description: McPherson Square is a prominent public park and transportation hub in downtown Washington, D.C., known for its historic statue of Civil War General James B. McPherson and its surrounding commercial and office buildings.
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A.
Rodney Square
Rodney Square is a central public square and civic hub in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, known for its historic buildings, monuments, and role as a focal point for community events.
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B.
McAuliffe Square
McAuliffe Square is a central public square in Bastogne, Belgium, named in honor of U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe and known for its World War II memorials commemorating the Battle of the Bulge.
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C.
Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is a historic public park in Washington, D.C., located just north of the White House and known for its statues, political demonstrations, and surrounding government buildings.
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Constitution Square
Constitution Square, commonly known as the Zócalo, is the vast historic main plaza in the heart of Mexico City and one of the largest public squares in the world.
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E.
Palmer Square
Palmer Square is a prominent mixed-use town square in downtown Princeton, New Jersey, known for its upscale shops, restaurants, offices, and public gathering spaces adjacent to Princeton University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plaza
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public square ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ urban park ⓘ |
| borderedByStreet |
15th Street NW
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I Street NW ⓘ K Street NW ⓘ Vermont Avenue NW ⓘ |
| category |
Downtown Washington, D.C.
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Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Parks in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Squares in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
James B. McPherson
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surface form:
Union Army general James B. McPherson
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| function |
commuter hub
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public open space ⓘ |
| governedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| hasCoordinateRegion |
Northwest Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
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| hasFeature |
benches
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central equestrian statue ⓘ lawns ⓘ trees ⓘ walkways ⓘ |
| hasMonument | James B. McPherson Memorial ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
K Street
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surface form:
K Street business corridor
McPherson Square station ⓘ
surface form:
McPherson Square Metro entrance
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| hasStatue | statue of James B. McPherson ⓘ |
| hasTransportationConnection | McPherson Square station ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Washington, D.C.
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Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| metroLine |
Blue Line
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Orange Line ⓘ Silver Line ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James B. McPherson ⓘ |
| near |
Farragut Square
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Lafayette Square ⓘ White House ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Mall
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surface form:
National Mall and Memorial Parks
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| servedBy | Washington Metro ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
commercial buildings
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hotels ⓘ office buildings ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter circulation
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political demonstrations ⓘ public gatherings ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
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: McPherson Square Description of subject: McPherson Square is a prominent public park and transportation hub in downtown Washington, D.C., known for its historic statue of Civil War General James B. McPherson and its surrounding commercial and office buildings.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Farragut Square
this entity surface form:
McPherson Square park
this entity surface form:
McPherson Square area
this entity surface form:
McPherson Square, Washington, D.C.