Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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national memorial outdoor sculpture tourist attraction

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a national monument honoring the civil rights leader, featuring a towering stone likeness of King and inscriptions of his speeches along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall.

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Label	Occurrences
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial	15
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C. canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16018 — 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: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Context triple: [Martin Luther King Jr., memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

A. Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is a monumental neoclassical temple in Washington, D.C., honoring the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and serving as a symbolic site for American civil rights and national unity.
B. Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is a towering white marble obelisk on the National Mall that honors George Washington, the first president of the United States.
C. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the United States’ national cultural center and a major venue in Washington, D.C. for theater, music, dance, and other performing arts.
D. United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the iconic neoclassical building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and serves as a central symbol of American democracy.
E. Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site is a preserved historic property in Independence, Missouri, that includes the longtime home and related sites associated with the 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman.
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: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Target entity description: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a national monument honoring the civil rights leader, featuring a towering stone likeness of King and inscriptions of his speeches along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall.

A. Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is a monumental neoclassical temple in Washington, D.C., honoring the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and serving as a symbolic site for American civil rights and national unity.
B. Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is a towering white marble obelisk on the National Mall that honors George Washington, the first president of the United States.
C. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the United States’ national cultural center and a major venue in Washington, D.C. for theater, music, dance, and other performing arts.
D. United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the iconic neoclassical building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and serves as a central symbol of American democracy.
E. Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site is a preserved historic property in Independence, Missouri, that includes the longtime home and related sites associated with the 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national memorial ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
admissionFee	free ⓘ
architect	ROMA Design Group ⓘ
artStyle	realism ⓘ
authorizedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
category	2011 establishments in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Monuments and memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
commemoratesEvent	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s
constructionStartDate	2006 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dedicated	2011-10-16 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	nonviolence ⓘ racial equality ⓘ social justice ⓘ
designer	ROMA Design Group ⓘ
governingBody	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
hasAccess	pedestrian pathways ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasInscription	Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches ⓘ Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings ⓘ
hasPart	Inscription Wall ⓘ Stone of Hope sculpture ⓘ surface form: Mountain of Despair sculpture Stone of Hope sculpture ⓘ
hasView	Tidal Basin cherry blossoms ⓘ
height	30 feet ⓘ 9.1 meters ⓘ
honours	Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
lighting	illuminated at night ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ West Potomac Park ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	West Potomac Park ⓘ surface form: Tidal Basin
materialUsed	granite ⓘ
near	National Mall ⓘ
open	year-round ⓘ
opened	2011-08-22 ⓘ
operator	National Park Service ⓘ
partOf	National Mall ⓘ surface form: National Mall and Memorial Parks
sculptor	Lei Yixin ⓘ
subjectOf	Stone of Hope quote from "I Have a Dream" speech ⓘ
theme	American civil rights movement ⓘ
visitorType	public ⓘ

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