Rhode Island Auditorium
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Rhode Island Auditorium was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Providence, Rhode Island, known for hosting professional basketball, hockey, and major public events in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Providence Civic Center complex | 1 |
| Rhode Island Auditorium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1477669 — 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: Rhode Island Auditorium Context triple: [Providence Steamrollers, homeArena, Rhode Island Auditorium]
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A.
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Lowell Memorial Auditorium is a historic performing arts and events venue in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, known for hosting concerts, theater productions, and community gatherings.
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B.
Remis Auditorium
Remis Auditorium is a performance and lecture venue located within the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, used for films, talks, and cultural events.
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C.
Fillmore Auditorium
Fillmore Auditorium is a historic San Francisco music venue famed for its pivotal role in the 1960s rock and counterculture scene and for hosting legendary concerts promoted by Bill Graham.
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D.
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a major historic performing arts venue and cultural hub in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and community events.
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E.
Cape May Convention Hall
Cape May Convention Hall is a beachfront event and community center in Cape May, New Jersey, hosting concerts, conventions, weddings, and cultural activities.
- 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: Rhode Island Auditorium Target entity description: Rhode Island Auditorium was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Providence, Rhode Island, known for hosting professional basketball, hockey, and major public events in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Lowell Memorial Auditorium is a historic performing arts and events venue in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, known for hosting concerts, theater productions, and community gatherings.
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B.
Remis Auditorium
Remis Auditorium is a performance and lecture venue located within the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, used for films, talks, and cultural events.
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C.
Fillmore Auditorium
Fillmore Auditorium is a historic San Francisco music venue famed for its pivotal role in the 1960s rock and counterculture scene and for hosting legendary concerts promoted by Bill Graham.
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D.
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a major historic performing arts venue and cultural hub in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and community events.
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E.
Cape May Convention Hall
Cape May Convention Hall is a beachfront event and community center in Cape May, New Jersey, hosting concerts, conventions, weddings, and cultural activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct sports venue
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entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Arena ⓘ |
| architecturalType | multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| capacity | 5000 ⓘ |
| city | Providence ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolished | 1989 ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| historicRole | primary indoor sports facility in Providence before Providence Civic Center ⓘ |
| hostedEventType |
boxing matches
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college basketball games ⓘ music concerts ⓘ political rallies ⓘ professional basketball games ⓘ professional ice hockey games ⓘ public assemblies ⓘ wrestling events ⓘ |
| hostedLeague | Basketball Association of America ⓘ |
| hostedTeam | Providence Steamrollers ⓘ |
| location |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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surface form:
Providence, Rhode Island
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| notableFor |
hosting professional basketball
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hosting professional hockey ⓘ major public events in Rhode Island ⓘ |
| opened | 1926 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball
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boxing ⓘ concerts ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Providence Civic Center ⓘ |
| servedAs |
home arena for Providence Reds
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major indoor venue in Providence ⓘ |
| state | Rhode Island ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice rink ⓘ |
| tenant | Providence Reds ⓘ |
| tenantLeague | American Hockey League ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community events
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high school sports events ⓘ ice shows ⓘ |
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: Rhode Island Auditorium Description of subject: Rhode Island Auditorium was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Providence, Rhode Island, known for hosting professional basketball, hockey, and major public events in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Providence Civic Center complex