Memphis Pyramid
E21369
The Memphis Pyramid is a massive, glass-sided pyramid-shaped building on the Mississippi River that has served as an arena and now houses a Bass Pro Shops megastore and entertainment complex.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memphis Pyramid canonical | 4 |
| Pyramid Arena | 2 |
| Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid | 1 |
| Memphis Pyramid complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T130880 — 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: Memphis Pyramid Context triple: [Memphis, Tennessee, hasLandmark, Memphis Pyramid]
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A.
Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
The Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum is a multi-purpose entertainment and sports complex in downtown Knoxville that hosts concerts, sporting events, and large community gatherings.
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B.
Knoxville Convention Center
The Knoxville Convention Center is a major modern event and exhibition facility in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, hosting conferences, trade shows, and community events.
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C.
Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
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D.
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Manchester Central Convention Complex is a major exhibition and conference centre in Manchester, England, housed in a converted former railway station and hosting large-scale national and international events.
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E.
Hannibal Riverfront
Hannibal Riverfront is a historic waterfront district along the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, known for its scenic views, riverboat excursions, and connections to Mark Twain–themed attractions.
- 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: Memphis Pyramid Target entity description: The Memphis Pyramid is a massive, glass-sided pyramid-shaped building on the Mississippi River that has served as an arena and now houses a Bass Pro Shops megastore and entertainment complex.
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A.
Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
The Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum is a multi-purpose entertainment and sports complex in downtown Knoxville that hosts concerts, sporting events, and large community gatherings.
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B.
Knoxville Convention Center
The Knoxville Convention Center is a major modern event and exhibition facility in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, hosting conferences, trade shows, and community events.
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C.
Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
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D.
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Manchester Central Convention Complex is a major exhibition and conference centre in Manchester, England, housed in a converted former railway station and hosting large-scale national and international events.
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E.
Hannibal Riverfront
Hannibal Riverfront is a historic waterfront district along the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, known for its scenic views, riverboat excursions, and connections to Mark Twain–themed attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arena
ⓘ
building ⓘ pyramid-shaped building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | pyramidal ⓘ |
| capacity | about 20000 ⓘ |
| city | Memphis ⓘ |
| contains |
Bass Pro Shops
ⓘ
surface form:
Bass Pro Shops megastore
Big Cypress Lodge hotel ⓘ bowling alley ⓘ indoor swamp ⓘ observation deck ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentTenant | Bass Pro Shops ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 535000 square feet ⓘ |
| formerName | Great American Pyramid ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elevator to observation deck
ⓘ
glass exterior ⓘ indoor cypress swamp ⓘ lookout observation deck ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Pyramid ⓘ |
| hasView |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
downtown Memphis ⓘ |
| height |
about 321 feet
ⓘ
about 98 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| material |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| operator | Bass Pro Shops ⓘ |
| owner |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Memphis
|
| renovationCompletion | 2015 ⓘ |
| renovationFor | Bass Pro Shops conversion ⓘ |
| sportsTenant |
Memphis Grizzlies
ⓘ
Memphis Tigers ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis Tigers men’s basketball
|
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| use |
entertainment complex
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hotel ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ retail store ⓘ |
| usedFor |
basketball games
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ conventions ⓘ recreational activities ⓘ retail shopping ⓘ |
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: Memphis Pyramid Description of subject: The Memphis Pyramid is a massive, glass-sided pyramid-shaped building on the Mississippi River that has served as an arena and now houses a Bass Pro Shops megastore and entertainment complex.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
this entity surface form:
Pyramid Arena
this entity surface form:
Pyramid Arena
subject surface form:
Big Cypress Lodge
subject surface form:
Big Cypress Lodge
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid
subject surface form:
Big Cypress Lodge
this entity surface form:
Memphis Pyramid complex
subject surface form:
The Pyramid (Memphis)