Cecil and Ida Green Building
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The Cecil and Ida Green Building is MIT’s iconic tall concrete structure that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is a prominent feature of the Cambridge campus skyline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecil and Ida Green Building canonical | 3 |
| Ida Green Communication Center (various institutions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2076735 — 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: Cecil and Ida Green Building Context triple: [MIT Building 54, alsoKnownAs, Cecil and Ida Green Building]
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A.
Greene Building
The Greene Building is a prominent academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, primarily associated with architecture and related design disciplines.
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B.
Lehmann Building
The Lehmann Building is a facility within the Missouri Botanical Garden complex, likely used for administrative, educational, or research purposes supporting the garden’s botanical mission.
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C.
Ricketts Building
The Ricketts Building is an academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for engineering and science programs.
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D.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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E.
Roger Stevens Building
The Roger Stevens Building is a prominent modernist lecture theatre complex at the University of Leeds, noted for its distinctive brutalist architecture and central role in campus teaching.
- 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: Cecil and Ida Green Building Target entity description: The Cecil and Ida Green Building is MIT’s iconic tall concrete structure that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is a prominent feature of the Cambridge campus skyline.
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A.
Greene Building
The Greene Building is a prominent academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, primarily associated with architecture and related design disciplines.
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B.
Lehmann Building
The Lehmann Building is a facility within the Missouri Botanical Garden complex, likely used for administrative, educational, or research purposes supporting the garden’s botanical mission.
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C.
Ricketts Building
The Ricketts Building is an academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for engineering and science programs.
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D.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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E.
Roger Stevens Building
The Roger Stevens Building is a prominent modernist lecture theatre complex at the University of Leeds, noted for its distinctive brutalist architecture and central role in campus teaching.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MIT building
ⓘ
academic building ⓘ high-rise building ⓘ research facility ⓘ |
| architect | I. M. Pei ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Brutalist architecture ⓘ |
| campus |
MIT Cambridge campus
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT main campus
|
| campusAddress | MIT Building 54 ⓘ |
| campusArea | east side of MIT campus ⓘ |
| campusLandmark | MIT skyline ⓘ |
| city |
CAMBRIDGE
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge
|
| coordinates | 42.3592°N 71.0905°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designerAffiliation |
I. M. Pei & Associates
ⓘ
surface form:
I. M. Pei & Partners
|
| floorCount | about 21 stories ⓘ |
| function |
atmospheric sciences research
ⓘ
earth sciences research ⓘ planetary sciences research ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Cecil H. Green
ⓘ
surface form:
Cecil H. Green and Ida Green
|
| hasFacility |
classrooms and seminar rooms
ⓘ
faculty offices ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ rooftop meteorological instruments ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Green Building ⓘ |
| hasUse |
academic research
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ |
| height | about 295 feet ⓘ |
| houses |
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
|
| isIconicFor |
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
|
| locatedIn | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cecil H. Green
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ida Green ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
open ground-level pilotis
ⓘ
slender concrete tower form ⓘ tallest building on the MIT campus ⓘ |
| officialName | Cecil and Ida Green Building self-link ⓘ |
| opened | 1964 ⓘ |
| owner | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
classrooms
ⓘ
offices and laboratories ⓘ |
| shortName | Green Building ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | reinforced concrete frame ⓘ |
| visualRole | prominent feature of the Cambridge skyline ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1964 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Cecil and Ida Green Building Description of subject: The Cecil and Ida Green Building is MIT’s iconic tall concrete structure that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is a prominent feature of the Cambridge campus skyline.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ida Green Communication Center (various institutions)