Old York Library
E233539
Old York Library is a research collection and archive focused on New York City history, established by real estate developer and bibliophile Seymour Durst.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old York Library canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097347 — 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: Old York Library Context triple: [Seymour Durst, founded, Old York Library]
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A.
Yonkers Public Library
Yonkers Public Library is the main public library system serving the city of Yonkers, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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B.
Newburgh Free Library
Newburgh Free Library is a public library serving the Newburgh, New York community as a key center for information, education, and local cultural resources.
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C.
Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
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D.
Jefferson Market Library
Jefferson Market Library is a historic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village that now serves as a public branch of the New York Public Library.
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E.
White Plains Public Library
White Plains Public Library is the main public library serving the city of White Plains, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
- 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: Old York Library Target entity description: Old York Library is a research collection and archive focused on New York City history, established by real estate developer and bibliophile Seymour Durst.
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A.
Yonkers Public Library
Yonkers Public Library is the main public library system serving the city of Yonkers, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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B.
Newburgh Free Library
Newburgh Free Library is a public library serving the Newburgh, New York community as a key center for information, education, and local cultural resources.
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C.
Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
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D.
Jefferson Market Library
Jefferson Market Library is a historic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village that now serves as a public branch of the New York Public Library.
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E.
White Plains Public Library
White Plains Public Library is the main public library serving the city of White Plains, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archive
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human ⓘ research library ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | bibliophile ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
local history of New York City
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urban history ⓘ |
| focusesOn | history of New York City ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Seymour Durst ⓘ |
| foundedByOccupation |
bibliophile
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real estate developer ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
historical archive
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research collection ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollection |
archival documents about New York City
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books about New York City ⓘ ephemera related to New York City ⓘ maps of New York City ⓘ materials related to New York City history ⓘ photographs of New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Old York ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding of Old York Library ⓘ |
| occupation | real estate developer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Old York Library Description of subject: Old York Library is a research collection and archive focused on New York City history, established by real estate developer and bibliophile Seymour Durst.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.