Ministry of the Interior building (Havana)
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The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana is a prominent government office block best known for its iconic façade bearing the giant steel outline of revolutionary figure Che Guevara.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2127926 — 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: Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) Context triple: [Avenida Paseo (vicinity of Plaza de la Revolución), near, Ministry of the Interior building (Havana)]
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A.
Capitolio Nacional de La Habana
The Capitolio Nacional de La Habana is a grand neoclassical landmark in Havana, Cuba, historically serving as the seat of government and now housing the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the National Library of Science and Technology.
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B.
Palace of Conventions, Havana
The Palace of Conventions in Havana is a major Cuban conference and events center that serves as the primary venue for national political gatherings and international meetings.
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C.
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba building
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba building is a prominent government and political headquarters in Havana that serves as the main administrative center of Cuba’s ruling communist party.
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D.
Malecón, Havana
Malecón, Havana is a famous seaside promenade and roadway stretching along Havana’s coastline, known as a social gathering place and iconic symbol of the city.
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E.
Parque Máximo Gómez in Havana
Parque Máximo Gómez in Havana is a public square and monument complex honoring Dominican-Cuban independence leader Máximo Gómez, located near the Malecón and serving as a notable historical and civic landmark in the city.
- 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: Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) Target entity description: The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana is a prominent government office block best known for its iconic façade bearing the giant steel outline of revolutionary figure Che Guevara.
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A.
Capitolio Nacional de La Habana
The Capitolio Nacional de La Habana is a grand neoclassical landmark in Havana, Cuba, historically serving as the seat of government and now housing the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the National Library of Science and Technology.
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B.
Palace of Conventions, Havana
The Palace of Conventions in Havana is a major Cuban conference and events center that serves as the primary venue for national political gatherings and international meetings.
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C.
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba building
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba building is a prominent government and political headquarters in Havana that serves as the main administrative center of Cuba’s ruling communist party.
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D.
Malecón, Havana
Malecón, Havana is a famous seaside promenade and roadway stretching along Havana’s coastline, known as a social gathering place and iconic symbol of the city.
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E.
Parque Máximo Gómez in Havana
Parque Máximo Gómez in Havana is a public square and monument complex honoring Dominican-Cuban independence leader Máximo Gómez, located near the Malecón and serving as a notable historical and civic landmark in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office building
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modernist building ⓘ |
| architect | Enrique Luis Varela ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuban Revolution leaders
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Fidel Castro ⓘ |
| basedOnArtwork |
Alberto Korda
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surface form:
Alberto Korda photograph of Che Guevara
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| category |
Buildings and structures in Havana
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Che Guevara monuments and memorials ⓘ Government buildings in Cuba ⓘ |
| city |
Havana, Cuba
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surface form:
Havana
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| completionDate | 1950s ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| depicts | Che Guevara ⓘ |
| designerOfFacadeArtwork | Enrique Ávila ⓘ |
| facadeArtworkCompletion | 1993 ⓘ |
| facadeFeature | giant steel outline of Che Guevara ⓘ |
| facadeMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| function |
administrative headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior
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government offices ⓘ |
| governmentBody |
Ministry of the Interior of Cuba
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surface form:
Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)
|
| hasArtwork | Che Guevara mural ⓘ |
| hasNationalRelevance | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart | Che Guevara steel outline ⓘ |
| hasTouristSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| imageText | Hasta la victoria siempre ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cuba
ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
La Habana Province ⓘ
surface form:
Havana Province
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| location | Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| municipality | Plaza de la Revolución municipality ⓘ |
| near |
José Martí Memorial tower
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surface form:
José Martí Memorial
Ministry of Communications building (Havana) ⓘ National Library of Cuba José Martí ⓘ
surface form:
National Library of Cuba
|
| notableFor | giant steel outline of Che Guevara on its façade ⓘ |
| occupant |
Ministry of the Interior of Cuba
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surface form:
Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)
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| partOf | government complex at Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ |
| region | western Cuba ⓘ |
| securityRole | headquarters for internal security services ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Cuban Revolution
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Cuban State Security ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban state security apparatus
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| touristAttractionType | political landmark ⓘ |
| usedFor | official ceremonies at Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ |
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: Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) Description of subject: The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana is a prominent government office block best known for its iconic façade bearing the giant steel outline of revolutionary figure Che Guevara.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Avenida Paseo (vicinity of Plaza de la Revolución)
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near
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Ministry of the Interior building (Havana)
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this entity surface form:
Che Guevara mural on Ministry of the Interior
this entity surface form:
Ministry of the Interior building in Plaza de la Revolución