UST Main Building
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Renaissance Revival building
academic building
earthquake-resistant building
heritage building
university building
The UST Main Building is the historic, iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, renowned as the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines and a prime example of Renaissance Revival architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UST Main Building canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138330 — 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: UST Main Building Context triple: [University of Santo Tomas, hasFacility, UST Main Building]
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A.
Smith Memorial Student Union
Smith Memorial Student Union is the central student hub and campus community center at Portland State University, housing student services, meeting spaces, dining, and various student organizations.
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B.
Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story Gothic Revival skyscraper on the University of Pittsburgh campus, renowned as one of the tallest educational buildings in the world.
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C.
Boyd Law Building
Boyd Law Building is the main academic and administrative facility that houses the University of Iowa College of Law.
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D.
Dekalb Hall
Dekalb Hall is a notable building on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus, serving as one of the institute’s key academic and student-use facilities.
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E.
Bronco Student Center
Bronco Student Center is the main hub for student life, services, dining, and events at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- 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: UST Main Building Target entity description: The UST Main Building is the historic, iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, renowned as the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines and a prime example of Renaissance Revival architecture.
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A.
Smith Memorial Student Union
Smith Memorial Student Union is the central student hub and campus community center at Portland State University, housing student services, meeting spaces, dining, and various student organizations.
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B.
Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story Gothic Revival skyscraper on the University of Pittsburgh campus, renowned as one of the tallest educational buildings in the world.
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C.
Boyd Law Building
Boyd Law Building is the main academic and administrative facility that houses the University of Iowa College of Law.
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D.
Dekalb Hall
Dekalb Hall is a notable building on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus, serving as one of the institute’s key academic and student-use facilities.
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E.
Bronco Student Center
Bronco Student Center is the main hub for student life, services, dining, and events at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance Revival building
ⓘ
academic building ⓘ earthquake-resistant building ⓘ heritage building ⓘ university building ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Dominican friars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Order
Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| architect |
Fr. Roque Ruaño
ⓘ
Fr. Roque Ruaño ⓘ
surface form:
Roque Ruaño, O.P.
|
| architectNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Art Deco elements
ⓘ
Renaissance Revival architecture ⓘ |
| campusRole | central landmark of the UST campus ⓘ |
| city | Manila ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| designedFor | earthquake resistance ⓘ |
| era | American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ |
| function |
administration offices
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ classrooms ⓘ museum space ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central tower
ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ ornamental façade ⓘ statues on rooftop ⓘ |
| hasPart |
University of Santo Tomas
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Administration offices of the University of Santo Tomas
Faculty rooms ⓘ UST Museum ⓘ UST Museum of Arts and Sciences ⓘ chapel ⓘ classrooms ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
National Cultural Treasure
|
| heritageDesignationBy | National Museum of the Philippines ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sampaloc, Manila
ⓘ
University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
surface form:
University of Santo Tomas campus
|
| locatedOn | España Boulevard ⓘ |
| materialUsed | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| name |
Main Building
ⓘ
University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
surface form:
Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas
UST Main Building self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas campus
ⓘ
being the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines ⓘ its Renaissance Revival architectural style ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| operator | University of Santo Tomas ⓘ |
| owner | University of Santo Tomas ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Santo Tomas ⓘ |
| region | Metro Manila ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Dominican
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic
|
| startDateOfConstruction | 1924 ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | reinforced concrete frame ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Catholic higher education in the Philippines
ⓘ
University of Santo Tomas ⓘ |
| usedFor |
academic instruction
ⓘ
administrative functions ⓘ university ceremonies ⓘ |
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: UST Main Building Description of subject: The UST Main Building is the historic, iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, renowned as the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines and a prime example of Renaissance Revival architecture.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
University of Santo Tomas