The Whale
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The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Whale canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2164090 — 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: The Whale Context triple: [Ingalls Rink, nickname, The Whale]
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A.
The Whiting
The Whiting is a prominent performing arts center in Flint, Michigan, hosting concerts, theater productions, and other live cultural events.
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B.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea is a reflective, bestselling 1955 book of essays by Anne Morrow Lindbergh that uses seashells and the seashore as metaphors to explore women's lives, solitude, and inner peace.
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C.
The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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D.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
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E.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
- 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: The Whale Target entity description: The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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A.
The Whiting
The Whiting is a prominent performing arts center in Flint, Michigan, hosting concerts, theater productions, and other live cultural events.
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B.
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea is a reflective, bestselling 1955 book of essays by Anne Morrow Lindbergh that uses seashells and the seashore as metaphors to explore women's lives, solitude, and inner peace.
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C.
The North Water
The North Water is a British television drama miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire’s novel, following a disgraced surgeon on a brutal 19th-century whaling expedition in the Arctic.
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D.
The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
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E.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural landmark
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ice hockey arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ university building ⓘ |
| architect | Eero Saarinen ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| city |
New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
New Haven
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| constructionStartDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCategory |
College ice hockey venues in the United States
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Eero Saarinen ⓘ
surface form:
Eero Saarinen buildings
Indoor ice hockey venues in Connecticut ⓘ Sports venues in New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ Yale University buildings ⓘ |
| hasIceSurface | NHL-size rink ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| locatedOnCampusOf | Yale University ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel cables ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David S. Ingalls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | The Whale ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
curved, wave-like profile
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single reinforced concrete arch ⓘ suspended cable-supported roof ⓘ |
| officialName | David S. Ingalls Rink ⓘ |
| opened | 1958 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Yale University ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Yale University ⓘ |
| primaryTenant |
Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
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Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey ⓘ |
| primaryUse | ice hockey ⓘ |
| renovated |
2008
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2009 ⓘ |
| roofType |
catenary arch roof
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swooping roof ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 3500 ⓘ |
| significance |
iconic symbol of Yale athletics
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important work in Eero Saarinen's portfolio ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| usedFor |
NCAA ice hockey games
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figure skating ⓘ public skating ⓘ university events ⓘ |
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: The Whale Description of subject: The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.