Troy Public Library
E290127
Troy Public Library is a historic public library building in Troy, New York, known for its architectural significance and role as a cultural and educational center for the community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Troy Public Library canonical | 3 |
| Main Library (downtown Troy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2707313 — 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: Troy Public Library Context triple: [Central Troy Historic District, contains, Troy Public Library]
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A.
Clinton Public Library
Clinton Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Clinton, Tennessee with access to books, media, and community programs.
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B.
Cornelius Public Library
Cornelius Public Library is the public library serving the community of Cornelius, Oregon, providing access to books, digital resources, and community programs.
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C.
Forest Park Public Library
Forest Park Public Library is the public library serving the community of Forest Park, Illinois, providing access to books, digital resources, and educational programs for residents.
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D.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library is a landmark Romanesque Revival public library building in Quincy, Massachusetts, celebrated as one of architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s masterpieces.
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E.
Rowan Public Library
Rowan Public Library is the public library system serving the residents of Salisbury and the surrounding Rowan County area in North Carolina.
- 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: Troy Public Library Target entity description: Troy Public Library is a historic public library building in Troy, New York, known for its architectural significance and role as a cultural and educational center for the community.
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A.
Clinton Public Library
Clinton Public Library is the main public library serving the residents of Clinton, Tennessee with access to books, media, and community programs.
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B.
Cornelius Public Library
Cornelius Public Library is the public library serving the community of Cornelius, Oregon, providing access to books, digital resources, and community programs.
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C.
Forest Park Public Library
Forest Park Public Library is the public library serving the community of Forest Park, Illinois, providing access to books, digital resources, and educational programs for residents.
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D.
Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library is a landmark Romanesque Revival public library building in Quincy, Massachusetts, celebrated as one of architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s masterpieces.
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E.
Rowan Public Library
Rowan Public Library is the public library system serving the residents of Salisbury and the surrounding Rowan County area in North Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
library building ⓘ public library ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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Classical Revival ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Troy, New York
ⓘ
Education in Rensselaer County, New York ⓘ Libraries in Rensselaer County, New York ⓘ Public libraries in New York (state) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function |
cultural center
ⓘ
educational center ⓘ public lending library ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Trustees of the Troy Public Library ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Lansingburgh Branch Library
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Troy Public Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Main Library (downtown Troy)
|
| hasChildrenSection | true ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | 42.731°N 73.691°W ⓘ |
| hasDome | true ⓘ |
| hasReadingRoom | true ⓘ |
| hasReferenceCollection | true ⓘ |
| hasSpecialCollections | true ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.thetroylibrary.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Troy, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Downtown Troy
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
Rensselaer County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy, New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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limestone ⓘ |
| name | Troy Public Library self-link ⓘ |
| offersService |
book lending
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children’s programs ⓘ computer and internet access ⓘ public programs ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Monument Square (Troy, New York)
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surface form:
Monument Square, Troy
|
| ownedBy |
Troy, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Troy, New York
|
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| serves |
Rensselaer County community
ⓘ
residents of Troy, New York ⓘ |
| significance |
architectural significance
ⓘ
cultural significance ⓘ educational significance ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 100 Second Street ⓘ |
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: Troy Public Library Description of subject: Troy Public Library is a historic public library building in Troy, New York, known for its architectural significance and role as a cultural and educational center for the community.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Troy, Michigan
this entity surface form:
Main Library (downtown Troy)