MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts

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conference center historic theater performing arts center

The MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts is a historic performing arts and conference venue in downtown Meridian, Mississippi, known for hosting concerts, theater productions, and educational events.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
MSU Riley Center	2
MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2830511 — 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: MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts
Context triple: [Meridian, Mississippi, hasVenue, MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts]

A. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue and cultural hub located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, hosting concerts, theater, and other live events.
B. Hulman Center
Hulman Center is an indoor arena in Terre Haute, Indiana, best known as the longtime home court of Indiana State University's basketball programs and a key venue for collegiate sporting events and campus activities.
C. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is a major multidisciplinary performing arts complex known for hosting theater, music, and dance productions at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
D. Spangler Center
Spangler Center is a central student and community hub at Harvard Business School that houses dining, study, and social spaces for MBA students.
E. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
The Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue at the University of Connecticut that hosts concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
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: MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts
Target entity description: The MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts is a historic performing arts and conference venue in downtown Meridian, Mississippi, known for hosting concerts, theater productions, and educational events.

A. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue and cultural hub located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, hosting concerts, theater, and other live events.
B. Hulman Center
Hulman Center is an indoor arena in Terre Haute, Indiana, best known as the longtime home court of Indiana State University's basketball programs and a key venue for collegiate sporting events and campus activities.
C. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is a major multidisciplinary performing arts complex known for hosting theater, music, and dance productions at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
D. Spangler Center
Spangler Center is a central student and community hub at Harvard Business School that houses dining, study, and social spaces for MBA students.
E. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
The Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is a major performance venue at the University of Connecticut that hosts concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conference center ⓘ historic theater ⓘ performing arts center ⓘ
affiliation	Mississippi State University ⓘ
category	conference centers in the United States ⓘ education centers in Mississippi ⓘ performing arts venues in Mississippi ⓘ tourist attractions in Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	hosts community events ⓘ hosts concerts ⓘ hosts conferences ⓘ hosts educational events ⓘ hosts theater productions ⓘ
hasPart	conference center ⓘ exhibition space ⓘ historic theater auditorium ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic building ⓘ
locatedIn	Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ downtown Meridian ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
owner	Mississippi State University ⓘ
primaryUse	conferences ⓘ education ⓘ performing arts ⓘ
serves	Meridian community ⓘ Mississippi State University community ⓘ
shortName	MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MSU Riley Center
state	Mississippi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meridian, Mississippi → hasVenue → MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts ⓘ

MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts → shortName → MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: MSU Riley Center

Meridian Union Station → near → MSU Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts ⓘ