United States War Department building
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The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War Department Building, Washington, D.C. | 2 |
| United States War Department building canonical | 1 |
| War Department Square (historical) in Washington, D.C. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31457 — 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: United States War Department building Context triple: [Burning of Washington, target, United States War Department building]
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A.
Treasury Building
The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
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B.
Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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C.
Pentagon
The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
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D.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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E.
John Adams Building
The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
- 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: United States War Department building Target entity description: The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
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A.
Treasury Building
The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
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B.
Smithsonian Institution Building
The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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C.
Pentagon
The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
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D.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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E.
John Adams Building
The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government building
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headquarters ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early federal-era office building ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States Army
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Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of War
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| category |
Former federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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War of 1812 sites in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| damagedDuring | Burning of Washington ⓘ |
| function | headquarters of the United States War Department ⓘ |
| governmentBranchServed | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States Capitol Complex
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surface form:
United States Capitol complex
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
White House
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surface form:
President's House (White House)
United States Capitol ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
United States War Department building
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
War Department Square (historical) in Washington, D.C.
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| occupant | United States Department of War ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| significance | key federal military administration headquarters ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Burning of Washington ⓘ |
| targetedIn |
Burning of Washington
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surface form:
British attack on Washington, D.C. (1814)
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| use |
federal government offices
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military administration ⓘ |
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: United States War Department building Description of subject: The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
War Department Building, Washington, D.C.
this entity surface form:
War Department Building, Washington, D.C.
United States War Department building
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locatedOn
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United States War Department building
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
War Department Square (historical) in Washington, D.C.