Watergate complex
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The Watergate complex is a landmark mixed-use development in Washington, D.C., best known as the site of the 1972 political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Watergate complex Context triple: [Foggy Bottom–GWU station, nearby, Watergate complex]
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A.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is a historic, French Second Empire–style government building in Washington, D.C., that houses much of the White House staff and key offices of the Executive Office of the President.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and primary workplace of the president of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Camp David
Camp David is the secluded country retreat of the President of the United States, located in the wooded Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland and used for rest, work, and high-level diplomatic meetings.
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D.
CIA Headquarters
CIA Headquarters is the main administrative and operational complex of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, located in Langley, Virginia.
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Pentagon
The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Watergate complex Target entity description: The Watergate complex is a landmark mixed-use development in Washington, D.C., best known as the site of the 1972 political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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A.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is a historic, French Second Empire–style government building in Washington, D.C., that houses much of the White House staff and key offices of the Executive Office of the President.
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B.
White House
The White House is the official residence and primary workplace of the president of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Camp David
Camp David is the secluded country retreat of the President of the United States, located in the wooded Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland and used for rest, work, and high-level diplomatic meetings.
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D.
CIA Headquarters
CIA Headquarters is the main administrative and operational complex of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, located in Langley, Virginia.
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E.
Pentagon
The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building complex
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landmark ⓘ mixed-use development ⓘ |
| architect | Luigi Moretti ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist-influenced architecture
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
Sorgente Group
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surface form:
Società Generale Immobiliare
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| hasAmenity |
landscaped gardens
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restaurants ⓘ rooftop terraces ⓘ shops ⓘ underground parking ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
glass curtain walls
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Watergate East
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Watergate complex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Watergate Hotel
Watergate complex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Watergate Office Building
Watergate South ⓘ Watergate West ⓘ Watergate complex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Watergate condominium buildings
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| hasUse |
hotel
ⓘ
office ⓘ residential ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| hasView |
Key Bridge
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Potomac River ⓘ Rosslyn skyline ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Washington, D.C. landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 1960s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Foggy Bottom neighborhood
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surface form:
Foggy Bottom
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Potomac River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Water Gate barge dock on the Potomac River ⓘ |
| near |
George Washington University
ⓘ
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
surface form:
The Kennedy Center
|
| notableFor | Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 6 ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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surface form:
The Kennedy Center
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| partOf |
Northwest Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
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| postalCode | 20037 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Watergate scandal
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surface form:
1972 Democratic National Committee headquarters break-in
Watergate scandal ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW ⓘ |
| tenant | Democratic National Committee ⓘ |
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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.
Subject: Watergate complex Description of subject: The Watergate complex is a landmark mixed-use development in Washington, D.C., best known as the site of the 1972 political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Referenced by (21)
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