Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island)
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The Federal Building and Courthouse in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic federal complex that houses the primary facilities of the U.S. District Court serving the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) canonical | 1 |
| US Post Office and Courthouse (Providence) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2877524 — 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: Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) Context triple: [United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, hasCourthouse, Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island)]
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A.
Federal Courthouse and Post Office (New Haven, Connecticut)
The Federal Courthouse and Post Office in New Haven, Connecticut, is a historic Beaux-Arts government building designed by prominent American architect Cass Gilbert.
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B.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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C.
New Haven County Courthouse
The New Haven County Courthouse is a historic judicial building in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, known for its prominent Beaux-Arts architecture and role as a key center of the region’s legal system.
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D.
John Adams Courthouse
The John Adams Courthouse is a historic judicial building in Boston that houses Massachusetts’ highest court and other key legal institutions.
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E.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
- 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: Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) Target entity description: The Federal Building and Courthouse in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic federal complex that houses the primary facilities of the U.S. District Court serving the state.
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A.
Federal Courthouse and Post Office (New Haven, Connecticut)
The Federal Courthouse and Post Office in New Haven, Connecticut, is a historic Beaux-Arts government building designed by prominent American architect Cass Gilbert.
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B.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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C.
New Haven County Courthouse
The New Haven County Courthouse is a historic judicial building in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, known for its prominent Beaux-Arts architecture and role as a key center of the region’s legal system.
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D.
John Adams Courthouse
The John Adams Courthouse is a historic judicial building in Boston that houses Massachusetts’ highest court and other key legal institutions.
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E.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courthouse
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federal building ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Classical Revival ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island
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Courthouses in Rhode Island ⓘ Federal courthouses in the United States ⓘ Historic federal buildings in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximate coordinates in Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clerks' offices
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courtrooms ⓘ judges' chambers ⓘ jury facilities ⓘ public lobbies ⓘ security screening area ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative functions
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judicial functions ⓘ |
| hasName | Federal Building and Courthouse ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Rhode Island
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surface form:
State of Rhode Island
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| locatedIn |
Downtown Providence
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Providence County, Rhode Island ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| managedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| occupant |
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
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federal judiciary ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf | federal court system of the United States ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | slate ⓘ |
| servesAs | primary facilities of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ |
| use |
federal courthouse
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federal office building ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bankruptcy and other federal proceedings
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federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ |
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: Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) Description of subject: The Federal Building and Courthouse in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic federal complex that houses the primary facilities of the U.S. District Court serving the state.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
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hasCourthouse
→
Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island)
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this entity surface form:
US Post Office and Courthouse (Providence)