Memorial Union
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Memorial Union is a prominent student union building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison known as a central hub for campus life, events, and social activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memorial Union canonical | 7 |
| Memorial Union building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3302606 — 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: Memorial Union Context triple: [Memorial Union Terrace, partOf, Memorial Union]
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A.
Bell Memorial Union
Bell Memorial Union is the main student union building at California State University, Chico, serving as a central hub for student activities, services, and campus events.
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B.
Nott Memorial
Nott Memorial is a distinctive 16-sided, domed stone building and architectural landmark located at the center of Union College’s campus in Schenectady, New York.
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C.
Unification Hall
Unification Hall is a major gallery within the National Museum of Saudi Arabia that focuses on the history and process of the unification of the Saudi state.
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D.
Webster Hall
Webster Hall is a historic New York City nightclub and concert venue renowned for hosting live music, dance events, and cultural performances since the late 19th century.
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E.
Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
- 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: Memorial Union Target entity description: Memorial Union is a prominent student union building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison known as a central hub for campus life, events, and social activities.
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A.
Bell Memorial Union
Bell Memorial Union is the main student union building at California State University, Chico, serving as a central hub for student activities, services, and campus events.
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B.
Nott Memorial
Nott Memorial is a distinctive 16-sided, domed stone building and architectural landmark located at the center of Union College’s campus in Schenectady, New York.
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C.
Unification Hall
Unification Hall is a major gallery within the National Museum of Saudi Arabia that focuses on the history and process of the unification of the Saudi state.
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D.
Webster Hall
Webster Hall is a historic New York City nightclub and concert venue renowned for hosting live music, dance events, and cultural performances since the late 19th century.
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E.
Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
student union building
ⓘ
university building ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Lake Mendota ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Collegiate Gothic ⓘ |
| campus | University of Wisconsin–Madison campus ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
ⓘ
Student unions in the United States ⓘ |
| city | Madison ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo | University of Wisconsin–Madison students and alumni who served in wars ⓘ |
| function |
dining facility
ⓘ
event venue ⓘ performance venue ⓘ social gathering place ⓘ student activities center ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Der Rathskeller
ⓘ
Der Rathskeller ⓘ
surface form:
Der Stiftskeller
Great Hall ⓘ Memorial Union Terrace ⓘ Union Theater ⓘ Wheelhouse Studios ⓘ ballrooms ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ outdoor terrace seating ⓘ various dining venues ⓘ |
| hasView | Lake Mendota shoreline ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic campus building ⓘ |
| hosts |
concerts
ⓘ
film screenings ⓘ lectures ⓘ social events ⓘ student organization meetings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Madison, Wisconsin
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| name | Memorial Union self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Memorial Union Terrace chairs
ⓘ
central role in campus life ⓘ outdoor concerts ⓘ |
| opened | 1928 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Wisconsin Union ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| renovated | 2012–2017 ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
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: Memorial Union Description of subject: Memorial Union is a prominent student union building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison known as a central hub for campus life, events, and social activities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Memorial Union building