Union Station
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Union Station is a historic former railroad terminal in St. Louis that has been transformed into a mixed-use complex featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Union Station | 1 |
| Union Station canonical | 1 |
| Union Station complex | 1 |
| Union Terminal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90026 — 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: Union Station Context triple: [St. Louis, Missouri, United States, hasLandmark, Union Station]
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A.
Union Station
Union Station is the main railway station and a historic transportation hub in downtown Los Angeles, renowned for its Mission Revival and Art Deco architecture.
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B.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
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C.
Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is a major intercity and commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago that serves as a central hub for Amtrak and regional rail services.
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D.
Gateway Transit Center
Gateway Transit Center is a major multimodal transit hub in Portland, Oregon, serving light rail, buses, and other regional connections.
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E.
Rose Quarter Transit Center
Rose Quarter Transit Center is a major public transit hub in Portland, Oregon, serving multiple MAX light rail lines and bus routes near the city’s Rose Quarter sports and entertainment district.
- 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: Union Station Target entity description: Union Station is a historic former railroad terminal in St. Louis that has been transformed into a mixed-use complex featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment.
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A.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
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B.
Union Station
Union Station is the main railway station and a historic transportation hub in downtown Los Angeles, renowned for its Mission Revival and Art Deco architecture.
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C.
Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is a major intercity and commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago that serves as a central hub for Amtrak and regional rail services.
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D.
Gateway Transit Center
Gateway Transit Center is a major multimodal transit hub in Portland, Oregon, serving light rail, buses, and other regional connections.
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E.
Rose Quarter Transit Center
Rose Quarter Transit Center is a major public transit hub in Portland, Oregon, serving multiple MAX light rail lines and bus routes near the city’s Rose Quarter sports and entertainment district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic railroad station
ⓘ
mixed-use complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| addedTo | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| architect | Theodore C. Link ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque Revival ⓘ |
| cityLandmarkStatus | St. Louis landmark ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentFunction |
entertainment complex
ⓘ
hotel complex ⓘ shopping and dining center ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Fire & Light Show on the lake
ⓘ
St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station ⓘ St. Louis Wheel ⓘ mirror maze ⓘ ropes course ⓘ |
| hasDining |
casual eateries
ⓘ
full-service restaurants ⓘ |
| hasEventType |
conventions
ⓘ
corporate events ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
event space
ⓘ
hotel ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail shops ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Grand Hall
ⓘ
clock tower ⓘ train shed ⓘ |
| hasHotelBrand |
Hilton Hotels Corporation
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surface form:
Curio Collection by Hilton
|
| hasLightShow | Grand Hall 3D light show ⓘ |
| hasWaterFeature | lake ⓘ |
| heightOfClockTower | approximately 280 feet ⓘ |
| location |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
|
| nearbyLandmark |
Enterprise Center
ⓘ
Gateway Arch (within downtown area) ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1970s ⓘ |
| opened | 1894 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | railroad terminal ⓘ |
| ownership | Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM) (in the 21st century) ⓘ |
| peakUsagePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess |
MetroLink light rail
ⓘ
surface form:
MetroLink (Union Station stop)
|
| railServiceEnded | 1978 ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs |
festival marketplace
ⓘ
mixed-use entertainment complex ⓘ |
| region |
Downtown West, St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
surface form:
Downtown West, St. Louis
|
| servedAs | major passenger rail hub ⓘ |
| servedRailroads | multiple railroad companies ⓘ |
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: Union Station Description of subject: Union Station is a historic former railroad terminal in St. Louis that has been transformed into a mixed-use complex featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Union Station complex
this entity surface form:
St. Louis Union Station
this entity surface form:
Union Terminal