Lincoln Theatre
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Lincoln Theatre is a historic performing arts venue on Washington, D.C.’s U Street corridor, long associated with African American culture and entertainment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Theatre canonical | 7 |
| Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3396226 — 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: Lincoln Theatre Context triple: [U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station, nearbyLandmark, Lincoln Theatre]
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A.
Arlington Theatre
Arlington Theatre is a historic movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as a key site for film festivals and cultural events.
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B.
Elks Theatre
Elks Theatre is a historic performance venue and cultural landmark located in downtown Prescott, Arizona.
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C.
Elgin Theatre
Elgin Theatre is a historic performance venue in Toronto, Canada, known as one of the two stacked theatres that make up the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.
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D.
Carver Theatre
Carver Theatre is a historic theater and cultural landmark in Alabama known for its role in the state's African American arts and civil rights heritage.
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E.
Wilbur Theatre
Wilbur Theatre is a historic Boston performance venue known for hosting comedy, theater, and live entertainment in the city’s Theatre 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: Lincoln Theatre Target entity description: Lincoln Theatre is a historic performing arts venue on Washington, D.C.’s U Street corridor, long associated with African American culture and entertainment.
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A.
Arlington Theatre
Arlington Theatre is a historic movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as a key site for film festivals and cultural events.
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B.
Elks Theatre
Elks Theatre is a historic performance venue and cultural landmark located in downtown Prescott, Arizona.
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C.
Elgin Theatre
Elgin Theatre is a historic performance venue in Toronto, Canada, known as one of the two stacked theatres that make up the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.
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D.
Carver Theatre
Carver Theatre is a historic theater and cultural landmark in Alabama known for its role in the state's African American arts and civil rights heritage.
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E.
Wilbur Theatre
Wilbur Theatre is a historic Boston performance venue known for hosting comedy, theater, and live entertainment in the city’s Theatre District.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African American culture
ⓘ
African American entertainment ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion |
U Street historic district
ⓘ
surface form:
U Street Corridor Historic District
|
| hasAudience |
local community
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
African-American history in Washington, D.C.
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Cultural infrastructure completed in 1922 ⓘ Historic theatres in the United States ⓘ Music venues in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Theatres in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
concert hall
ⓘ
live performance venue ⓘ movie theater ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
community cultural events
ⓘ
film festivals ⓘ music concerts ⓘ theatre productions ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | 1990s restoration ⓘ |
| hasSeatingType | indoor seating ⓘ |
| hasStageType | proscenium stage ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic landmark ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
U Street Corridor
ⓘ
surface form:
U Street corridor
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| name | Lincoln Theatre ⓘ |
| neighborhood | U Street ⓘ |
| notableFor |
African American vaudeville performances
ⓘ
jazz performances ⓘ role in Washington, D.C. Black entertainment history ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property ⓘ |
| opened | 1922 ⓘ |
| operatedAs | public performing arts venue ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Government of the District of Columbia
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surface form:
District of Columbia government
|
| partOf |
Black Broadway
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Broadway on U Street
|
| purpose | preservation of African American cultural heritage ⓘ |
| significance | center of African American social life on U Street ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community events
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film screenings ⓘ musical performances ⓘ theatrical productions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lincoln Theatre Description of subject: Lincoln Theatre is a historic performing arts venue on Washington, D.C.’s U Street corridor, long associated with African American culture and entertainment.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.
subject surface form:
Shaw
subject surface form:
U Street Historic District