Champlain Towers South condominium
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Champlain Towers South condominium was a beachfront residential high-rise in Surfside, Florida, best known for its catastrophic partial collapse in June 2021 that resulted in significant loss of life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Champlain Towers South Condominium Association | 1 |
| Champlain Towers South condominium canonical | 1 |
| Champlain Towers condominium complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027236 — 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: Champlain Towers South condominium Context triple: [Surfside, Florida, hasBuilding, Champlain Towers South condominium]
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A.
Westgate Apartments
Westgate Apartments is a graduate student housing complex located on MIT’s West Campus, providing apartment-style residences for students and their families.
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B.
The Palm Tower
The Palm Tower is a luxury skyscraper hotel and residential complex on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, known for its panoramic views, rooftop infinity pool, and direct connection to the Nakheel Mall.
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C.
Arconia apartment building
The Arconia apartment building is the grand, historic New York City residence that serves as the central backdrop for the mystery-comedy series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
Milam Residence
The Milam Residence is a landmark modernist beachfront house in Florida designed by architect Paul Rudolph, celebrated for its dramatic geometric forms and innovative use of light and space.
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E.
Miami Freedom Tower
Miami Freedom Tower is a historic Mediterranean Revival skyscraper in downtown Miami that once served as a Cuban refugee processing center and now functions as a museum and cultural landmark.
- 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: Champlain Towers South condominium Target entity description: Champlain Towers South condominium was a beachfront residential high-rise in Surfside, Florida, best known for its catastrophic partial collapse in June 2021 that resulted in significant loss of life.
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A.
Westgate Apartments
Westgate Apartments is a graduate student housing complex located on MIT’s West Campus, providing apartment-style residences for students and their families.
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B.
The Palm Tower
The Palm Tower is a luxury skyscraper hotel and residential complex on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, known for its panoramic views, rooftop infinity pool, and direct connection to the Nakheel Mall.
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C.
Arconia apartment building
The Arconia apartment building is the grand, historic New York City residence that serves as the central backdrop for the mystery-comedy series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
Milam Residence
The Milam Residence is a landmark modernist beachfront house in Florida designed by architect Paul Rudolph, celebrated for its dramatic geometric forms and innovative use of light and space.
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E.
Miami Freedom Tower
Miami Freedom Tower is a historic Mediterranean Revival skyscraper in downtown Miami that once served as a Cuban refugee processing center and now functions as a museum and cultural landmark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beachfront property
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high-rise building ⓘ residential condominium building ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist condominium tower ⓘ |
| buildingHeight | approximately 12 stories ⓘ |
| buildingUse | residential ⓘ |
| builtOn | reclaimed coastal land ⓘ |
| casualties |
98 people killed
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multiple people injured ⓘ |
| collapseDate | 2021-06-24 ⓘ |
| collapseType | partial progressive collapse ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1981 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolitionDate | 2021-07-04 ⓘ |
| demolitionMethod | controlled demolition ⓘ |
| emergencyResponseBy |
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
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surface form:
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
local, state, and federal agencies ⓘ |
| evacuation | building evacuated after collapse ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Champlain Towers South condominium
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Champlain Towers South Condominium Association
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| hasPart |
swimming pool deck
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underground parking garage ⓘ |
| impact |
led to changes in condominium inspection requirements in Miami-Dade County
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prompted reviews of building safety regulations in Florida ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Miami-Dade County
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surface form:
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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| location | Surfside, Florida ⓘ |
| memorials | temporary memorials established nearby after collapse ⓘ |
| near |
Miami Beach
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surface form:
Miami Beach, Florida
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| notableFor | catastrophic partial building collapse in 2021 ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfResidentialUnits | approximately 136 ⓘ |
| overlooks | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| ownerType | condominium association ⓘ |
| partOf |
Champlain Towers South condominium
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Champlain Towers condominium complex
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| precededBy | years of reported structural and maintenance issues ⓘ |
| proximityToShoreline | directly adjacent to beach ⓘ |
| sisterBuilding |
Champlain Towers North condominium
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surface form:
Champlain Towers East condominium
Champlain Towers North condominium ⓘ |
| siteStatus | vacant lot after demolition ⓘ |
| status | destroyed ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 8777 Collins Avenue ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive media coverage worldwide
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multiple engineering investigations ⓘ numerous lawsuits ⓘ |
| timeOfInitialCollapse | approximately 1:25 a.m. EDT ⓘ |
| zoning | residential multifamily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Champlain Towers South condominium Description of subject: Champlain Towers South condominium was a beachfront residential high-rise in Surfside, Florida, best known for its catastrophic partial collapse in June 2021 that resulted in significant loss of life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Champlain Towers South condominium
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partOf
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Champlain Towers South condominium
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Champlain Towers condominium complex
Champlain Towers South condominium
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governedBy
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Champlain Towers South condominium
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Champlain Towers South Condominium Association