The House of Melville (alterations)
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The House of Melville (alterations) is a historic Scottish country house remodeling project designed by prominent 18th-century architect William Adam.
All labels observed (1)
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| The House of Melville (alterations) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270928 — 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: The House of Melville (alterations) Context triple: [William Adam, notableWork, The House of Melville (alterations)]
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A.
Torres House addition
Torres House addition is a contemporary residential extension designed by architect Preston Scott Cohen, noted for its complex geometric forms and innovative spatial composition.
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B.
McLellan House
McLellan House is a historic Federal-style mansion in Portland, Maine, now incorporated into the Portland Museum of Art as part of its campus.
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C.
Isaac Bell House
Isaac Bell House is a historic Shingle Style mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its innovative late-19th-century architecture and design.
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D.
Admiral's House
Admiral's House is the historic residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., that now serves as the official home of the vice president of the United States.
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E.
Weathercock House
Weathercock House is a historic Western-style residence in Kobe, Japan, known for its distinctive weathercock-topped spire and status as a prominent symbol of the Kitano-cho 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: The House of Melville (alterations) Target entity description: The House of Melville (alterations) is a historic Scottish country house remodeling project designed by prominent 18th-century architect William Adam.
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A.
Torres House addition
Torres House addition is a contemporary residential extension designed by architect Preston Scott Cohen, noted for its complex geometric forms and innovative spatial composition.
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B.
McLellan House
McLellan House is a historic Federal-style mansion in Portland, Maine, now incorporated into the Portland Museum of Art as part of its campus.
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C.
Isaac Bell House
Isaac Bell House is a historic Shingle Style mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its innovative late-19th-century architecture and design.
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D.
Admiral's House
Admiral's House is the historic residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., that now serves as the official home of the vice president of the United States.
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E.
Weathercock House
Weathercock House is a historic Western-style residence in Kobe, Japan, known for its distinctive weathercock-topped spire and status as a prominent symbol of the Kitano-cho district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural work
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country house remodeling project ⓘ historic building alteration ⓘ |
| architect | William Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalPeriod | Georgian era ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 18th-century Scottish country house style ⓘ |
| associatedWith | William Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfDesign | 18th century ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| genre | country house architecture ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | country house ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance |
example of William Adam’s country house work
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represents 18th-century Scottish architectural remodeling ⓘ |
| hasPart | original House of Melville structure ⓘ |
| hasSubject | remodeling of an existing country house ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic ⓘ |
| isRemodelingOf | House of Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Scotland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | House of Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish architectural heritage ⓘ |
| startTime | 18th century ⓘ |
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: The House of Melville (alterations) Description of subject: The House of Melville (alterations) is a historic Scottish country house remodeling project designed by prominent 18th-century architect William Adam.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.