National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing)
E442939
The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing is a landmark modern arts complex known for its futuristic glass-and-titanium dome and its role as a major venue for opera, music, and theater in China’s capital.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Centre for the Performing Arts | 1 |
| National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) canonical | 1 |
| National Centre for the Performing Arts plaza | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4458628 — 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: National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) Context triple: [Paul Andreu, notableWork, National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing)]
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A.
Shanghai Grand Theatre
Shanghai Grand Theatre is a prominent modern performing arts venue in Shanghai, China, known for its striking architecture and hosting major opera, ballet, and concert productions.
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B.
Wukesong Sports Centre
Wukesong Sports Centre is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting professional basketball games and international ice hockey events.
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C.
China National Convention Center
The China National Convention Center is a major conference and exhibition complex in Beijing that serves as one of the city's primary venues for large-scale international events and conventions.
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D.
Working People’s Cultural Palace
The Working People’s Cultural Palace is a historic imperial ancestral temple complex in central Beijing that now serves as a public cultural site and park.
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E.
National Performing Arts Center (Taiwan)
The National Performing Arts Center (Taiwan) is a government-funded cultural institution that oversees and manages several major national performance venues, including leading theaters and concert halls across Taiwan.
- 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: National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) Target entity description: The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing is a landmark modern arts complex known for its futuristic glass-and-titanium dome and its role as a major venue for opera, music, and theater in China’s capital.
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A.
Shanghai Grand Theatre
Shanghai Grand Theatre is a prominent modern performing arts venue in Shanghai, China, known for its striking architecture and hosting major opera, ballet, and concert productions.
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B.
Wukesong Sports Centre
Wukesong Sports Centre is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting professional basketball games and international ice hockey events.
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C.
China National Convention Center
The China National Convention Center is a major conference and exhibition complex in Beijing that serves as one of the city's primary venues for large-scale international events and conventions.
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D.
Working People’s Cultural Palace
The Working People’s Cultural Palace is a historic imperial ancestral temple complex in central Beijing that now serves as a public cultural site and park.
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E.
National Performing Arts Center (Taiwan)
The National Performing Arts Center (Taiwan) is a government-funded cultural institution that oversees and manages several major national performance venues, including leading theaters and concert halls across Taiwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert hall
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opera house ⓘ performing arts center ⓘ theatre building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
NCPA
NERFINISHED
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National Grand Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Paul Andreu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
futuristic architecture
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modern architecture ⓘ |
| concertHallCapacity | about 2000 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 118000 square meters ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Concert Hall
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Opera House ⓘ Theatre ⓘ exhibition spaces ⓘ parking facilities ⓘ public art spaces ⓘ rehearsal rooms ⓘ restaurants ⓘ underground lobby ⓘ |
| hasMainFunction |
dance performances
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opera performances ⓘ symphonic concerts ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ |
| height | about 46 meters ⓘ |
| inaugurationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| length | about 212 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
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Xicheng District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Great Hall of the People
NERFINISHED
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Tiananmen Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glass
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titanium ⓘ |
| nativeName | 国家大剧院 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | zh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
glass-and-titanium dome
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landmark of contemporary Beijing ⓘ major national venue for opera and classical music ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2007-12-22 ⓘ |
| operaHouseCapacity | about 2400 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Centre for the Performing Arts management ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | over 5000 ⓘ |
| shape | ellipsoid dome ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | artificial lake ⓘ |
| theatreCapacity | about 1000 ⓘ |
| website | http://www.chncpa.org ⓘ |
| width | about 144 meters ⓘ |
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: National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) Description of subject: The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing is a landmark modern arts complex known for its futuristic glass-and-titanium dome and its role as a major venue for opera, music, and theater in China’s capital.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Centre for the Performing Arts (vicinity)
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locatedNear
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National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing)
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this entity surface form:
National Centre for the Performing Arts
National Centre for the Performing Arts (vicinity)
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adjacentTo
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National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing)
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this entity surface form:
National Centre for the Performing Arts plaza