Buttonwood tree on Wall Street
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The Buttonwood tree on Wall Street is the historic meeting spot where 24 New York stockbrokers signed the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement, an event widely regarded as the origin of the New York Stock Exchange.
All labels observed (1)
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| Buttonwood tree on Wall Street canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5013054 — 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: Buttonwood tree on Wall Street Context triple: [Isaac Gomez, associatedWith, Buttonwood tree on Wall Street]
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A.
New York Stock Exchange Building
The New York Stock Exchange Building is a historic neoclassical landmark in New York City that houses the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization.
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B.
40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District, once one of the tallest buildings in the world and later owned and branded by the Trump Organization.
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C.
Wall Street
Wall Street is the historic financial district in Lower Manhattan that serves as a global center for banking, trading, and economic power.
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D.
Wall Street
Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone that explores the high-stakes world of corporate finance and greed in New York City.
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E.
11 Wall Street Building
The 11 Wall Street Building is the iconic neoclassical structure in New York City that serves as the headquarters and primary trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
- 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: Buttonwood tree on Wall Street Target entity description: The Buttonwood tree on Wall Street is the historic meeting spot where 24 New York stockbrokers signed the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement, an event widely regarded as the origin of the New York Stock Exchange.
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A.
New York Stock Exchange Building
The New York Stock Exchange Building is a historic neoclassical landmark in New York City that houses the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization.
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B.
40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District, once one of the tallest buildings in the world and later owned and branded by the Trump Organization.
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C.
Wall Street
Wall Street is the historic financial district in Lower Manhattan that serves as a global center for banking, trading, and economic power.
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D.
Wall Street
Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone that explores the high-stakes world of corporate finance and greed in New York City.
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E.
11 Wall Street Building
The 11 Wall Street Building is the iconic neoclassical structure in New York City that serves as the headquarters and primary trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic meeting place
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symbol of financial history ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York Stock Exchange
NERFINISHED
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Wall Street financial district NERFINISHED ⓘ history of American finance ⓘ securities brokerage ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
New York Stock Exchange historical narratives
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historical markers on Wall Street ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| eventCharacterization | foundational moment in U.S. securities markets ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | symbol of the origins of modern stock trading in the United States ⓘ |
| hasRole |
birthplace of organized securities trading in New York
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origin site of the New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Wall Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | buttonwood tree (sycamore) ⓘ |
| numberOfSignatories | 24 ⓘ |
| partOf |
early history of the New York Stock Exchange
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history of Wall Street ⓘ |
| signatoriesType | New York stockbrokers ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Buttonwood Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEventDate | 1792-05-17 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buttonwood tree on Wall Street Description of subject: The Buttonwood tree on Wall Street is the historic meeting spot where 24 New York stockbrokers signed the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement, an event widely regarded as the origin of the New York Stock Exchange.
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