Y-blokka
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Y-blokka was a modernist government office building in Oslo, Norway, renowned for its distinctive Y-shaped design and integrated Pablo Picasso murals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Y-blokka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5426537 — 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: Y-blokka Context triple: [Government Quarter (Oslo), containsBuilding, Y-blokka]
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A.
S-blokka
S-blokka is a government office building in Oslo, Norway, that forms part of the Norwegian Government Quarter complex.
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B.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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C.
Yod
Yod is the tenth and one of the smallest letters of the Hebrew alphabet, often associated with the concept of divine presence and the starting point of many Hebrew words and names.
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D.
Balok
Balok is the alien commander from the original Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver," known for testing the Enterprise crew with a deceptive display of power.
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E.
Bomba
Bomba is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance genre characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational interaction between dancers and drummers.
- 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: Y-blokka Target entity description: Y-blokka was a modernist government office building in Oslo, Norway, renowned for its distinctive Y-shaped design and integrated Pablo Picasso murals.
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A.
S-blokka
S-blokka is a government office building in Oslo, Norway, that forms part of the Norwegian Government Quarter complex.
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B.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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C.
Yod
Yod is the tenth and one of the smallest letters of the Hebrew alphabet, often associated with the concept of divine presence and the starting point of many Hebrew words and names.
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D.
Balok
Balok is the alien commander from the original Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver," known for testing the Enterprise crew with a deceptive display of power.
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E.
Bomba
Bomba is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance genre characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational interaction between dancers and drummers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office building
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modernist building ⓘ |
| architect | Erling Viksjø NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artTechniqueCollaborator | Carl Nesjar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1963 ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| dateOfEventDamage | 2011-07-22 ⓘ |
| demolitionDecisionYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| demolitionEnd | 2020 ⓘ |
| demolitionStart | 2020 ⓘ |
| designedFor | Norwegian government offices ⓘ |
| hasArtIntegrationTechnique | concrete sandblasting ⓘ |
| hasBasementLevels | 1 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritageDebate | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacadeArt | The Fishermen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloorCount | 11 ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ |
| hasHeritageControversy | demolition despite preservation protests ⓘ |
| hasInteriorArt | The Seagull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuralsBy | Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlanShape | Y ⓘ |
| hasSecurityUpgradeDebate | post-2011 redevelopment of Government Quarter ⓘ |
| hasWingCount | 3 ⓘ |
| inaugurationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| integratedArtBy | Carl Nesjar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oslo
ⓘ
Regjeringskvartalet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountryCapital | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| muralsRelocated | yes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Y-shaped ground plan
ⓘ
integrated Picasso murals ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Norwegian Government Quarter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfComplexWith | H-blokka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Oslo County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | Y-shaped ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Akersgata 44 ⓘ |
| sufferedDamageIn | 2011 Norway attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Norwegian ministries ⓘ |
| yearDemolished | 2020 ⓘ |
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: Y-blokka Description of subject: Y-blokka was a modernist government office building in Oslo, Norway, renowned for its distinctive Y-shaped design and integrated Pablo Picasso murals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Government Quarter (Oslo)