Val-Kill Cottage
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Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Val-Kill Cottage canonical | 4 |
| Stone Cottage | 2 |
| Val-Kill cottage | 2 |
| Stone Cottage at Val-Kill | 1 |
| Val-Kill estate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T410157 — 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: Val-Kill Cottage Context triple: [Val-Kill, hasPart, Val-Kill Cottage]
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A.
Vaile Mansion
Vaile Mansion is a historic 19th-century Victorian estate in Independence, Missouri, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
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B.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
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C.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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D.
Miller’s Hollow
Miller’s Hollow is the former name of Kanesville, a historic Mormon settlement that later became Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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E.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
- 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: Val-Kill Cottage Target entity description: Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
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A.
Vaile Mansion
Vaile Mansion is a historic 19th-century Victorian estate in Independence, Missouri, renowned for its ornate architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
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B.
Blake House
Blake House is a historic residence and notable landmark located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
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C.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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D.
Miller’s Hollow
Miller’s Hollow is the former name of Kanesville, a historic Mormon settlement that later became Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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E.
Seelye Mansion
Seelye Mansion is a historic early-20th-century home in Abilene, Kansas, renowned for its grand architecture, original furnishings, and role as a popular museum and tourist destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of national historic site
ⓘ
historic house ⓘ residence ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Stone Cottage
ⓘ
Val-Kill ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | stone cottage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt family ⓘ |
| category |
Historic house museums in New York
ⓘ
Houses in Dutchess County, New York ⓘ Presidential homes in the United States ⓘ Roosevelt family residences ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
Eleanor Roosevelt memorabilia
ⓘ
interpretive displays on Eleanor Roosevelt’s life and work ⓘ |
| hasFunction | historic house museum ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Site
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Site (United States)
|
| hasTour | guided tours ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesToPart | Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutchess County
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutchess County, New York
Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson River Valley
Hyde Park, New York ⓘ New York ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Val-Kill Cottage
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Val-Kill estate
|
| notableFor |
association with Eleanor Roosevelt’s post–White House life
ⓘ
being the only National Historic Site dedicated to a First Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf | Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site ⓘ |
| primaryResidenceOf | Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ |
| timePeriodSignificance | 20th century United States history ⓘ |
| usedAs |
home
ⓘ
retreat ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Val-Kill Cottage Description of subject: Val-Kill Cottage is the modest stone house in Hyde Park, New York, that served as Eleanor Roosevelt’s primary residence and retreat, now preserved as part of a National Historic Site.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stone Cottage
this entity surface form:
Val-Kill estate
this entity surface form:
Val-Kill cottage
this entity surface form:
Val-Kill cottage
this entity surface form:
Stone Cottage at Val-Kill