Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
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The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford Piquette Avenue Plant canonical | 1 |
| Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5752991 — 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: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Context triple: [Piquette Avenue Plant, formerName, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]
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A.
Highland Park Ford Plant
The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic automobile factory in Michigan renowned as the birthplace of the moving assembly line that revolutionized mass production in the early 20th century.
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B.
Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
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C.
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant is a major automotive manufacturing facility in Flint, Michigan, historically known for producing a wide range of GM vehicles and playing a central role in the city’s industrial economy.
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D.
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant is a General Motors manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, primarily known for producing full-size pickup trucks.
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E.
Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
- 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: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Target entity description: The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.
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A.
Highland Park Ford Plant
The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic automobile factory in Michigan renowned as the birthplace of the moving assembly line that revolutionized mass production in the early 20th century.
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B.
Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex is a historic, vertically integrated Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Dearborn, Michigan, renowned as one of the largest and most influential industrial complexes of the 20th century.
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C.
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
General Motors Flint Assembly Plant is a major automotive manufacturing facility in Flint, Michigan, historically known for producing a wide range of GM vehicles and playing a central role in the city’s industrial economy.
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D.
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant
Fort Wayne Assembly Plant is a General Motors manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, primarily known for producing full-size pickup trucks.
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E.
Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile factory
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historic site ⓘ industrial building ⓘ |
| addedToNRHP | 2002 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century industrial architecture ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2.6 acres ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Henry Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1904 ⓘ |
| city | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1904 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
automotive museum
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historic site open to the public ⓘ |
| designedBy | Ford Motor Company engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstModelTProductionDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| floorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| functionAfterFord | industrial and warehouse use ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
Ford Model T development artifacts
ⓘ
early Ford vehicles ⓘ historic automotive manufacturing equipment ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Michigan State Historic Site
NERFINISHED
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National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| laterUse | multi-tenant industrial building ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| modelDeveloped |
Ford Model N
NERFINISHED
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Ford Model R NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Model S NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Model T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the birthplace of the Ford Model T
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early center of automotive innovation ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Ford Piquette Avenue Plant museum organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStartOfModelT | 1908 ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| roofType | timber and steel truss roof ⓘ |
| significance |
important site in the history of mass automobile production
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site of development and early production of the Ford Model T ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
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surface form:
Michigan
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| streetAddress | 461 Piquette Avenue ⓘ |
| tourType | guided tours ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile manufacturing
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automotive engineering ⓘ vehicle assembly ⓘ |
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: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Description of subject: The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a historic Detroit automobile factory best known as the birthplace of the Ford Model T and an early center of automotive innovation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum