Geisel Library
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Geisel Library is the iconic, futurist-style main library of the University of California, San Diego, renowned for its striking concrete-and-glass architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geisel Library canonical | 1 |
| Geisel Library at University of California San Diego | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5803410 — 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: Geisel Library Context triple: [Geisel Library, name, Geisel Library]
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A.
Branner Library
Branner Library is Stanford University's primary Earth sciences and map collections library, specializing in geology, geophysics, and related spatial resources.
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B.
Andrews Library
Andrews Library is the main academic library of The College of Wooster, serving as a central hub for research, study, and scholarly resources on campus.
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C.
Gerstein Library
Gerstein Library is the main science and health sciences library at the University of Toronto, serving as a major academic resource center for students, researchers, and faculty.
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D.
Haas Arts Library
Haas Arts Library is Yale University's primary library for art, architecture, and drama collections, serving as a major research and study hub for the visual and performing arts.
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E.
Raether Library
Raether Library is the main academic library and information technology hub of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, supporting the college’s research, teaching, and learning needs.
- 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: Geisel Library Target entity description: Geisel Library is the iconic, futurist-style main library of the University of California, San Diego, renowned for its striking concrete-and-glass architecture.
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A.
Branner Library
Branner Library is Stanford University's primary Earth sciences and map collections library, specializing in geology, geophysics, and related spatial resources.
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B.
Andrews Library
Andrews Library is the main academic library of The College of Wooster, serving as a central hub for research, study, and scholarly resources on campus.
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C.
Gerstein Library
Gerstein Library is the main science and health sciences library at the University of Toronto, serving as a major academic resource center for students, researchers, and faculty.
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D.
Haas Arts Library
Haas Arts Library is Yale University's primary library for art, architecture, and drama collections, serving as a major research and study hub for the visual and performing arts.
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E.
Raether Library
Raether Library is the main academic library and information technology hub of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, supporting the college’s research, teaching, and learning needs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
ⓘ
building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | William L. Pereira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
futurist-style architecture ⓘ |
| campusLandmark | true ⓘ |
| containsCollection |
Dr. Seuss Collection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
general academic collections for UC San Diego ⓘ special collections and archives ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuredIn |
UC San Diego promotional materials
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architectural photography ⓘ |
| floorCount | 8 ⓘ |
| function | main library of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| hasArtInstallation | public art and exhibits inside the building ⓘ |
| hasBasement | true ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 32.881 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -117.237 ⓘ |
| hasDigitalResources | true ⓘ |
| hasNickName | Spaceship building ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | true ⓘ |
| hasReadingRoom | true ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | 1990s expansion and renovation ⓘ |
| hasStudySpace | true ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://library.ucsd.edu/geisel/ ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | architecturally significant modernist building ⓘ |
| inception | 1970 ⓘ |
| isIconOf | UC San Diego campus identity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
La Jolla, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dr. Seuss
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theodor Seuss Geisel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Dr. Seuss
ⓘ
iconic silhouette resembling a spaceship or hovering structure ⓘ striking concrete-and-glass design ⓘ |
| opened | 1970 ⓘ |
| operator | UC San Diego Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | UC San Diego Library system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofShape | tiered, cantilevered floors ⓘ |
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: Geisel Library Description of subject: Geisel Library is the iconic, futurist-style main library of the University of California, San Diego, renowned for its striking concrete-and-glass architecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Geisel Library
this entity surface form:
Geisel Library at University of California San Diego