New York University Main Building (now Silver Center)
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Beaux-Arts architecture
New York City designated landmark
academic building
building in Manhattan
building of New York University
historic building
university building
New York University Main Building (now the Silver Center) is a historic academic structure in Manhattan’s Washington Square area, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T446916 — 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: New York University Main Building (now Silver Center) Context triple: [McKim, Mead & White, notableWork, New York University Main Building (now Silver Center)]
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A.
Milstein Hall
Milstein Hall is a modern architecture building at Cornell University that serves as a central facility for the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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B.
Klarman Hall
Klarman Hall is a major convening and conference center at Harvard Business School designed for large-scale events, lectures, and community gatherings.
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C.
Ford Foundation Building
The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
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D.
Pollack Hall
Pollack Hall is a prominent concert and performance venue associated with McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
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E.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the iconic Beaux-Arts flagship library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, renowned for its grand reading rooms and stone lion statues.
- 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: New York University Main Building (now Silver Center) Target entity description: New York University Main Building (now the Silver Center) is a historic academic structure in Manhattan’s Washington Square area, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
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A.
Milstein Hall
Milstein Hall is a modern architecture building at Cornell University that serves as a central facility for the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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B.
Klarman Hall
Klarman Hall is a major convening and conference center at Harvard Business School designed for large-scale events, lectures, and community gatherings.
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C.
Ford Foundation Building
The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
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D.
Pollack Hall
Pollack Hall is a prominent concert and performance venue associated with McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
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E.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the iconic Beaux-Arts flagship library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, renowned for its grand reading rooms and stone lion statues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beaux-Arts architecture
ⓘ
New York City designated landmark ⓘ academic building ⓘ building in Manhattan ⓘ building of New York University ⓘ historic building ⓘ university building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Silver Center for Arts and Science ⓘ |
| architect |
Charles Follen McKim
ⓘ
Stanford White ⓘ William Rutherford Mead ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York University
ⓘ
surface form:
NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science
New York University ⓘ
surface form:
New York University College of Arts and Science
|
| category |
Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
ⓘ
New York University buildings ⓘ University and college buildings in Manhattan ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasContext | situated in Manhattan’s Washington Square area ⓘ |
| hasCurrentName | Silver Center ⓘ |
| hasFacadeMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
office space
ⓘ
public events ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| hasNameAfter | Silver family (NYU donors) ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
classical ornamentation
ⓘ
symmetrical composition ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| houses |
NYU College of Arts and Science facilities
ⓘ
classrooms ⓘ lecture halls ⓘ offices ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenwich Village Historic District
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich Village
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington Square ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Greenwich Village Historic District ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east side of Washington Square Park ⓘ |
| operator | New York University ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington Square campus
ⓘ
surface form:
New York University Washington Square campus
|
| significance |
example of Beaux-Arts academic architecture in New York City
ⓘ
key building of NYU’s Washington Square campus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New York University Main Building (now Silver Center) Description of subject: New York University Main Building (now the Silver Center) is a historic academic structure in Manhattan’s Washington Square area, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White.
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New York University buildings
this entity surface form:
NYU Main Building