Lawang Sewu building
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Lawang Sewu is a historic Dutch colonial-era landmark in Semarang, Indonesia, famed for its grand architecture, numerous doors and windows, and reputation as a haunted building.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gedung Batu area | 1 |
| Lawang Sewu | 1 |
| Lawang Sewu building canonical | 1 |
| Semarang City Hall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T515474 — 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: Lawang Sewu building Context triple: [Semarang, knownFor, Lawang Sewu building]
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A.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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B.
One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its unique lotus-shaped design supported by a single stone pillar.
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C.
Ministry of Communications building
The Ministry of Communications building is a prominent government office block located on Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, known for its imposing architecture and role in Cuba’s state communications administration.
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D.
Sing Chong Building
Sing Chong Building is a historic, pagoda-topped commercial structure in San Francisco’s Chinatown that serves as one of the neighborhood’s most recognizable architectural landmarks.
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E.
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque is a prominent blue-domed Sunni mosque and landmark in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its Ottoman-inspired architecture and central role in the city’s religious and civic life.
- 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: Lawang Sewu building Target entity description: Lawang Sewu is a historic Dutch colonial-era landmark in Semarang, Indonesia, famed for its grand architecture, numerous doors and windows, and reputation as a haunted building.
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A.
Prambanan Temple
Prambanan Temple is a 9th-century Hindu temple complex in Central Java renowned for its towering, intricately carved shrines dedicated primarily to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
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B.
One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its unique lotus-shaped design supported by a single stone pillar.
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C.
Ministry of Communications building
The Ministry of Communications building is a prominent government office block located on Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, known for its imposing architecture and role in Cuba’s state communications administration.
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D.
Sing Chong Building
Sing Chong Building is a historic, pagoda-topped commercial structure in San Francisco’s Chinatown that serves as one of the neighborhood’s most recognizable architectural landmarks.
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E.
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque is a prominent blue-domed Sunni mosque and landmark in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its Ottoman-inspired architecture and central role in the city’s religious and civic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch colonial building
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Dutch colonial architecture
ⓘ
Indies architecture ⓘ |
| city | Semarang ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 20th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 20th century ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic landmark of Semarang
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symbol of Dutch colonial heritage in Indonesia ⓘ |
| era | Dutch colonial era ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Dutch colonial architecture
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haunted reputation ⓘ many doors and windows ⓘ |
| floorCount | multiple stories ⓘ |
| hasArcade | yes ⓘ |
| hasBasement | yes ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasCourtyardGarden | yes ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
ghost sightings
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underground tunnels ⓘ |
| hasStainedGlass | yes ⓘ |
| hasTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasVeranda | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | cultural heritage building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Java
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Java
Indonesia ⓘ Semarang ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
plaster ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "Thousand Doors" in Javanese ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central courtyard
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grand staircase ⓘ numerous doors ⓘ numerous windows ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originalFunction | head office of the Dutch East Indies Railway Company ⓘ |
| region | Java ⓘ |
| roofType | tiled roof ⓘ |
| tourismType |
dark tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedAs |
museum
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public tourist site ⓘ |
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: Lawang Sewu building Description of subject: Lawang Sewu is a historic Dutch colonial-era landmark in Semarang, Indonesia, famed for its grand architecture, numerous doors and windows, and reputation as a haunted building.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lawang Sewu
this entity surface form:
Semarang City Hall
this entity surface form:
Gedung Batu area