The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street
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The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street is the historic Academy of Music in Philadelphia, one of the oldest continually operating opera houses in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8041158 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street Context triple: [Academy of Music (Philadelphia), alsoKnownAs, The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street]
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The House on Carroll Street
The House on Carroll Street is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film set in 1950s America, involving political paranoia and espionage against the backdrop of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria.
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B.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a prominent historic battlefield in County Wexford, Ireland, best known as the site of a major engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
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C.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a small historic waterfront neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its cobblestone streets and 19th-century industrial and residential buildings.
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D.
Sycamore Row
Sycamore Row is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that revisits the characters from A Time to Kill in a racially charged inheritance dispute in Mississippi.
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E.
Remedios Street
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- 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: The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street Target entity description: The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street is the historic Academy of Music in Philadelphia, one of the oldest continually operating opera houses in the United States.
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A.
The House on Carroll Street
The House on Carroll Street is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film set in 1950s America, involving political paranoia and espionage against the backdrop of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria.
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B.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a prominent historic battlefield in County Wexford, Ireland, best known as the site of a major engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
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C.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a small historic waterfront neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its cobblestone streets and 19th-century industrial and residential buildings.
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D.
Sycamore Row
Sycamore Row is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that revisits the characters from A Time to Kill in a racially charged inheritance dispute in Mississippi.
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E.
Remedios Street
Remedios Street is a notable road in the Malate district of Manila, Philippines, known for its nightlife, restaurants, and cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera house
ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Academy of Music
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy of Music (Philadelphia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Gustavus Runge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleon LeBrun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Italianate architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Music venues completed in 1857
ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Opera houses in Pennsylvania ⓘ Theatres in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| city | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1855 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
home of the Philadelphia Ballet
ⓘ
venue for concerts and special events ⓘ venue for touring Broadway productions ⓘ |
| formerUse | home of the Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ |
| hasBalconies | yes ⓘ |
| hasFunction | cultural landmark ⓘ |
| hasMainFacadeOn | South Broad Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickName | The Grand Old Lady of Locust Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrchestraPit | yes ⓘ |
| hasProsceniumStage | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear | Locust Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | South Broad Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesListingDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the oldest continually operating opera houses in the United States
ⓘ
historic interior and auditorium ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1857-01-26 ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Philadelphia Academy of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kimmel Cultural Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Center City, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 2900 ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| use |
concert venue
ⓘ
opera house ⓘ theater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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