Capitol Records Building
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The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12209 — 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: Capitol Records Building Context triple: [Hollywood, hasLandmark, Capitol Records Building]
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Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
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B.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the United States’ national cultural center and a major venue in Washington, D.C. for theater, music, dance, and other performing arts.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a world-renowned concert venue in New York City celebrated for its exceptional acoustics and historic role in classical and popular music performance.
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E.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
- 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: Capitol Records Building Target entity description: The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.
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A.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
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B.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the United States’ national cultural center and a major venue in Washington, D.C. for theater, music, dance, and other performing arts.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a world-renowned concert venue in New York City celebrated for its exceptional acoustics and historic role in classical and popular music performance.
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E.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-rise building
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historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ recording industry landmark ⓘ |
| architect | Welton Becket ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Googie
ⓘ
Mid-century modern ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frank Sinatra
ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ |
| category |
Landmark in Hollywood
ⓘ
Music industry building ⓘ Skyscraper office building in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| city | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
Hollywood landmark
ⓘ
symbol of the American recording industry ⓘ |
| designerOfEchoChambers | Les Paul ⓘ |
| function |
office headquarters
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recording facility ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lighted spire
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neon lights ⓘ recording studios ⓘ underground echo chambers ⓘ |
| hasLightingPattern | spire lights used for special occasions ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 150 feet
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approximately 46 meters ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Hollywood ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ |
| management | Capitol Studios ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| near |
Hollywood Boulevard
ⓘ
Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Hollywood ⓘ |
| nickname | The House That Nat Built ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Capitol Records
ⓘ
recording studios ⓘ resembling a stack of vinyl records ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 13 ⓘ |
| occupant | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| opened | 1956 ⓘ |
| owner | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| partOf | Hollywood entertainment industry ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof with spire ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| streetAddress | 1750 Vine Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Capitol Records Building Description of subject: The Capitol Records Building is an iconic, circular high-rise in Hollywood, Los Angeles, famous for its resemblance to a stack of vinyl records and its role as a historic recording industry landmark.
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Capitol Records Tower
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Capitol Records Tower
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Capitol Records Tower
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Capitol Records complex
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Capitol Studios recording complex
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Capitol Records Tower complex