William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse
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The William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse is a federal judicial building in Seattle, Washington, named in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse canonical | 2 |
| William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587386 — 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: William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, hasCourthouse, William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse]
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A.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
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B.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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C.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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D.
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Manhattan that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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E.
Court of Appeals Hall
Court of Appeals Hall is the historic courthouse in Albany, New York, that serves as the home of the state's highest court.
- 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: William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse Target entity description: The William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse is a federal judicial building in Seattle, Washington, named in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura.
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A.
James R. Browning United States Courthouse
The James R. Browning United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in San Francisco, California, renowned for its Beaux-Arts architecture and role as the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit.
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B.
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse
The Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, named after Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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C.
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is a prominent federal courthouse and judicial complex located on Boston’s waterfront that houses the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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D.
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse is a historic federal courthouse in Manhattan that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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E.
Court of Appeals Hall
Court of Appeals Hall is the historic courthouse in Albany, New York, that serves as the home of the state's highest court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal courthouse
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government building ⓘ |
| buildingType | courthouse ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Seattle, Washington
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United States federal courthouses in Washington (state) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| function | hearing federal court cases ⓘ |
| governmentBranchServed | judicial branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasAddressCity | Seattle ⓘ |
| hasAddressCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasAddressState | Washington ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic federal building ⓘ |
| honors |
World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura
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surface form:
Japanese American war hero William Kenzo Nakamura
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| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| locatedIn |
King County
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surface form:
King County, Washington
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
William Kenzo Nakamura
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World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura ⓘ |
| namedAfterAward | Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| namedAfterConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | United States Army soldier ⓘ |
| namedForEvent | World War II ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. General Services Administration
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surface form:
United States General Services Administration
|
| publicAccess | publicly accessible during business hours ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ |
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: William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse Description of subject: The William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse is a federal judicial building in Seattle, Washington, named in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
→
hasCourthouse
→
William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse
ⓘ
World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura
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commemoratedBy
→
William K. Nakamura United States Courthouse
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subject surface form:
William Kenzo Nakamura
this entity surface form:
William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse