Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco)
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The Statue of Thomas Starr King in San Francisco is a bronze monument by American sculptor Daniel Chester French honoring the influential Unitarian minister and orator who helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T628080 — 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: Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) Context triple: [Daniel Chester French, notableWork, Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco)]
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A.
The Good Samaritan statue
The Good Samaritan statue is a public sculpture in Glenrothes, Scotland, depicting the biblical parable figure as a symbol of compassion and community care.
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B.
George Washington statue
The George Washington statue is a prominent public monument depicting the first U.S. president, located on Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is an iconic white concrete observation tower atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, known for its panoramic city views and historic Depression-era murals.
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D.
José Martí statue
The José Martí statue is a monumental sculpture in Havana honoring the Cuban national hero and writer José Martí, serving as a central symbol of Cuban independence and identity.
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E.
Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
- 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: Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) Target entity description: The Statue of Thomas Starr King in San Francisco is a bronze monument by American sculptor Daniel Chester French honoring the influential Unitarian minister and orator who helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
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A.
The Good Samaritan statue
The Good Samaritan statue is a public sculpture in Glenrothes, Scotland, depicting the biblical parable figure as a symbol of compassion and community care.
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B.
George Washington statue
The George Washington statue is a prominent public monument depicting the first U.S. president, located on Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is an iconic white concrete observation tower atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, known for its panoramic city views and historic Depression-era murals.
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D.
José Martí statue
The José Martí statue is a monumental sculpture in Havana honoring the Cuban national hero and writer José Martí, serving as a central symbol of Cuban independence and identity.
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E.
Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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monument ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ public art ⓘ |
| artMovement | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Daniel Chester French ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| depicts | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| genre | statue ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
American Civil War
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Unionism ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | United States Civil War memory ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasType |
commemorative monument
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historical monument ⓘ |
| heritage | American sculpture ⓘ |
| honours | Thomas Starr King ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| sculptor | Daniel Chester French ⓘ |
| subjectNotableFor | helping keep California in the Union during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation |
Unitarian minister
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orator ⓘ |
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: Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) Description of subject: The Statue of Thomas Starr King in San Francisco is a bronze monument by American sculptor Daniel Chester French honoring the influential Unitarian minister and orator who helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.