Cocoa House
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Cocoa House is a historic high-rise building in Ibadan, Nigeria, renowned as one of West Africa’s earliest skyscrapers and a symbol of the region’s cocoa-driven economic boom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocoa House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674023 — 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: Cocoa House Context triple: [Ibadan, hasLandmark, Cocoa House]
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A.
Contempo Café
Contempo Café is a casual quick-service restaurant located inside Disney's Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World, offering a variety of American fare in a modern, family-friendly setting.
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B.
Smithsonian Castle Café
Smithsonian Castle Café is a casual dining spot located inside the historic Smithsonian Institution Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Vesuvio Cafe
Vesuvio Cafe is a historic bohemian bar in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, long associated with Beat Generation writers and artists.
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D.
Café Sebastienne
Café Sebastienne is the on-site restaurant at Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, known for its art-filled dining space and contemporary American cuisine.
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E.
Goûter Hut
Goûter Hut is a high-altitude mountain refuge in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Goûter Route.
- 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: Cocoa House Target entity description: Cocoa House is a historic high-rise building in Ibadan, Nigeria, renowned as one of West Africa’s earliest skyscrapers and a symbol of the region’s cocoa-driven economic boom.
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A.
Contempo Café
Contempo Café is a casual quick-service restaurant located inside Disney's Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World, offering a variety of American fare in a modern, family-friendly setting.
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B.
Smithsonian Castle Café
Smithsonian Castle Café is a casual dining spot located inside the historic Smithsonian Institution Building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Vesuvio Cafe
Vesuvio Cafe is a historic bohemian bar in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, long associated with Beat Generation writers and artists.
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D.
Café Sebastienne
Café Sebastienne is the on-site restaurant at Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, known for its art-filled dining space and contemporary American cuisine.
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E.
Goûter Hut
Goûter Hut is a high-altitude mountain refuge in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Goûter Route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-rise building
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historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Western State, Nigeria
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surface form:
Odu’a States of Nigeria
Western Nigeria cocoa industry ⓘ |
| category |
20th-century architecture in Nigeria
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Buildings and structures in Ibadan ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Nigeria ⓘ |
| city | Ibadan ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic landmark of Ibadan skyline ⓘ |
| developedBy | Western Region Government of Nigeria ⓘ |
| elevationType | above ground ⓘ |
| eventEffect | fire in 1985 damaged upper floors ⓘ |
| experiencedEvent | fire incident in 1985 ⓘ |
| floorCount | 26 ⓘ |
| function |
administrative
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commercial ⓘ |
| fundedBy | proceeds from cocoa exports ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
conference and event spaces
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offices of Odu’a Investment Company Limited ⓘ |
| height | approximately 105 metres ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic landmark in Ibadan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ibadan North Local Government Area
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surface form:
Dugbe, Ibadan
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| location |
Ibadan
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ Oyo State ⓘ |
| materialSource | cocoa revenue ⓘ |
| namedAfter | cocoa cash crop ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the tallest buildings in West Africa at the time of completion
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being the first skyscraper in Nigeria ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 26 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Odu’a Investment Company Limited ⓘ |
| ownershipType | regional investment company ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| renovation | renovated after 1985 fire ⓘ |
| reopened | after post-fire renovation ⓘ |
| significance | one of the earliest skyscrapers in West Africa ⓘ |
| state | Oyo State ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
cocoa-driven economic boom in Western Nigeria
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economic prosperity of the Western Region of Nigeria ⓘ |
| use |
commercial activities
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office space ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cocoa House Description of subject: Cocoa House is a historic high-rise building in Ibadan, Nigeria, renowned as one of West Africa’s earliest skyscrapers and a symbol of the region’s cocoa-driven economic boom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.