Cooper Square
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Cooper Square is a major intersection and public space in Manhattan’s East Village, known for its convergence of several streets and proximity to institutions like The Cooper Union.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cooper Square canonical | 6 |
| Cooper Square, Manhattan | 1 |
| Cooper Triangle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10848474 — 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: Cooper Square Context triple: [Bowery, terminusNorth, Cooper Square]
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A.
Hudson Square
Hudson Square is a neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side known for its former industrial buildings, media and tech offices, and proximity to the Hudson River.
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B.
Foley Square
Foley Square is a prominent public plaza and civic center in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of major federal, state, and municipal courthouses and government buildings.
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C.
Johnson Square
Johnson Square is a historic public square in Savannah, Georgia, known for its central location in the city’s original town plan and its prominent monuments and green space.
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D.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
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E.
Westchester Square
Westchester Square is a commercial and transit hub in the eastern Bronx, New York City, known for its busy shopping district and access to the 6 subway line.
- 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: Cooper Square Target entity description: Cooper Square is a major intersection and public space in Manhattan’s East Village, known for its convergence of several streets and proximity to institutions like The Cooper Union.
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A.
Hudson Square
Hudson Square is a neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side known for its former industrial buildings, media and tech offices, and proximity to the Hudson River.
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B.
Foley Square
Foley Square is a prominent public plaza and civic center in Lower Manhattan, New York City, known for its concentration of major federal, state, and municipal courthouses and government buildings.
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C.
Johnson Square
Johnson Square is a historic public square in Savannah, Georgia, known for its central location in the city’s original town plan and its prominent monuments and green space.
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D.
Herald Square
Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
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E.
Westchester Square
Westchester Square is a commercial and transit hub in the eastern Bronx, New York City, known for its busy shopping district and access to the 6 subway line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neighborhood landmark
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public square ⓘ road junction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
41 Cooper Square
NERFINISHED
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Cooper Union Foundation Building NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cooper Union NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
East Village, Manhattan
NERFINISHED
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Road junctions in New York City ⓘ Squares in Manhattan ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | World Geodetic System 1984 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasFunction |
public gathering place
ⓘ
traffic hub ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
41 Cooper Square
NERFINISHED
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Cooper Union Foundation Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Cooper Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighborhoodContext | East Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicSpace | Cooper Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inBorough | Manhattan Community District 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
convergence of multiple major streets
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historic architecture nearby ⓘ pedestrian public space ⓘ proximity to The Cooper Union ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Village
NERFINISHED
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Peter Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Greenwich Village
NERFINISHED
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Lower East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ NoHo NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Mark's Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Borough of Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy |
8th Street–NYU subway station
NERFINISHED
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Astor Place subway station NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Subway BMT Broadway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Subway IRT Lexington Avenue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple MTA bus routes ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Astor Place
NERFINISHED
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Bowery NERFINISHED ⓘ East 6th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ East 7th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ East 8th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningFeature | intersection redesigns for pedestrian safety ⓘ |
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: Cooper Square Description of subject: Cooper Square is a major intersection and public space in Manhattan’s East Village, known for its convergence of several streets and proximity to institutions like The Cooper Union.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cooper Triangle
this entity surface form:
Cooper Square, Manhattan
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Cooper Union)