New York State Library
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The New York State Library is a major public research library in Albany that serves as the central library for New York State government and preserves extensive historical and governmental collections.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T761176 — 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: New York State Library Context triple: [Empire State Plaza, hasPart, New York State Library]
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A.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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B.
White Plains Public Library
White Plains Public Library is the main public library serving the city of White Plains, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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C.
New York State Museum
The New York State Museum is a major cultural and historical institution in Albany that showcases New York’s natural history, anthropology, art, and state heritage through extensive collections and public exhibitions.
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D.
Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
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E.
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library)
Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library is the flagship branch and main headquarters of the Brooklyn Public Library system, known for its landmark Art Deco building and extensive collections and services.
- 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: New York State Library Target entity description: The New York State Library is a major public research library in Albany that serves as the central library for New York State government and preserves extensive historical and governmental collections.
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A.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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B.
White Plains Public Library
White Plains Public Library is the main public library serving the city of White Plains, New York, providing community access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
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C.
New York State Museum
The New York State Museum is a major cultural and historical institution in Albany that showcases New York’s natural history, anthropology, art, and state heritage through extensive collections and public exhibitions.
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D.
Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
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E.
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library)
Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library is the flagship branch and main headquarters of the Brooklyn Public Library system, known for its landmark Art Deco building and extensive collections and services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public library
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research library ⓘ state library ⓘ |
| archivesRole | preserves New York State government records and publications ⓘ |
| buildingOpened | 1978 ⓘ |
| city | Albany ⓘ |
| collectionSize | millions of items ⓘ |
| collectionType |
Braille and talking books
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New York State publications ⓘ federal documents ⓘ genealogical resources ⓘ government documents ⓘ historical manuscripts ⓘ law and legislative materials ⓘ maps ⓘ newspapers ⓘ |
| coordinates | 42.649°N 73.760°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| floorLocationInBuilding |
11th floor
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12th floor ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
U.S. state of New York
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surface form:
State of New York
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| governingBody |
New York State Department of Education
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surface form:
New York State Education Department
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| hasSubdivision |
Division of Library Development
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Manuscripts and Special Collections ⓘ Talking Book and Braille Library ⓘ Technical Services ⓘ |
| inception | 1818 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalDepositLibraryFor | New York State government publications ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cultural Education Center
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Empire State Plaza complex ⓘ
surface form:
Empire State Plaza
New York State Museum ⓘ
surface form:
New York State Museum complex
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| mandate |
preserve New York State documentary heritage
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support New York State government information needs ⓘ |
| offersService |
Braille and Talking Book Library services
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digital collections access ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ online catalogs ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
U.S. state of New York
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surface form:
State of New York
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| parentOrganization |
New York State Department of Education
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surface form:
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Cultural Education
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| partOf |
New York State Department of Education
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surface form:
New York State Education Department
New York State Board of Regents ⓘ
surface form:
University of the State of New York
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| serviceArea |
Government of the State of New York
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surface form:
New York State government
New York State residents ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| website | http://www.nysl.nysed.gov ⓘ |
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: New York State Library Description of subject: The New York State Library is a major public research library in Albany that serves as the central library for New York State government and preserves extensive historical and governmental collections.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Empire State Plaza
subject surface form:
Empire State Plaza
this entity surface form:
New York State Library School
this entity surface form:
New York State Library Cultural Education Center
this entity surface form:
New York State Library Talking Book and Braille Library network
this entity surface form:
New York State Library Division of Library Development
this entity surface form:
New York State Library system
this entity surface form:
New York State libraries