One Shell Plaza
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One Shell Plaza is a prominent modernist office skyscraper in downtown Houston that long served as the headquarters for Shell Oil Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| One Shell Plaza canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11202224 — 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: One Shell Plaza Context triple: [Downtown Houston, hasSkyscraper, One Shell Plaza]
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A.
Republic Tower
Republic Tower is a prominent high-rise residential building in Melbourne, Australia, recognized for its distinctive contemporary design by Fender Katsalidis Architects.
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B.
Oasis Plaza
Oasis Plaza is a themed area within the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park featuring rides, attractions, and guest amenities.
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C.
UnionBank Plaza
UnionBank Plaza is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in the Ortigas Center business district of Metro Manila, Philippines.
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D.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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E.
One Commerce Square
One Commerce Square is a prominent postmodern office skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia that helps define the city's skyline.
- 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: One Shell Plaza Target entity description: One Shell Plaza is a prominent modernist office skyscraper in downtown Houston that long served as the headquarters for Shell Oil Company.
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A.
Republic Tower
Republic Tower is a prominent high-rise residential building in Melbourne, Australia, recognized for its distinctive contemporary design by Fender Katsalidis Architects.
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B.
Oasis Plaza
Oasis Plaza is a themed area within the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park featuring rides, attractions, and guest amenities.
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C.
UnionBank Plaza
UnionBank Plaza is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in the Ortigas Center business district of Metro Manila, Philippines.
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D.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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E.
One Commerce Square
One Commerce Square is a prominent postmodern office skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia that helps define the city's skyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-rise building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType | Class A office building ⓘ |
| city | Houston ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevatorCount | 30+ ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersOf | Shell Oil Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParkingFacility | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart | One Shell Plaza antenna mast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitConnection | METRORail and local bus routes nearby ⓘ |
| height |
218 m
ⓘ
717 ft ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Downtown Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| location |
Houston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| materialUsed |
reinforced concrete
ⓘ
travertine ⓘ |
| numberOfFloorsAboveGround | 50 ⓘ |
| occupant | Shell Oil Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| owner | Hines Interests Limited Partnership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Houston skyline ⓘ |
| ranking | one of the tallest buildings in Houston at time of completion ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 910 Louisiana Street ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use | commercial office ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1971 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: One Shell Plaza Description of subject: One Shell Plaza is a prominent modernist office skyscraper in downtown Houston that long served as the headquarters for Shell Oil Company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.