Pasadena YWCA building
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The Pasadena YWCA building is a historic early 20th-century civic structure in Pasadena, California, recognized for its distinctive architecture and role in the city’s social and community life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pasadena YWCA building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11723091 — 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: Pasadena YWCA building Context triple: [Myron Hunt, notableWork, Pasadena YWCA building]
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A.
City Hall (Pasadena)
City Hall (Pasadena) is a historic Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival-style civic building in Pasadena, California, renowned for its grand dome and role as a prominent architectural landmark.
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B.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building is a prominent Modernist high-rise office tower in downtown Los Angeles, known for its distinctive glass-and-concrete design and reflecting pools.
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C.
Los Angeles Board of Education Building
The Los Angeles Board of Education Building is a historic civic structure in Los Angeles designed by prominent architect John C. Austin, known for its role in housing the city's educational administration.
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D.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building
The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic early 20th-century commercial landmark in downtown Los Angeles, designed in a Beaux-Arts/Neoclassical style that reflects the city’s growth as a major economic center.
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E.
Pasadena Civic Center
Pasadena Civic Center is a historic civic complex in Pasadena, California, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and its role as the city's governmental and cultural hub.
- 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: Pasadena YWCA building Target entity description: The Pasadena YWCA building is a historic early 20th-century civic structure in Pasadena, California, recognized for its distinctive architecture and role in the city’s social and community life.
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A.
City Hall (Pasadena)
City Hall (Pasadena) is a historic Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival-style civic building in Pasadena, California, renowned for its grand dome and role as a prominent architectural landmark.
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B.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building is a prominent Modernist high-rise office tower in downtown Los Angeles, known for its distinctive glass-and-concrete design and reflecting pools.
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C.
Los Angeles Board of Education Building
The Los Angeles Board of Education Building is a historic civic structure in Los Angeles designed by prominent architect John C. Austin, known for its role in housing the city's educational administration.
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D.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building
The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic early 20th-century commercial landmark in downtown Los Angeles, designed in a Beaux-Arts/Neoclassical style that reflects the city’s growth as a major economic center.
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E.
Pasadena Civic Center
Pasadena Civic Center is a historic civic complex in Pasadena, California, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and its role as the city's governmental and cultural hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
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civic building ⓘ community center ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| affiliation | Young Women’s Christian Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
civic engagement in Pasadena
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social reform movements ⓘ women’s rights history ⓘ |
| category |
YWCA buildings in the United States
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community centers in California ⓘ historic civic buildings in California ⓘ |
| city | Pasadena, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of community service in Pasadena
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symbol of women’s community leadership ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| function |
gathering place for local community
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venue for educational programs ⓘ venue for social events ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
civic character
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community-oriented design ⓘ distinctive architecture ⓘ |
| hasContext |
American early 20th-century civic architecture
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development of social services in Pasadena ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic structure ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
local historic preservation discussions
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studies of Pasadena’s architectural heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County, California
Pasadena, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ownerType | civic or nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Pasadena, California ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
local community members
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women ⓘ |
| significance |
architectural landmark in Pasadena
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important to Pasadena’s community life ⓘ important to Pasadena’s social history ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| usedFor |
civic activities
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community programs ⓘ social services ⓘ women’s programs ⓘ |
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: Pasadena YWCA building Description of subject: The Pasadena YWCA building is a historic early 20th-century civic structure in Pasadena, California, recognized for its distinctive architecture and role in the city’s social and community life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.