Prairie Box
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Prairie Box is an alternative name for the American Foursquare, a popular early-20th-century American house style known for its simple boxy shape and efficient, spacious layout.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prairie Box canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12955685 — 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: Prairie Box Context triple: [American Foursquare, hasAlternativeName, Prairie Box]
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A.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
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B.
Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie is a small rural city in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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C.
White Grass
White Grass is a small settlement located on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu.
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D.
Indigo Meadow
Indigo Meadow is a psychedelic rock album by American band The Black Angels, noted for its fuzz-laden guitars and dark, hypnotic atmosphere.
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E.
Woodberry
Woodberry is a residential suburb located within the Maitland local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
- 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: Prairie Box Target entity description: Prairie Box is an alternative name for the American Foursquare, a popular early-20th-century American house style known for its simple boxy shape and efficient, spacious layout.
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A.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
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B.
Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie is a small rural city in southern Minnesota known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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C.
White Grass
White Grass is a small settlement located on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu.
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D.
Indigo Meadow
Indigo Meadow is a psychedelic rock album by American band The Black Angels, noted for its fuzz-laden guitars and dark, hypnotic atmosphere.
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E.
Woodberry
Woodberry is a residential suburb located within the Maitland local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
ⓘ
house style ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | American Foursquare ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | American Foursquare ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
American Craftsman influence
ⓘ
Prairie School influence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasDesignGoal |
affordable construction
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functional efficiency ⓘ maximum interior space on small lots ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central entry
ⓘ
four-room floor plan per level ⓘ front porch with wide stairs ⓘ full-width front porch ⓘ large central dormer ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ overhanging eaves ⓘ simple detailing ⓘ symmetrical facade ⓘ wide eaves ⓘ |
| hasFunction | single-family dwelling ⓘ |
| hasLayout |
efficient layout
ⓘ
spacious interior ⓘ |
| hasPlan | square floor plan ⓘ |
| hasPlanType | four-square plan ⓘ |
| hasPorchSupportType |
square porch columns
ⓘ
tapered porch columns ⓘ |
| hasRoofType |
hipped roof
ⓘ
pyramidal roof ⓘ |
| hasShape | boxy form ⓘ |
| hasStoreys |
two stories
ⓘ
two-and-a-half stories ⓘ |
| hasWindowArrangement | grouped windows on facade ⓘ |
| hasWindowType | double-hung windows ⓘ |
| popularInDecade |
1900s
ⓘ
1910s ⓘ 1920s ⓘ |
| relatedStyle |
Colonial Revival house
ⓘ
Craftsman house ⓘ Prairie School house ⓘ |
| typicalConstructionMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
stucco ⓘ wood frame ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
American small towns
ⓘ
American suburbs ⓘ urban residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| typicalPeriodOfUse | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | residential architecture ⓘ |
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: Prairie Box Description of subject: Prairie Box is an alternative name for the American Foursquare, a popular early-20th-century American house style known for its simple boxy shape and efficient, spacious layout.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.