Marin County Civic Center
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The Marin County Civic Center is a landmark government complex in San Rafael, California, renowned for its futuristic design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845069 — 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: Marin County Civic Center Context triple: [Marin County, contains, Marin County Civic Center]
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A.
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center is a major cultural complex in San Francisco that houses venues like the War Memorial Opera House and Davies Symphony Hall, serving as home to the city’s opera, ballet, and symphony.
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San Francisco Civic Auditorium
The San Francisco Civic Auditorium is a historic multipurpose event venue in San Francisco known for hosting major cultural, political, and technological events, including landmark demonstrations in computing history.
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San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House is a historic performing arts venue in San Francisco renowned as the longtime home of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet.
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Crissy Field
Crissy Field is a restored former airfield and popular waterfront park in San Francisco offering beaches, trails, and views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Civic Center, San Francisco
Civic Center, San Francisco is a historic governmental and cultural district in the heart of the city, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture, major civic institutions, and prominent public plazas.
- 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: Marin County Civic Center Target entity description: The Marin County Civic Center is a landmark government complex in San Rafael, California, renowned for its futuristic design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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A.
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center is a major cultural complex in San Francisco that houses venues like the War Memorial Opera House and Davies Symphony Hall, serving as home to the city’s opera, ballet, and symphony.
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B.
San Francisco Civic Auditorium
The San Francisco Civic Auditorium is a historic multipurpose event venue in San Francisco known for hosting major cultural, political, and technological events, including landmark demonstrations in computing history.
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C.
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House is a historic performing arts venue in San Francisco renowned as the longtime home of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet.
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D.
Crissy Field
Crissy Field is a restored former airfield and popular waterfront park in San Francisco offering beaches, trails, and views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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E.
Civic Center, San Francisco
Civic Center, San Francisco is a historic governmental and cultural district in the heart of the city, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture, major civic institutions, and prominent public plazas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county civic center
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government building complex ⓘ historic place ⓘ work of architecture ⓘ |
| architect | Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Futurist architecture
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Modern architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| contains |
Exhibit Hall (Marin Center)
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Marin County Public Library ⓘ Marin County Superior Court ⓘ Marin County administrative offices ⓘ Marin County jail ⓘ
linked to:
Marin County Civic Center
Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium ⓘ
linked to:
Marin County Civic Center
|
| coordinates | 37.995°N 122.532°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfHeritageDesignation | 1991 ⓘ |
| hasBeenUsedAsFilmLocation |
Gattaca
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Other People’s Money ⓘ THX 1138 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Administration Building
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Hall of Justice ⓘ civic center hills ⓘ civic center lagoon ⓘ |
| height | approximately 80 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
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| heritageStatusReason | only realized civic center design by Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| inception | 1962 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | organic architecture principles ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Marin County, California
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linked to:
Marin County
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| locatedNear |
China Camp State Park
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U.S. Route 101 ⓘ |
| location |
San Rafael, California
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linked to:
San Rafael
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| materialUsed | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
arched windows
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circular stair towers ⓘ golden spire ⓘ interior open corridors ⓘ long horizontal profile ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 91002065 ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 3 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
County of Marin
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linked to:
Marin County
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| ownedBy |
County of Marin
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linked to:
Marin County
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| partOf |
Marin County government
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linked to:
Marin County Board of Supervisors
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| roofColor | blue ⓘ |
| use |
county government offices
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courthouse ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ public library ⓘ |
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: Marin County Civic Center Description of subject: The Marin County Civic Center is a landmark government complex in San Rafael, California, renowned for its futuristic design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
subject linked to:
San Rafael
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
subject linked to:
Hall of Justice
subject linked to:
Hall of Justice
subject linked to:
Hall of Justice
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
Hall of Justice (Marin County)
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hasNeighboringBuilding
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Marin County Civic Center Administration Building
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subject linked to:
Hall of Justice
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
subject linked to:
Hall of Justice
linked to: Marin County Civic Center
linked to: Marin County Civic Center