Old Well
E106880
Old Well is an iconic neoclassical rotunda and campus symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally associated with good luck for students who drink from it.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Well canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899922 — 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: Old Well Context triple: [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, hasLandmark, Old Well]
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A.
Mary’s Well
Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
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B.
Virtuous Well
Virtuous Well is a historic holy well near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, traditionally associated with healing properties and local legend.
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C.
Old Bar
Old Bar is a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, surfing, and relaxed holiday atmosphere.
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D.
Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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E.
Old Pete
Old Pete is the famous nickname of Confederate General James Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders during the American Civil War.
- 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: Old Well Target entity description: Old Well is an iconic neoclassical rotunda and campus symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally associated with good luck for students who drink from it.
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A.
Mary’s Well
Mary’s Well is a historic spring and pilgrimage site in Nazareth traditionally associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation.
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B.
Virtuous Well
Virtuous Well is a historic holy well near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, traditionally associated with healing properties and local legend.
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C.
Old Bar
Old Bar is a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, surfing, and relaxed holiday atmosphere.
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D.
Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town in southeast England known for its picturesque streets, riverside setting, and role as a commuter hub for London.
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E.
Old Pete
Old Pete is the famous nickname of Confederate General James Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campus landmark
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fountain ⓘ neoclassical rotunda ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
UNC-Chapel Hill admissions materials
ⓘ
UNC-Chapel Hill merchandise ⓘ UNC-Chapel Hill promotional materials ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
UNC students
ⓘ
good luck tradition ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| columnOrder | Doric order ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFunction |
decorative fountain
ⓘ
drinking water source ⓘ |
| hasPart |
circular fountain
ⓘ
columns ⓘ dome ⓘ |
| hasShape | rotunda ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | iconic landmark of UNC-Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| inFrontOf | South Building ⓘ |
| isCampusSymbolOf | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| isNear |
Polk Place
ⓘ
South Building ⓘ |
| isOnCampus | McCorkle Place ⓘ |
| isPhotographedBy |
students
ⓘ
visitors ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
campus tours
ⓘ
graduation photos ⓘ |
| isSymbolOf | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| material |
stone (later structures)
ⓘ
wood (original structure) ⓘ |
| openTo |
faculty
ⓘ
public ⓘ staff ⓘ students ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
academic success
ⓘ
good fortune for students ⓘ tradition at UNC-Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ |
| tradition |
students drink from the Old Well for good luck
ⓘ
students drink from the Old Well on the first day of classes ⓘ |
| usedAs | unofficial logo of UNC-Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| waterSource | drinking fountain ⓘ |
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: Old Well Description of subject: Old Well is an iconic neoclassical rotunda and campus symbol of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally associated with good luck for students who drink from it.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.