Johnson Building
E111507
The Johnson Building is a modernist wing of the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square main branch, known for housing its contemporary collections and public services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johnson Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T894784 — 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: Johnson Building Context triple: [Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch), hasPart, Johnson Building]
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A.
Perelman Building
The Perelman Building is an annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art known for its Art Deco architecture and galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary design, prints, drawings, and photography.
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B.
Scribner Building
The Scribner Building is a historic Beaux-Arts style commercial structure in Manhattan that once housed the prominent American publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
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C.
Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
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D.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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E.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
- 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: Johnson Building Target entity description: The Johnson Building is a modernist wing of the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square main branch, known for housing its contemporary collections and public services.
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A.
Perelman Building
The Perelman Building is an annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art known for its Art Deco architecture and galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary design, prints, drawings, and photography.
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B.
Scribner Building
The Scribner Building is a historic Beaux-Arts style commercial structure in Manhattan that once housed the prominent American publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.
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C.
Adams Building
The Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections and reading rooms.
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D.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
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E.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
library building
ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
McKim Building
ⓘ
linked to:
McKim building
|
| architect |
John Burgee
ⓘ
Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernism ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCollectionType |
audio-visual materials
ⓘ
children’s materials ⓘ contemporary literature ⓘ periodicals ⓘ popular materials ⓘ teen materials ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
concrete and glass façade
ⓘ
integrated public seating areas ⓘ large street-level windows ⓘ open-plan interior ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
accessible entrances
ⓘ
circulation desk ⓘ community meeting rooms ⓘ exhibition space ⓘ public computers ⓘ study areas ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
housing contemporary collections
ⓘ
public library services ⓘ public reading spaces ⓘ reference services ⓘ |
| hasStreetAddress | 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | non-landmarked wing of Boston Public Library Copley Square ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Back Bay, Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Back Bay
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Copley Square ⓘ
linked to:
Copley Square, Boston
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| namedAfter | Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| operator | Boston Public Library ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| partOf |
Boston Public Library
ⓘ
Boston Public Library Copley Square branch ⓘ |
| partOfComplex | Boston Public Library Copley Square complex ⓘ |
| renovationFocus |
enhanced accessibility
ⓘ
improved public spaces ⓘ updated technology infrastructure ⓘ |
| servesPopulation |
Boston residents
ⓘ
Greater Boston area ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
|
| underwentRenovation | 2016 ⓘ |
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: Johnson Building Description of subject: The Johnson Building is a modernist wing of the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square main branch, known for housing its contemporary collections and public services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.