Stagg Field
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Stagg Field was the University of Chicago’s athletic field and stadium, historically significant as the site of the world’s first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stagg Field canonical | 6 |
| New Stagg Field | 1 |
| Stagg Field (former University of Chicago stadium) | 1 |
| Stagg Field (original) at the University of Chicago | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T719313 — 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: Stagg Field Context triple: [Chicago Pile-1, locatedInBuilding, Stagg Field]
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A.
Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
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B.
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, now primarily used by Boston University athletics and formerly an early home venue for the New England Patriots (then Boston Patriots).
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C.
Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field is a historic baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama, widely regarded as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and a former home of both minor league and Negro League teams.
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D.
Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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E.
Roberts Field
Roberts Field is an athletic field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used primarily for varsity and recreational sports.
- 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: Stagg Field Target entity description: Stagg Field was the University of Chicago’s athletic field and stadium, historically significant as the site of the world’s first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
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A.
Schaefer Stadium
Schaefer Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the New England Patriots before the construction of Gillette Stadium.
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B.
Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, now primarily used by Boston University athletics and formerly an early home venue for the New England Patriots (then Boston Patriots).
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C.
Rickwood Field
Rickwood Field is a historic baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama, widely regarded as the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and a former home of both minor league and Negro League teams.
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D.
Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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E.
Roberts Field
Roberts Field is an athletic field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used primarily for varsity and recreational sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athletic field
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historical site ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Big Ten Conference (historical)
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linked to:
Big Ten Conference
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| architecturalStyle | concrete stadium stands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago Pile-1
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Enrico Fermi ⓘ Manhattan Project ⓘ atomic energy research ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ |
| category |
Defunct college football venues
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Manhattan Project sites ⓘ Sports venues in Chicago ⓘ University of Chicago buildings and structures ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Henry Moore sculpture "Nuclear Energy"
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historical plaque at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 41.7897°N 87.5996°W (approximate former site) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfEvent | 1942-12-02 ⓘ |
| demolishedIn | 1957 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century college football ⓘ |
| eventLocation | under the West Stands of Stagg Field ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bleachers
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playing field ⓘ stands ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark (site of CP-1, commemorated)
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linked to:
National Historic Landmark
|
| homeVenueOf | Chicago Maroons football team ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago
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linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Amos Alonzo Stagg ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Amos Alonzo Stagg
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role in development of nuclear reactors ⓘ world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of Chicago campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Chicago
|
| replacedBy |
New Stagg Field
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linked to:
Stagg Field
|
| significantEvent | Chicago Pile-1 first controlled nuclear chain reaction ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| usedFor |
American football
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baseball ⓘ track and field ⓘ university athletics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stagg Field Description of subject: Stagg Field was the University of Chicago’s athletic field and stadium, historically significant as the site of the world’s first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Maroons
linked to: Stagg Field
Regenstein Library vicinity, University of Chicago
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historicallyNear
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Stagg Field (former University of Chicago stadium)
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linked to: Stagg Field
Chicago Maroons football team
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formerHomeStadium
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Stagg Field (original) at the University of Chicago
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linked to: Stagg Field