First Unitarian Church of Rochester
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The First Unitarian Church of Rochester is a landmark modernist religious building in Rochester, New York, renowned for its innovative architectural design by Louis Kahn.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Unitarian Church of Rochester canonical | 2 |
| First Unitarian Church (congregation) | 1 |
| First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1072355 — 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: First Unitarian Church of Rochester Context triple: [Louis Kahn, notableWork, First Unitarian Church of Rochester]
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A.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
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B.
Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
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C.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
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D.
First Church Unitarian Littleton
First Church Unitarian Littleton is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation and church building located in Littleton, Massachusetts.
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E.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
- 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: First Unitarian Church of Rochester Target entity description: The First Unitarian Church of Rochester is a landmark modernist religious building in Rochester, New York, renowned for its innovative architectural design by Louis Kahn.
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A.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Boston-based mother church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
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B.
Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection, more widely known today as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is a major Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem believed to encompass both the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb.
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C.
Park Street Church
Park Street Church is a historic Congregational church in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, renowned for its early 19th-century architecture and its role in significant social and religious movements in American history.
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D.
First Church Unitarian Littleton
First Church Unitarian Littleton is a historic Unitarian Universalist congregation and church building located in Littleton, Massachusetts.
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E.
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal parish church in Lower Manhattan, New York City, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and prominent location at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unitarian Universalist church
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church building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architect | Louis Kahn ⓘ |
| architecturalType | church ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| denomination | Unitarian Universalism ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasAddress |
Rochester, New York, United States
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linked to:
Rochester
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| hasArchitect | Louis Kahn ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Brutalist-influenced modernism
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| hasClient |
First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation
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linked to:
First Unitarian Church of Rochester
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| hasFeature |
carefully controlled daylight openings
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central sanctuary volume ⓘ courtyard-focused plan ⓘ exposed structural elements ⓘ perimeter circulation spaces ⓘ |
| hasPart |
courtyard
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meeting rooms ⓘ religious education wing ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ social hall ⓘ |
| hasSeatingCapacity | approximately 400–500 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | architecturally significant building ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | modernist church architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Monroe County, New York
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New York ⓘ Rochester, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Rochester
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| materialUsed |
brick
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concrete ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
First Unitarian Church (congregation)
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linked to:
First Unitarian Church of Rochester
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| notableFor |
geometric spatial organization
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innovative architectural design ⓘ integration of worship and community spaces ⓘ use of natural light ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian Universalism ⓘ |
| use |
community events
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religious education ⓘ worship services ⓘ |
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: First Unitarian Church of Rochester Description of subject: The First Unitarian Church of Rochester is a landmark modernist religious building in Rochester, New York, renowned for its innovative architectural design by Louis Kahn.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Unitarian Church of Rochester
First Unitarian Church of Rochester
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hasClient
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First Unitarian Church of Rochester congregation
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linked to: First Unitarian Church of Rochester