99 Steps
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99 Steps is a historic stone staircase in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, built during the Danish colonial era and now a popular tourist attraction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 99 Steps canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120898 — 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: 99 Steps Context triple: [Charlotte Amalie, hasLandmark, 99 Steps]
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A.
Million Dollar Staircase
The Million Dollar Staircase is an ornate, late-19th-century grand staircase renowned for its elaborate stone carvings and opulent design inside the New York State Capitol in Albany.
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B.
Rocky Steps
The Rocky Steps are the iconic front steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, famous worldwide as the training run location from the "Rocky" film series and a popular spot for visitors to reenact the scene.
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C.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
- 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: 99 Steps Target entity description: 99 Steps is a historic stone staircase in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, built during the Danish colonial era and now a popular tourist attraction.
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A.
Million Dollar Staircase
The Million Dollar Staircase is an ornate, late-19th-century grand staircase renowned for its elaborate stone carvings and opulent design inside the New York State Capitol in Albany.
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B.
Rocky Steps
The Rocky Steps are the iconic front steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, famous worldwide as the training run location from the "Rocky" film series and a popular spot for visitors to reenact the scene.
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C.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic staircase
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | pedestrians ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAlternativeName |
99 Steps of Charlotte Amalie
ⓘ
linked to:
Charlotte Amalie
|
| hasApproximateNumberOfSteps | 99 ⓘ |
| hasConstructionType | outdoor staircase ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Danish West Indies history ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalCharacteristic |
narrow width
ⓘ
steep incline ⓘ stone treads ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
popular cruise-ship excursion site
ⓘ
symbol of Danish colonial heritage in St. Thomas ⓘ |
| hasTouristActivity |
photography
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ walking tour ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttractionType |
landmark
ⓘ
viewpoint ⓘ |
| heritage | Danish colonial architecture ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Danish colonial era ⓘ |
| isPartOf | urban fabric of Charlotte Amalie ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Charlotte Amalie ⓘ St. Thomas ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Thomas
United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Government Hill area of Charlotte Amalie
ⓘ
historic buildings of Charlotte Amalie ⓘ |
| partOf | historic district of Charlotte Amalie ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pedestrian access
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
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: 99 Steps Description of subject: 99 Steps is a historic stone staircase in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, built during the Danish colonial era and now a popular tourist attraction.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.