Rochester War Memorial
E130392
Rochester War Memorial is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Rochester, New York, historically known as the home court of the NBA’s Rochester Royals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rochester Community War Memorial | 2 |
| Rochester War Memorial canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1131551 — 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: Rochester War Memorial Context triple: [Rochester Royals, homeArena, Rochester War Memorial]
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A.
Eccles War Memorial
The Eccles War Memorial is a commemorative monument in Eccles, England, honoring local residents who lost their lives in military service during the world wars.
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B.
Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division War Memorial is a monument in London commemorating the officers and men of the Royal Naval Division who died in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
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C.
Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial
The Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial is a historic bronze statue and monument in Gloucester, Massachusetts, honoring the thousands of local fishermen lost at sea.
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D.
Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial is a grand Victorian Gothic monument in London dedicated to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, renowned for its ornate design and prominent location in Kensington Gardens.
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E.
National War Memorial
The National War Memorial is a prominent Canadian monument in downtown Ottawa that commemorates the sacrifice of Canadian Armed Forces members in conflicts throughout the nation’s history.
- 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: Rochester War Memorial Target entity description: Rochester War Memorial is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Rochester, New York, historically known as the home court of the NBA’s Rochester Royals.
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A.
Eccles War Memorial
The Eccles War Memorial is a commemorative monument in Eccles, England, honoring local residents who lost their lives in military service during the world wars.
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B.
Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division War Memorial is a monument in London commemorating the officers and men of the Royal Naval Division who died in World War I and subsequent conflicts.
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C.
Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial
The Gloucester Fishermen’s Memorial is a historic bronze statue and monument in Gloucester, Massachusetts, honoring the thousands of local fishermen lost at sea.
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D.
Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial is a grand Victorian Gothic monument in London dedicated to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, renowned for its ornate design and prominent location in Kensington Gardens.
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E.
National War Memorial
The National War Memorial is a prominent Canadian monument in downtown Ottawa that commemorates the sacrifice of Canadian Armed Forces members in conflicts throughout the nation’s history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indoor arena
ⓘ
multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rochester War Memorial Arena
ⓘ
War Memorial ⓘ |
| cityServed | Rochester metropolitan area ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1955 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
Rochester Community War Memorial
ⓘ
linked to:
Rochester War Memorial
|
| hasFunction |
concert venue
ⓘ
convention venue ⓘ entertainment venue ⓘ |
| leagueOfFormerTenant | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| leagueOfTenant | American Hockey League ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| location |
Rochester, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Rochester
|
| namedFor | war veterans ⓘ |
| opened | 1955 ⓘ |
| operator |
City of Rochester
ⓘ
linked to:
Rochester
|
| owner |
City of Rochester
ⓘ
linked to:
Rochester
|
| primaryUse |
basketball venue
ⓘ
ice hockey venue ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | Rochester public transit ⓘ |
| sport |
basketball
ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| tenant |
Rochester Americans
ⓘ
Rochester Royals ⓘ |
| usedAsHomeCourtOf | Rochester Royals ⓘ |
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: Rochester War Memorial Description of subject: Rochester War Memorial is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Rochester, New York, historically known as the home court of the NBA’s Rochester Royals.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rochester War Memorial
linked to: Rochester War Memorial