One Times Square
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One Times Square is a famous skyscraper in New York City best known as the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One Times Square canonical | 4 |
| Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop | 1 |
| Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop site | 1 |
| Times Square New York Times Building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845332 — 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: One Times Square Context triple: [West 42nd Street, passesBy, One Times Square]
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A.
4 Times Square
4 Times Square is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its early adoption of green building technologies and its large illuminated signage in Times Square.
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B.
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
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C.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
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D.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is an iconic 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that was once the world’s tallest building and remains a symbol of New York City.
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E.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
- 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: One Times Square Target entity description: One Times Square is a famous skyscraper in New York City best known as the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.
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A.
4 Times Square
4 Times Square is a prominent skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan known for its early adoption of green building technologies and its large illuminated signage in Times Square.
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B.
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan, famous for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and New Year’s Eve ball drop.
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C.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a famous Art Deco commercial complex in Midtown Manhattan known for its iconic ice-skating rink, Christmas tree, and the Top of the Rock observation deck.
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D.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is an iconic 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that was once the world’s tallest building and remains a symbol of New York City.
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E.
New York City Center
New York City Center is a historic performing arts venue in Midtown Manhattan known for its dance, theater, and music programming, including the renowned Encores! series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
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landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| firstNewYearsEveBallDrop | 1907 ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop
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linked to:
Times Square
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| hasFeature |
LED displays
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New Year’s Eve ball drop pole ⓘ large electronic billboards ⓘ |
| hasFunction | advertising space ⓘ |
| hasIntersection |
Broadway
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Seventh Avenue ⓘ |
| hasLighting | countdown numerals for New Year’s Eve ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | conversion to advertising tower in late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
iconic Times Square advertising tower
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symbol of New Year’s celebrations in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTenantHistory | The New York Times ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttractionRole | New Year’s Eve focal point ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 111 meters
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approximately 363 feet ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Times Square skyline ⓘ |
| knownFor |
New Year’s Eve ball drop
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New Year’s Eve celebrations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
Times Square ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| mediaCoverage | broadcast worldwide during New Year’s Eve ⓘ |
| namedAfter | The New York Times ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 25 ⓘ |
| opened | 1904 ⓘ |
| originalName |
The New York Times Building
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linked to:
New York Times Building
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| originalOwner | The New York Times Company ⓘ |
| overlooks | Times Square ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Jamestown L.P. ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1475 Broadway ⓘ |
| use | primarily advertising ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1904 ⓘ |
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: One Times Square Description of subject: One Times Square is a famous skyscraper in New York City best known as the site of the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: One Times Square
linked to: One Times Square
performed at New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square
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associatedWith
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Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop
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linked to: One Times Square