LaSalle Street Bridge
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The LaSalle Street Bridge is a historic double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, carrying LaSalle Street over the Chicago River and serving as an iconic part of the city's riverfront architecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LaSalle Street Bridge canonical | 2 |
| Chicago bascule bridge system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679360 — 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: LaSalle Street Bridge Context triple: [Chicago River, hasNotableBridge, LaSalle Street Bridge]
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A.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
DuSable Bridge
DuSable Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, renowned as a key landmark connecting Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River.
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C.
University Avenue Bridge
The University Avenue Bridge is a historic movable bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, carrying University Avenue over the Schuylkill River and serving as an important connection between West Philadelphia and the city's medical and university districts.
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D.
Park Avenue Bridge
The Park Avenue Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge in New York City that carries Metro-North Railroad tracks between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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E.
145th Street Bridge
The 145th Street Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- 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: LaSalle Street Bridge Target entity description: The LaSalle Street Bridge is a historic double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, carrying LaSalle Street over the Chicago River and serving as an iconic part of the city's riverfront architecture.
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A.
Willis Avenue Bridge
The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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B.
DuSable Bridge
DuSable Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, renowned as a key landmark connecting Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River.
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C.
University Avenue Bridge
The University Avenue Bridge is a historic movable bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, carrying University Avenue over the Schuylkill River and serving as an important connection between West Philadelphia and the city's medical and university districts.
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D.
Park Avenue Bridge
The Park Avenue Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge in New York City that carries Metro-North Railroad tracks between Manhattan and the Bronx.
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E.
145th Street Bridge
The 145th Street Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bascule bridge
ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ movable bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ |
| carries | LaSalle Street ⓘ |
| connects |
north bank of Chicago River
ⓘ
south bank of Chicago River ⓘ |
| connectsNeighborhood |
Chicago Loop
ⓘ
River North ⓘ
linked to:
River North, Chicago
|
| crosses |
Chicago River
ⓘ
Main Branch of the Chicago River ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago River
|
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | Chicago landmark river crossing ⓘ |
| hasDesign | double-leaf bascule ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bridge houses
ⓘ
movable roadway leaves ⓘ ornamental railings ⓘ sidewalks ⓘ street lighting ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| hasLowerDeckFunction | service and utilities ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLeaves | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | 1 ⓘ |
| hasType | double-deck bascule bridge ⓘ |
| hasUpperDeckFunction | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Chicago financial district
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Loop
|
| isIconicFor | Chicago riverfront architecture ⓘ |
| isMaintainedBy |
Chicago Department of Transportation
ⓘ
City of Chicago ⓘ |
| isNotableAs | example of Chicago-style trunnion bascule bridge ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chicago Riverwalk area
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Riverwalk
Chicago bascule bridge system ⓘ
linked to:
LaSalle Street Bridge
Chicago riverfront ⓘ |
| isPhotographedFor | cityscape views of Chicago ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
buses
ⓘ
cars ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
tourist sightseeing ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom |
Chicago Riverwalk
ⓘ
tour boats on the Chicago River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago Loop community area ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago Loop
Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
downtown Chicago ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: LaSalle Street Bridge Description of subject: The LaSalle Street Bridge is a historic double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, carrying LaSalle Street over the Chicago River and serving as an iconic part of the city's riverfront architecture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: LaSalle Street Bridge