First National Bank Building (St. Paul)
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The First National Bank Building in St. Paul is a landmark early 20th-century skyscraper, best known for its iconic rooftop "1st" sign and as a prominent example of architect Cass Gilbert’s commercial high-rise design.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First National Bank Building (Saint Paul) | 3 |
| First National Bank Building (St. Paul) canonical | 2 |
| St. Paul Building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1202957 — 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 National Bank Building (St. Paul) Context triple: [Cass Gilbert, notableWork, First National Bank Building (St. Paul)]
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A.
Cathedral of Saint Paul
The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and architectural landmark in Saint Paul, Minnesota, known for its grand Beaux-Arts design and commanding hilltop presence overlooking the city.
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B.
Marquette Building
The Marquette Building is a landmark early Chicago School skyscraper in downtown Chicago, celebrated for its steel-frame construction and richly ornamented terra-cotta and mosaic detailing.
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C.
James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota
The James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota is a grand Gilded Age mansion-turned-museum that served as the opulent residence of railroad magnate James J. Hill and stands today as a prominent historic landmark.
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D.
May Company Building
The May Company Building is a historic Streamline Moderne department store structure on Los Angeles’s Miracle Mile, now known for housing the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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E.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
- 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 National Bank Building (St. Paul) Target entity description: The First National Bank Building in St. Paul is a landmark early 20th-century skyscraper, best known for its iconic rooftop "1st" sign and as a prominent example of architect Cass Gilbert’s commercial high-rise design.
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A.
Cathedral of Saint Paul
The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and architectural landmark in Saint Paul, Minnesota, known for its grand Beaux-Arts design and commanding hilltop presence overlooking the city.
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B.
Marquette Building
The Marquette Building is a landmark early Chicago School skyscraper in downtown Chicago, celebrated for its steel-frame construction and richly ornamented terra-cotta and mosaic detailing.
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C.
James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota
The James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota is a grand Gilded Age mansion-turned-museum that served as the opulent residence of railroad magnate James J. Hill and stands today as a prominent historic landmark.
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D.
May Company Building
The May Company Building is a historic Streamline Moderne department store structure on Los Angeles’s Miracle Mile, now known for housing the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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E.
McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial high-rise
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landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Cass Gilbert ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century commercial high-rise ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Saint Paul, Minnesota
ⓘ
Cass Gilbert buildings ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Minnesota ⓘ |
| city |
Saint Paul
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Saint Paul
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| function | commercial ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
illuminated rooftop sign
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rooftop "1st" sign ⓘ |
| hasSign | "1st" ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | local landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minnesota
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Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| namedAfter | First National Bank ⓘ |
| notableFor |
example of Cass Gilbert’s commercial high-rise design
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iconic rooftop "1st" sign ⓘ |
| partOf | downtown Saint Paul skyline ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| roleInCity | architectural icon of Saint Paul ⓘ |
| roofFeature | large "1st" sign ⓘ |
| significance | prominent element of Saint Paul’s skyline ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| use |
commercial offices
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office space ⓘ |
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 National Bank Building (St. Paul) Description of subject: The First National Bank Building in St. Paul is a landmark early 20th-century skyscraper, best known for its iconic rooftop "1st" sign and as a prominent example of architect Cass Gilbert’s commercial high-rise design.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First National Bank Building (St. Paul)
linked to: First National Bank Building (St. Paul)
subject linked to:
First National Bank
linked to: First National Bank Building (St. Paul)
linked to: First National Bank Building (St. Paul)