23rd Street NW
E140224
23rd Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Foggy Bottom area near the U.S. Department of State and George Washington University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 23rd Street NW canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T602946 — 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: 23rd Street NW Context triple: [Constitution Avenue NW, crosses, 23rd Street NW]
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A.
19th Street NW
19th Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
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B.
18th Street NW
18th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several prominent neighborhoods and near key federal landmarks.
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C.
Wisconsin Avenue NW
Wisconsin Avenue NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the historic Georgetown neighborhood and serving as a key commercial and transportation corridor.
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D.
15th Street NW
15th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the downtown area near the National Mall and several key federal landmarks.
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E.
M Street NW
M Street NW is a major commercial and historic thoroughfare running through Georgetown in Washington, D.C., known for its shops, restaurants, and vibrant urban streetscape.
- 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: 23rd Street NW Target entity description: 23rd Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Foggy Bottom area near the U.S. Department of State and George Washington University.
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A.
19th Street NW
19th Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
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B.
18th Street NW
18th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several prominent neighborhoods and near key federal landmarks.
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C.
Wisconsin Avenue NW
Wisconsin Avenue NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the historic Georgetown neighborhood and serving as a key commercial and transportation corridor.
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D.
15th Street NW
15th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the downtown area near the National Mall and several key federal landmarks.
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E.
M Street NW
M Street NW is a major commercial and historic thoroughfare running through Georgetown in Washington, D.C., known for its shops, restaurants, and vibrant urban streetscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
thoroughfare ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Foggy Bottom neighborhood
ⓘ
National Mall area ⓘ
linked to:
National Mall
West End neighborhood ⓘ |
| connects |
federal government facilities
ⓘ
residential areas of Northwest D.C. ⓘ university campus areas ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | Northwest street numbering system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | District of Columbia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes in each direction (in some segments) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Constitution Gardens
ⓘ
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (via Lincoln Memorial Circle vicinity) ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
World War II Memorial (via Lincoln Memorial Circle vicinity) ⓘ
linked to:
World War II Memorial
|
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | numbered street system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| near |
Constitution Avenue NW
ⓘ
E Street Expressway ⓘ George Washington University ⓘ George Washington University campus ⓘ
linked to:
Foggy Bottom campus
Harry S Truman Building ⓘ
linked to:
Harry S. Truman Building
K Street NW ⓘ Lincoln Memorial Circle NW ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln Memorial Circle
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ National Mall (western end) ⓘ
linked to:
National Mall
New Hampshire Avenue NW ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ Potomac River (western vicinity) ⓘ
linked to:
Potomac River
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (western vicinity) ⓘ
linked to:
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
U.S. Department of State ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of State
United States Institute of Peace ⓘ Virginia Avenue NW ⓘ Washington Circle NW ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Circle
Washington Metro Foggy Bottom–GWU station ⓘ
linked to:
Foggy Bottom–GWU station
|
| partOf |
Northwest Washington street network
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C. arterial road network
street grid of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Foggy Bottom
ⓘ
linked to:
Foggy Bottom neighborhood
|
| roadType | urban arterial road ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Washington Metro Blue Line (nearby)
ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Line (Washington Metro)
Washington Metro Orange Line (nearby) ⓘ
linked to:
Orange Line (Washington Metro)
Washington Metro Silver Line (nearby) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Metro Silver Line
|
| terminus |
Lincoln Memorial Circle NW
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln Memorial Circle
|
| usedFor |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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: 23rd Street NW Description of subject: 23rd Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Foggy Bottom area near the U.S. Department of State and George Washington University.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.