Arthur Loomis Harmon
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Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur Loomis Harmon canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T234690 — 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: Arthur Loomis Harmon Context triple: [Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, foundedBy, Arthur Loomis Harmon]
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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B.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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C.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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D.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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E.
Herbert L. Anderson
Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
- 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: Arthur Loomis Harmon Target entity description: Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
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A.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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B.
Albert D. Wheelon
Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
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C.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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D.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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E.
Herbert L. Anderson
Herbert L. Anderson was an American experimental physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear chain reaction and early atomic research during the Manhattan Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed |
Empire State Building
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Jerusalem International YMCA ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Columbia University School of Architecture ⓘ |
| employer | Shreve, Lamb & Harmon ⓘ |
| familyName | Harmon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
Art Deco architecture
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skyscraper design ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| hasPartner |
Richmond H. Shreve
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William F. Lamb ⓘ |
| industry | construction ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Institute of Architects ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
3 Park Avenue
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Boeing Building (Chicago) ⓘ Daily News Building ⓘ Empire State Building ⓘ Jerusalem International YMCA ⓘ Luxury apartment buildings in New York City ⓘ RCA Building ⓘ Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Office Building ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| partnerIn | Shreve, Lamb & Harmon ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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: Arthur Loomis Harmon Description of subject: Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.