David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time
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David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time is a major permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History that explores the history of life on Earth over billions of years through fossils and interactive displays.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1512938 — 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: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time Context triple: [National Museum of Natural History, hasPart, David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time]
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Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver renowned for its extensive biological collections and iconic blue whale skeleton, serving as a public and research facility for the study of biodiversity.
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is a major natural history and science museum in Denver known for its extensive exhibits on anthropology, paleontology, space science, and the natural world, along with an IMAX theater and planetarium.
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Kimball Natural History Museum
The Kimball Natural History Museum is a major exhibit space within San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences that showcases biodiversity, evolution, and the natural world through interactive and specimen-based displays.
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Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center
The Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center is a museum complex at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate that presents exhibits, artifacts, and interactive displays about the life, leadership, and legacy of the first U.S. president.
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Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center is the main visitor facility and eastern gateway to Everglades National Park, offering exhibits, information, and services for park visitors.
- 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: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time Target entity description: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time is a major permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History that explores the history of life on Earth over billions of years through fossils and interactive displays.
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A.
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver renowned for its extensive biological collections and iconic blue whale skeleton, serving as a public and research facility for the study of biodiversity.
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B.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is a major natural history and science museum in Denver known for its extensive exhibits on anthropology, paleontology, space science, and the natural world, along with an IMAX theater and planetarium.
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C.
Kimball Natural History Museum
The Kimball Natural History Museum is a major exhibit space within San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences that showcases biodiversity, evolution, and the natural world through interactive and specimen-based displays.
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D.
Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center
The Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center is a museum complex at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate that presents exhibits, artifacts, and interactive displays about the life, leadership, and legacy of the first U.S. president.
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E.
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center is the main visitor facility and eastern gateway to Everglades National Park, offering exhibits, information, and services for park visitors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum exhibition
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natural history exhibition ⓘ permanent exhibition ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalPurpose |
public education about Earth history
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science communication ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | permanent ⓘ |
| features |
fossil specimens
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interactive displays ⓘ multimedia exhibits ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Earth’s deep time
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fossils ⓘ history of life on Earth ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
dinosaur fossils
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mammal fossils ⓘ marine fossils ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
human impact on Earth’s future
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interconnectedness of life and Earth systems ⓘ long-term environmental change ⓘ |
| hostedBy |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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linked to:
National Museum of Natural History
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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linked to:
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David H. Koch ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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linked to:
National Museum of Natural History
|
| partOf | Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Earth’s geologic history
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climate change over geologic time ⓘ evolution of life ⓘ mass extinctions ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | billions of years ⓘ |
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: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time Description of subject: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time is a major permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History that explores the history of life on Earth over billions of years through fossils and interactive displays.
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