Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW
E172531
Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW is a major intersection on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., located near prominent Smithsonian museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW canonical | 1 |
| Independence Avenue SW (Forrestal Building) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1505521 — 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: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW Context triple: [Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, streetAddress, Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW]
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A.
Virginia Avenue NW
Virginia Avenue NW is a major street in Washington, D.C., that runs through the Foggy Bottom area near key federal buildings and institutions.
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B.
23rd Street NW
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Columbia Road NW
Columbia Road NW is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, known for its dense mix of apartments, shops, restaurants, and nightlife.
- 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: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW Target entity description: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW is a major intersection on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., located near prominent Smithsonian museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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A.
Virginia Avenue NW
Virginia Avenue NW is a major street in Washington, D.C., that runs through the Foggy Bottom area near key federal buildings and institutions.
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B.
23rd Street NW
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Columbia Road NW
Columbia Road NW is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, known for its dense mix of apartments, shops, restaurants, and nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road intersection
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street junction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
National Mall parkland
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linked to:
National Mall
Smithsonian museum grounds ⓘ
linked to:
National Mall
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| approximateLatitude | 38.887 ⓘ |
| approximateLongitude | -77.022 ⓘ |
| bicycleFacilities | nearby bike lanes and paths ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| governingBody |
District of Columbia government
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linked to:
Government of the District of Columbia
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| hasCrosswalks | pedestrian crosswalks ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 20024 ⓘ |
| hasRoadType | urban arterial ⓘ |
| hasTrafficControl | traffic signals ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
U.S. Capitol (distant view along Independence Avenue)
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linked to:
United States Capitol grounds
|
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southwest Waterfront neighborhood
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linked to:
Southwest Waterfront
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
7th Street SW
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Independence Avenue SW ⓘ |
| near |
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Jefferson Drive SW (parallel mall roadway) ⓘ
linked to:
Jefferson Drive SW
L’Enfant Plaza ⓘ Maryland Avenue SW (nearby alignment) ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland Avenue SW
National Air and Space Museum ⓘ National Mall Smithsonian museums ⓘ
linked to:
Smithsonian Institution buildings
National Mall open spaces ⓘ National Museum of the American Indian ⓘ United States Department of Education headquarters ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Department of Education headquarters
|
| nearMetroStation |
L’Enfant Plaza station
ⓘ
linked to:
L'Enfant Plaza station
Smithsonian station ⓘ |
| partOf | National Mall ⓘ |
| pedestrianAccess | yes ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | yes ⓘ |
| region | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| roadNetworkRole | major east–west corridor on the National Mall ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures | signalized pedestrian crossings ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | high ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pedestrian circulation
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tourist access to museums ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| zoningContext | federal precinct ⓘ |
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: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW Description of subject: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW is a major intersection on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., located near prominent Smithsonian museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Department of Energy headquarters
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locatedOnStreet
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Independence Avenue SW (Forrestal Building)
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linked to: Independence Avenue SW & 7th Street SW