Manhattan Municipal Building
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Beaux-Arts building
New York City designated landmark
government building
office building
skyscraper
The Manhattan Municipal Building is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that houses numerous New York City government offices and is noted for its grand architectural design.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manhattan Municipal Building canonical | 23 |
| Municipal Building (Manhattan) | 2 |
| New York City Municipal Building | 2 |
| Cathedral of Commerce of New York | 1 |
| Municipal Building, Manhattan | 1 |
| New York Municipal Building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1365531 — 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: Manhattan Municipal Building Context triple: [One Police Plaza, near, Manhattan Municipal Building]
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A.
New York Court of Appeals Building
The New York Court of Appeals Building is the historic courthouse in Albany that houses New York State’s highest court.
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RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
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New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic municipal building in Lower Manhattan that houses the offices of the Mayor and the New York City Council.
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Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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E.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
- 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: Manhattan Municipal Building Target entity description: The Manhattan Municipal Building is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that houses numerous New York City government offices and is noted for its grand architectural design.
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A.
New York Court of Appeals Building
The New York Court of Appeals Building is the historic courthouse in Albany that houses New York State’s highest court.
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B.
RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
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C.
New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic municipal building in Lower Manhattan that houses the offices of the Mayor and the New York City Council.
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D.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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E.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Manhattan Municipal Building Description of subject: The Manhattan Municipal Building is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that houses numerous New York City government offices and is noted for its grand architectural design.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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New York county
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New York City Subway Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station (4,5,6)
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African Burial Ground and the Commons Historic District
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contains
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Municipal Building (Manhattan)
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Civic Fame statue
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Civic Fame statue
Chambers Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
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Manhattan Municipal Building
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subject linked to:
Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan