St. Louis county courthouse
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St. Louis County Courthouse is a historic judicial building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, notable for its 19th-century architecture and role in landmark legal cases such as the Dred Scott decision.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Courthouse (St. Louis) | 1 |
| Old Courthouse (St. Louis, Missouri) | 1 |
| St. Louis County Courthouse | 1 |
| St. Louis county courthouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1596395 — 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: St. Louis county courthouse Context triple: [Old Courthouse (St. Louis), originalFunction, St. Louis county courthouse]
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A.
Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)
The Railway Exchange Building in St. Louis is a historic early 20th-century commercial skyscraper known for its grand Beaux-Arts design and long association with major department stores.
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B.
Missouri State Capitol
The Missouri State Capitol is the seat of Missouri's state government, known for its grand domed architecture and prominent location overlooking the Missouri River.
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C.
Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City
The Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City is a historic government building that serves as a primary judicial and administrative center for Jackson County, Missouri.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in St. Louis renowned for its vast collection of intricate mosaics and grand Byzantine- and Romanesque-inspired architecture.
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E.
Memphis City Hall
Memphis City Hall is the primary municipal government building of Memphis, Tennessee, housing the offices and chambers where the city’s executive and legislative functions are conducted.
- 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: St. Louis county courthouse Target entity description: St. Louis County Courthouse is a historic judicial building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, notable for its 19th-century architecture and role in landmark legal cases such as the Dred Scott decision.
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A.
Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)
The Railway Exchange Building in St. Louis is a historic early 20th-century commercial skyscraper known for its grand Beaux-Arts design and long association with major department stores.
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B.
Missouri State Capitol
The Missouri State Capitol is the seat of Missouri's state government, known for its grand domed architecture and prominent location overlooking the Missouri River.
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C.
Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City
The Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City is a historic government building that serves as a primary judicial and administrative center for Jackson County, Missouri.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in St. Louis renowned for its vast collection of intricate mosaics and grand Byzantine- and Romanesque-inspired architecture.
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E.
Memphis City Hall
Memphis City Hall is the primary municipal government building of Memphis, Tennessee, housing the offices and chambers where the city’s executive and legislative functions are conducted.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courthouse
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
Courthouses in Missouri ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of 19th-century civic architecture in St. Louis ⓘ |
| hasFunction | court of law ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
St. Louis County (historical context)
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis County, Missouri
|
| hasLegalSignificance | site of important U.S. legal history ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic courthouse ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
downtown St. Louis ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
St. Louis County
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis County, Missouri
|
| notableFor |
association with the Dred Scott decision
ⓘ
role in landmark legal cases ⓘ |
| partOf | downtown St. Louis historic fabric ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| usedFor | judicial functions ⓘ |
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: St. Louis county courthouse Description of subject: St. Louis County Courthouse is a historic judicial building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, notable for its 19th-century architecture and role in landmark legal cases such as the Dred Scott decision.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Old Courthouse
linked to: St. Louis county courthouse
linked to: St. Louis county courthouse
linked to: St. Louis county courthouse