California State Building
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The California State Building was a prominent exhibition structure showcasing California’s achievements and identity at the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Building canonical | 4 |
| California Building | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1675241 — 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: California State Building Context triple: [Panama–California Exposition, featuredBuilding, California State Building]
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A.
California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is the historic government building in Sacramento that houses the chambers and offices of the state's legislative and executive branches.
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B.
Sacramento City Hall
Sacramento City Hall is the main municipal government building of Sacramento, California, housing the mayor’s office, city administration, and the chambers of the Sacramento City Council.
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C.
Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
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D.
San Francisco Federal Building
The San Francisco Federal Building is a prominent contemporary government office tower in San Francisco known for its unconventional, energy-efficient design by architect Thom Mayne.
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E.
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in the city’s Civic Center, serving as the seat of government and a prominent architectural symbol of San Francisco.
- 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: California State Building Target entity description: The California State Building was a prominent exhibition structure showcasing California’s achievements and identity at the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego in the early 20th century.
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A.
California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is the historic government building in Sacramento that houses the chambers and offices of the state's legislative and executive branches.
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B.
Sacramento City Hall
Sacramento City Hall is the main municipal government building of Sacramento, California, housing the mayor’s office, city administration, and the chambers of the Sacramento City Council.
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C.
Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
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D.
San Francisco Federal Building
The San Francisco Federal Building is a prominent contemporary government office tower in San Francisco known for its unconventional, energy-efficient design by architect Thom Mayne.
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E.
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in the city’s Civic Center, serving as the seat of government and a prominent architectural symbol of San Francisco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exhibition building
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temporary exposition building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th‑century exposition architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Panama–California Exposition organizers
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State of California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| category |
historic exposition structure in San Diego
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world’s fair pavilion ⓘ |
| city | San Diego ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Panama–California Exposition era
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linked to:
Panama–California Exposition
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| expositionType |
Panama–California Exposition pavilion
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linked to:
Panama–California Exposition
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| function |
exhibition of California’s achievements
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promotion of California’s identity ⓘ |
| locatedInArea |
Balboa Park, San Diego
ⓘ
linked to:
Balboa Park
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| locatedInEvent | Panama–California Exposition ⓘ |
| locatedInVenue | Panama–California Exposition grounds ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| name | California State Building ⓘ |
| notableFor |
representing California at an international exposition
ⓘ
showcasing California’s economic and cultural achievements ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| subjectOf | historical accounts of the Panama–California Exposition ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| use | display of exhibits related to California ⓘ |
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: California State Building Description of subject: The California State Building was a prominent exhibition structure showcasing California’s achievements and identity at the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: California State Building
linked to: California State Building
linked to: California State Building