Sterling Memorial Library
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Sterling Memorial Library is the largest and most iconic library at Yale University, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and extensive research collections.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sterling Memorial Library canonical | 15 |
| Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University | 2 |
| Yale University Sterling Memorial Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T52377 — 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: Sterling Memorial Library Context triple: [Yale University campus, hasPart, Sterling Memorial Library]
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A.
Hayden Library
Hayden Library is the main humanities and science library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serving as a central hub for research and study on campus.
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B.
Widener Library
Widener Library is Harvard University's principal humanities and social sciences library and one of the largest university libraries in the world.
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C.
Harvard Library
Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
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D.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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E.
Houghton Library
Houghton Library is Harvard University's principal rare books and manuscripts library, renowned for its extensive collections of literary, historical, and cultural materials.
- 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: Sterling Memorial Library Target entity description: Sterling Memorial Library is the largest and most iconic library at Yale University, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and extensive research collections.
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A.
Hayden Library
Hayden Library is the main humanities and science library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serving as a central hub for research and study on campus.
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B.
Widener Library
Widener Library is Harvard University's principal humanities and social sciences library and one of the largest university libraries in the world.
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C.
Harvard Library
Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
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D.
Lamont Library
Lamont Library is an undergraduate-focused library at Harvard University known for its extensive collections, study spaces, and late-night access.
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E.
Houghton Library
Houghton Library is Harvard University's principal rare books and manuscripts library, renowned for its extensive collections of literary, historical, and cultural materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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research library ⓘ university library building ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yale University ⓘ |
| architect | James Gamble Rogers ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Collegiate Gothic
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Gothic Revival ⓘ |
| buildingType | library building ⓘ |
| collectionSize | millions of volumes ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| floorCount | 15 ⓘ |
| function |
main library of Yale University
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research library ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
archives
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area studies collections ⓘ humanities collections ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ rare books ⓘ social sciences collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | iconic library of Yale University ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
courtyard
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exhibition spaces ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ reference desks ⓘ study spaces ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Gothic nave-like central hall
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cloister-like corridors ⓘ ornate entrance hall ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ |
| hasOnlineCatalog | Orbis ⓘ |
| hasService |
instructional services
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interlibrary loan ⓘ research support ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| isMainLibraryOf |
Yale College
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linked to:
Yale University
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Yale University campus ⓘ |
| name | Sterling Memorial Library ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John W. Sterling ⓘ |
| opened | 1931 ⓘ |
| operator |
Yale University Library
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linked to:
Yale University Library system
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| partOf | Yale University Library system ⓘ |
| relativeSize | largest library at Yale University ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | 2014 ⓘ |
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: Sterling Memorial Library Description of subject: Sterling Memorial Library is the largest and most iconic library at Yale University, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and extensive research collections.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sterling Memorial Library
linked to: Sterling Memorial Library
linked to: Sterling Memorial Library