Columbia Center
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Columbia Center is a prominent skyscraper and one of the tallest and most recognizable office towers in Seattle, Washington.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Columbia Center canonical | 10 |
| Columbia Seafirst Center | 2 |
| Columbia Center (Seattle) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1902889 — 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: Columbia Center Context triple: [Downtown Seattle, contains, Columbia Center]
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A.
Sullivan Center
The Sullivan Center is a historic Chicago building renowned for its Louis Sullivan–designed architecture and prominent role as a former department store, now housing retail and educational spaces.
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B.
Century Center
Century Center is a satellite campus of Pensacola State College that provides local access to the college’s academic and workforce education programs.
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C.
Civic Center
Civic Center is a government and administrative district in Lower Manhattan known for its concentration of courthouses and municipal buildings.
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D.
Federal Center Plaza
Federal Center Plaza is a prominent government office complex and public space located in Chicago’s Loop district.
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E.
Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza is a landmark Dallas skyscraper known for its distinctive green argon-outline lighting and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable buildings.
- 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: Columbia Center Target entity description: Columbia Center is a prominent skyscraper and one of the tallest and most recognizable office towers in Seattle, Washington.
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A.
Sullivan Center
The Sullivan Center is a historic Chicago building renowned for its Louis Sullivan–designed architecture and prominent role as a former department store, now housing retail and educational spaces.
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B.
Century Center
Century Center is a satellite campus of Pensacola State College that provides local access to the college’s academic and workforce education programs.
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C.
Civic Center
Civic Center is a government and administrative district in Lower Manhattan known for its concentration of courthouses and municipal buildings.
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D.
Federal Center Plaza
Federal Center Plaza is a prominent government office complex and public space located in Chicago’s Loop district.
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E.
Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza is a landmark Dallas skyscraper known for its distinctive green argon-outline lighting and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Chester L. Lindsey Architects ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType | office ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | King County ⓘ |
| developer | Martin Selig ⓘ |
| elevatorCount | over 40 ⓘ |
| floorCount | 76 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Bank of America Tower
ⓘ
Columbia Seafirst Center ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Center
|
| hasAmenity |
cafes
ⓘ
conference facilities ⓘ fitness center ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| hasNickName | Columbia Tower ⓘ |
| hasObservationDeck | yes ⓘ |
| hasParking | yes ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccessArea | indoor observation space ⓘ |
| hasSkyLobby | yes ⓘ |
| hasTenantType |
financial services companies
ⓘ
law firms ⓘ technology companies ⓘ |
| heightInFeet | approximately 933 ft ⓘ |
| heightToArchitecturalTop | approximately 284 m ⓘ |
| heightToRoof | approximately 284 m ⓘ |
| isAmongTallestBuildingsIn | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| isTallestBuildingIn | Seattle (for many years after completion) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Seattle
ⓘ
linked to:
downtown Seattle
|
| location | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dark glass and aluminum facade
ⓘ
three-part stepped massing ⓘ |
| observationDeckLocation | 73rd floor ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| owner | Gaw Capital Partners ⓘ |
| skylineRole | landmark of the Seattle skyline ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 701 Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| use |
office
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| viewFeature | panoramic views of Seattle and Puget Sound ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1985 ⓘ |
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: Columbia Center Description of subject: Columbia Center is a prominent skyscraper and one of the tallest and most recognizable office towers in Seattle, Washington.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
downtown Seattle
linked to: Columbia Center
linked to: Columbia Center
linked to: Columbia Center