Walter Kerr Theatre
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The Walter Kerr Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting acclaimed plays and special limited-run events.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Kerr Theatre canonical | 18 |
| Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921706 — 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: Walter Kerr Theatre Context triple: [Springsteen on Broadway, location, Walter Kerr Theatre]
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A.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
The Brooks Atkinson Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major theatrical productions.
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B.
Helen Hayes Theatre
The Helen Hayes Theatre is a historic, intimate Broadway playhouse in New York City known for hosting acclaimed dramatic and comedic productions.
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C.
Harold Prince Theatre
Harold Prince Theatre is a performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, named in honor of the renowned Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.
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D.
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and play productions.
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E.
Neil Simon Theatre
The Neil Simon Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
- 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: Walter Kerr Theatre Target entity description: The Walter Kerr Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting acclaimed plays and special limited-run events.
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A.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
The Brooks Atkinson Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major theatrical productions.
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B.
Helen Hayes Theatre
The Helen Hayes Theatre is a historic, intimate Broadway playhouse in New York City known for hosting acclaimed dramatic and comedic productions.
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C.
Harold Prince Theatre
Harold Prince Theatre is a performance venue within the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, named in honor of the renowned Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.
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D.
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and play productions.
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E.
Neil Simon Theatre
The Neil Simon Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
theatre building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts influenced theatre design ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCategory |
Broadway theatres in Manhattan
ⓘ
Jujamcyn Theaters venues ⓘ Theatres completed in 1921 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Broadway Theatre District
ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| location | 219 West 48th Street, Manhattan, New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Walter Kerr ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting acclaimed plays
ⓘ
limited-run productions ⓘ |
| opened | 1921 ⓘ |
| originalName | The Ritz Theatre ⓘ |
| owner | Jujamcyn Theaters ⓘ |
| partOf | Broadway ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Walter Kerr Theatre ⓘ |
| renamedInHonorOf | Walter Kerr ⓘ |
| renamedYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 975 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| street | West 48th Street ⓘ |
| type | legitimate theatre ⓘ |
| use | live theatre performances ⓘ |
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: Walter Kerr Theatre Description of subject: The Walter Kerr Theatre is a historic Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting acclaimed plays and special limited-run events.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.