National Library of Belarus
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The National Library of Belarus is the country’s main library and an iconic, rhombicuboctahedron-shaped cultural landmark in Minsk known for its vast collections and striking modern architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Library of Belarus canonical | 2 |
| Belarusian State Library | 1 |
| national bibliographic center of Belarus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2002603 — 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: National Library of Belarus Context triple: [Minsk, hasLandmark, National Library of Belarus]
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A.
University of Tartu Library
The University of Tartu Library is the main academic library of the University of Tartu in Estonia, serving as a major national research and cultural repository.
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B.
National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg is one of the country’s oldest and largest research libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and rare manuscripts.
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C.
Museum of the Saved Artistic Values (Brest)
The Museum of the Saved Artistic Values in Brest is a Belarusian museum dedicated to exhibiting artworks and cultural artifacts that were rescued from smuggling, theft, or illegal export.
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D.
Vitebsk State University
Vitebsk State University is a major public higher education institution in Vitebsk, Belarus, offering a wide range of academic programs and research opportunities.
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E.
Jagiellonian Library
The Jagiellonian Library is one of Poland’s oldest and most important academic libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and role in supporting research at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
- 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: National Library of Belarus Target entity description: The National Library of Belarus is the country’s main library and an iconic, rhombicuboctahedron-shaped cultural landmark in Minsk known for its vast collections and striking modern architecture.
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A.
University of Tartu Library
The University of Tartu Library is the main academic library of the University of Tartu in Estonia, serving as a major national research and cultural repository.
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B.
National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg is one of the country’s oldest and largest research libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and rare manuscripts.
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C.
Museum of the Saved Artistic Values (Brest)
The Museum of the Saved Artistic Values in Brest is a Belarusian museum dedicated to exhibiting artworks and cultural artifacts that were rescued from smuggling, theft, or illegal export.
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D.
Vitebsk State University
Vitebsk State University is a major public higher education institution in Vitebsk, Belarus, offering a wide range of academic programs and research opportunities.
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E.
Jagiellonian Library
The Jagiellonian Library is one of Poland’s oldest and most important academic libraries, renowned for its vast historical collections and role in supporting research at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
ⓘ
library building ⓘ national library ⓘ |
| architect |
Mikhail Vinogradov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viktor Kramarenko ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modern architecture ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Piersamajski District, Minsk ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
audio-visual materials
ⓘ
books ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ periodicals ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 8 million items ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 53.9314°N 27.6459°E ⓘ |
| country | Belarus ⓘ |
| floorArea | over 110000 square meters ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of modern Belarusian statehood ⓘ |
| hasDigitalLibrary | National Digital Library of Belarus ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
information and cultural center
ⓘ
national bibliographic center of Belarus ⓘ
linked to:
National Library of Belarus
research library ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book museum
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conference halls ⓘ exhibition spaces ⓘ observation deck ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAttraction |
night illumination of façade
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panoramic viewing platform ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nlb.by ⓘ |
| height | about 73 meters ⓘ |
| inception | 1922 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Belarusian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Minsk Region ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+03:00 ⓘ |
| locatedOnStreet | praspiekt Niezaliežnasci ⓘ |
| location | Minsk ⓘ |
| mainBuildingCompleted | 2006 ⓘ |
| numberOfFloorsAboveGround | 23 ⓘ |
| operator | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus ⓘ |
| originalName |
Belarusian State Library
ⓘ
linked to:
National Library of Belarus
|
| ownedBy | Government of Belarus ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| renamedAs | National Library of Belarus ⓘ |
| servesAs | legal deposit library of Belarus ⓘ |
| shape | rhombicuboctahedron ⓘ |
| significantBuilding | iconic landmark of Minsk ⓘ |
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: National Library of Belarus Description of subject: The National Library of Belarus is the country’s main library and an iconic, rhombicuboctahedron-shaped cultural landmark in Minsk known for its vast collections and striking modern architecture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Library of Belarus
linked to: National Library of Belarus