Building 32, MIT
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Building 32 at MIT, also known as the Ray and Maria Stata Center, is a distinctive Frank Gehry–designed academic complex that houses the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and other research groups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Building 32, MIT canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2035694 — 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: Building 32, MIT Context triple: [Building 32, alsoKnownAs, Building 32, MIT]
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A.
MIT Building 2
MIT Building 2 is a historic academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that primarily houses the university’s mathematics department and related classrooms and offices.
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B.
MIT Building 4
MIT Building 4 is a central academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that houses the Institute’s Mathematics Department and various classrooms and offices.
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C.
MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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D.
Kresge Auditorium at MIT
Kresge Auditorium at MIT is a landmark modernist performance hall on the MIT campus, renowned for its distinctive thin-shell concrete dome and innovative architectural design.
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E.
MIT Building E15
MIT Building E15 is the Cambridge, Massachusetts facility that houses the MIT Media Lab and related research programs focused on cutting-edge media, design, and technology.
- 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: Building 32, MIT Target entity description: Building 32 at MIT, also known as the Ray and Maria Stata Center, is a distinctive Frank Gehry–designed academic complex that houses the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and other research groups.
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A.
MIT Building 2
MIT Building 2 is a historic academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that primarily houses the university’s mathematics department and related classrooms and offices.
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B.
MIT Building 4
MIT Building 4 is a central academic building on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus that houses the Institute’s Mathematics Department and various classrooms and offices.
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C.
MIT Building 54
MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.
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D.
Kresge Auditorium at MIT
Kresge Auditorium at MIT is a landmark modernist performance hall on the MIT campus, renowned for its distinctive thin-shell concrete dome and innovative architectural design.
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E.
MIT Building E15
MIT Building E15 is the Cambridge, Massachusetts facility that houses the MIT Media Lab and related research programs focused on cutting-edge media, design, and technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic building
ⓘ
postmodern architecture ⓘ research facility ⓘ university building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ray and Maria Stata Center
ⓘ
linked to:
MIT Stata Center
Stata Center ⓘ
linked to:
MIT Stata Center
|
| architect | Frank Gehry ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm |
Gehry Partners LLP
ⓘ
linked to:
Gehry Partners, LLP
|
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
ⓘ
deconstructivism ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | Building 20, MIT ⓘ |
| campusAddress | 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| campusArea | MIT East Campus ⓘ |
| constructionCompletedYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| contains |
Dreyfoos Tower
ⓘ
Gates Tower ⓘ Stata Center amphitheater ⓘ
linked to:
MIT Stata Center
Student Street ⓘ auditorium ⓘ cafeteria ⓘ underground parking garage ⓘ |
| groundbreakingYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| hasBasementLevels | multiple underground levels ⓘ |
| hasFloorCount | approximately 9 above-ground stories ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administration
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artificial intelligence research ⓘ computer science research ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Stata ⓘ |
| hasPublicArt | interior and exterior installations ⓘ |
| houses |
CSAIL
ⓘ
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ⓘ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offices ⓘ EECS faculty offices ⓘ LIDS ⓘ Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems ⓘ classrooms ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ student spaces ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
| locatedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| material |
brick
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glass ⓘ stainless steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Maria Stata
ⓘ
Ray Stata ⓘ |
| notableFor |
colorful facades
ⓘ
tilted walls and irregular shapes ⓘ unconventional geometry ⓘ |
| openedYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| partOf |
MIT School of Engineering facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
MIT School of Engineering
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing facilities ⓘ
linked to:
Schwarzman College of Computing
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| replaced | MIT Building 20 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Building 32, MIT Description of subject: Building 32 at MIT, also known as the Ray and Maria Stata Center, is a distinctive Frank Gehry–designed academic complex that houses the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and other research groups.
Referenced by (1)
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