Cecil and Ida Green Building

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MIT building academic building high-rise building research facility

The Cecil and Ida Green Building is MIT’s iconic tall concrete structure that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is a prominent feature of the Cambridge campus skyline.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cecil and Ida Green Building canonical	3
Ida Green Communication Center (various institutions)	1
named "Green Building" after benefactor Cecil H. Green	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2076735 — 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: Cecil and Ida Green Building
Context triple: [MIT Building 54, alsoKnownAs, Cecil and Ida Green Building]

A. Greene Building
The Greene Building is a prominent academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, primarily associated with architecture and related design disciplines.
B. Lehmann Building
The Lehmann Building is a facility within the Missouri Botanical Garden complex, likely used for administrative, educational, or research purposes supporting the garden’s botanical mission.
C. Ricketts Building
The Ricketts Building is an academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for engineering and science programs.
D. McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
E. Roger Stevens Building
The Roger Stevens Building is a prominent modernist lecture theatre complex at the University of Leeds, noted for its distinctive brutalist architecture and central role in campus teaching.
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: Cecil and Ida Green Building
Target entity description: The Cecil and Ida Green Building is MIT’s iconic tall concrete structure that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is a prominent feature of the Cambridge campus skyline.

A. Greene Building
The Greene Building is a prominent academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, primarily associated with architecture and related design disciplines.
B. Lehmann Building
The Lehmann Building is a facility within the Missouri Botanical Garden complex, likely used for administrative, educational, or research purposes supporting the garden’s botanical mission.
C. Ricketts Building
The Ricketts Building is an academic facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that houses classrooms, laboratories, and offices for engineering and science programs.
D. McClurg Building
The McClurg Building is a historic Chicago commercial structure recognized as a significant example of early skyscraper design by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche.
E. Roger Stevens Building
The Roger Stevens Building is a prominent modernist lecture theatre complex at the University of Leeds, noted for its distinctive brutalist architecture and central role in campus teaching.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MIT building ⓘ academic building ⓘ high-rise building ⓘ research facility ⓘ
architect	I. M. Pei ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalist architecture ⓘ
campus	MIT main campus ⓘ linked to: MIT Cambridge campus
campusAddress	MIT Building 54 ⓘ
campusArea	east side of MIT campus ⓘ
campusLandmark	MIT skyline ⓘ
city	Cambridge ⓘ linked to: CAMBRIDGE
coordinates	42.3592°N 71.0905°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
designerAffiliation	I. M. Pei & Partners ⓘ linked to: I. M. Pei & Associates
floorCount	about 21 stories ⓘ
function	atmospheric sciences research ⓘ earth sciences research ⓘ planetary sciences research ⓘ
fundedBy	Cecil H. Green and Ida Green ⓘ linked to: Cecil H. Green
hasFacility	classrooms and seminar rooms ⓘ faculty offices ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ rooftop meteorological instruments ⓘ
hasNickname	Green Building ⓘ
hasUse	academic research ⓘ higher education ⓘ
height	about 295 feet ⓘ
houses	MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ⓘ linked to: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
isIconicFor	MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ⓘ linked to: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
locatedIn	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
locatedInCity	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter	Cecil H. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Green ⓘ
notableFeature	open ground-level pilotis ⓘ slender concrete tower form ⓘ tallest building on the MIT campus ⓘ
officialName	Cecil and Ida Green Building ⓘ
opened	1964 ⓘ
owner	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
primaryUse	classrooms ⓘ offices and laboratories ⓘ
shortName	Green Building ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
structuralSystem	reinforced concrete frame ⓘ
visualRole	prominent feature of the Cambridge skyline ⓘ
yearCompleted	1964 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MIT Building 54 → alsoKnownAs → Cecil and Ida Green Building ⓘ

Ida Green → hasNamedAfterHer → Ida Green Communication Center (various institutions) ⓘ

linked to: Cecil and Ida Green Building

Green Building → officialName → Cecil and Ida Green Building ⓘ

Cecil and Ida Green Building → officialName → Cecil and Ida Green Building ⓘ

Building 54 → hasNicknameOrigin → named "Green Building" after benefactor Cecil H. Green ⓘ