Minneapolis Central Library
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Minneapolis Central Library is a prominent contemporary public library in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its striking glass-and-steel design and role as the flagship branch of the city's library system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minneapolis Central Library canonical | 6 |
| Minneapolis Public Library system main branch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2388799 — 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: Minneapolis Central Library Context triple: [César Pelli, notableWork, Minneapolis Central Library]
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A.
Saint Paul Public Library
Saint Paul Public Library is the public library system serving the residents of Saint Paul, Minnesota, providing access to books, digital resources, and community programs across multiple neighborhood branches.
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B.
Hibbing Public Library
Hibbing Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Hibbing, Minnesota, providing access to books, media, and local resources.
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C.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is a major fine arts museum in Minneapolis renowned for its extensive global art collection spanning thousands of years and diverse cultures.
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D.
Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
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E.
Dewey Library
Dewey Library is a specialized library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on management, business, and social science resources.
- 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: Minneapolis Central Library Target entity description: Minneapolis Central Library is a prominent contemporary public library in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its striking glass-and-steel design and role as the flagship branch of the city's library system.
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A.
Saint Paul Public Library
Saint Paul Public Library is the public library system serving the residents of Saint Paul, Minnesota, providing access to books, digital resources, and community programs across multiple neighborhood branches.
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B.
Hibbing Public Library
Hibbing Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Hibbing, Minnesota, providing access to books, media, and local resources.
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C.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is a major fine arts museum in Minneapolis renowned for its extensive global art collection spanning thousands of years and diverse cultures.
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D.
Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
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E.
Dewey Library
Dewey Library is a specialized library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on management, business, and social science resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
library branch ⓘ public library ⓘ |
| architect |
César Pelli
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MSR Design ⓘ Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 44.978°N 93.271°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| floorCount | 5 ⓘ |
| function |
community gathering space
ⓘ
lending library ⓘ research library ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
books
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digital media ⓘ periodicals ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
auditorium
ⓘ
children’s library area ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ public computers ⓘ special collections ⓘ study rooms ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
green roof
ⓘ
large atrium ⓘ skyway connections ⓘ underground parking garage ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hennepin County
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Minneapolis ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ downtown Minneapolis ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
concrete
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glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| name | Minneapolis Central Library ⓘ |
| opened | May 20, 2006 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Hennepin County Library ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Hennepin County ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hennepin County Library system
ⓘ
linked to:
Hennepin County Library
|
| publicTransitAccess |
METRO light rail
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multiple bus routes on Nicollet Mall ⓘ |
| replaced | previous Minneapolis Central Library building ⓘ |
| role |
flagship branch of Hennepin County Library
ⓘ
main public library for Minneapolis ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 300 Nicollet Mall ⓘ |
| website | https://www.hclib.org/locations/minneapolis-central ⓘ |
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: Minneapolis Central Library Description of subject: Minneapolis Central Library is a prominent contemporary public library in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its striking glass-and-steel design and role as the flagship branch of the city's library system.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.