First Union Spectrum
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First Union Spectrum was the former name of the Philadelphia indoor arena historically known as the Spectrum, which hosted major sports and entertainment events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Union Spectrum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2427480 — 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: First Union Spectrum Context triple: [Spectrum, formerName, First Union Spectrum]
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A.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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B.
Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre is a large regional shopping mall in Frisco, Texas, featuring numerous retail stores, dining options, and entertainment venues.
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C.
Comerica Bank Tower
Comerica Bank Tower is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in the Dallas skyline, known for its distinctive stepped design and role as a major office building in the city’s central business district.
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D.
BankAtlantic Center
BankAtlantic Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sunrise, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NHL’s Florida Panthers.
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E.
Spectrum Center
Spectrum Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, best known as the primary venue for professional basketball and major entertainment events in the city.
- 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: First Union Spectrum Target entity description: First Union Spectrum was the former name of the Philadelphia indoor arena historically known as the Spectrum, which hosted major sports and entertainment events.
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A.
Pennzoil Place
Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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B.
Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre is a large regional shopping mall in Frisco, Texas, featuring numerous retail stores, dining options, and entertainment venues.
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C.
Comerica Bank Tower
Comerica Bank Tower is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in the Dallas skyline, known for its distinctive stepped design and role as a major office building in the city’s central business district.
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D.
BankAtlantic Center
BankAtlantic Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sunrise, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NHL’s Florida Panthers.
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E.
Spectrum Center
Spectrum Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, best known as the primary venue for professional basketball and major entertainment events in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Spectrum
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectrum
|
| city | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerNameOf | Spectrum ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Defunct indoor arenas in the United States
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Former National Basketball Association venues ⓘ Former National Hockey League venues ⓘ Music venues in Philadelphia ⓘ Sports venues in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| hasNamingRightsHolder | First Union Corporation ⓘ |
| hasSurface | multi-surface ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
AHL games
ⓘ
Major Indoor Soccer League games ⓘ NBA games ⓘ NHL games ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Philadelphia ⓘ |
| location |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| partOf |
National Basketball Association venues
ⓘ
linked to:
National Basketball Association
National Hockey League venues ⓘ South Philadelphia Sports Complex ⓘ |
| predecessorName |
CoreStates Spectrum
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectrum
|
| sponsoredBy | First Union Corporation ⓘ |
| successorName |
Wachovia Spectrum
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Wells Fargo Spectrum ⓘ
linked to:
Wachovia Spectrum
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| tenant |
Philadelphia 76ers
ⓘ
Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ Philadelphia KiXX ⓘ Philadelphia Phantoms ⓘ |
| usedByLeague |
AHL
ⓘ
linked to:
American Hockey League
MISL ⓘ NBA ⓘ
linked to:
National Basketball Association
NHL ⓘ
linked to:
National Hockey League
|
| usedFor |
basketball games
ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ concerts ⓘ family entertainment shows ⓘ ice hockey games ⓘ indoor soccer games ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
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: First Union Spectrum Description of subject: First Union Spectrum was the former name of the Philadelphia indoor arena historically known as the Spectrum, which hosted major sports and entertainment events.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.