California Academy of Sciences building
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The California Academy of Sciences building is a landmark sustainable museum complex in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, renowned for its innovative green roof and integration of natural history, aquarium, and planetarium spaces.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| California Academy of Sciences | 25 |
| California Academy of Sciences building canonical | 5 |
| California Academy of Sciences building (original, San Francisco) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225296 — 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: California Academy of Sciences building Context triple: [Renzo Piano, notableWork, California Academy of Sciences building]
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A.
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in the city’s Civic Center, serving as the seat of government and a prominent architectural symbol of San Francisco.
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B.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in New York City, famous for its distinctive spiral building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
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D.
West Building
West Building is one of the main wings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., housing a significant collection of Western art.
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Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
The Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is an MIT research hub focused on innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary urban design, planning, and policy challenges.
- 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: California Academy of Sciences building Target entity description: The California Academy of Sciences building is a landmark sustainable museum complex in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, renowned for its innovative green roof and integration of natural history, aquarium, and planetarium spaces.
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A.
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts landmark in the city’s Civic Center, serving as the seat of government and a prominent architectural symbol of San Francisco.
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B.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in New York City, famous for its distinctive spiral building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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C.
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental Beaux-Arts structure in San Francisco originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition and now a popular cultural and scenic landmark.
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D.
West Building
West Building is one of the main wings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., housing a significant collection of Western art.
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E.
Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
The Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is an MIT research hub focused on innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary urban design, planning, and policy challenges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aquarium building
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museum building ⓘ planetarium building ⓘ science museum building ⓘ sustainable building ⓘ |
| architect | Renzo Piano ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
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sustainable architecture ⓘ |
| awarded | LEED Platinum certification ⓘ |
| city | San Francisco ⓘ |
| client |
California Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
California Academy of Sciences building
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| contains |
Kimball Natural History Museum
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Morrison Planetarium ⓘ Steinhart Aquarium ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| feature |
daylighting design
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energy-efficient design ⓘ green roof ⓘ indoor rainforest exhibit ⓘ integrated aquarium ⓘ integrated planetarium ⓘ living roof ⓘ natural history exhibition spaces ⓘ natural ventilation systems ⓘ skylights ⓘ solar panels ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 37,000 square meters ⓘ |
| LEEDRating | Platinum ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedInPark | Golden Gate Park ⓘ |
| location | Golden Gate Park ⓘ |
| name | California Academy of Sciences building ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| partOf |
California Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
California Academy of Sciences building
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| recognizedAs | landmark green building ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | innovative sustainable design ⓘ |
| reopenedOn | September 27, 2008 ⓘ |
| replaced | original California Academy of Sciences facility damaged in 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ |
| roofArea | approximately 2.5 acres ⓘ |
| roofType | undulating green roof ⓘ |
| roofVegetation | native plant species ⓘ |
| state |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| use |
aquarium
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educational facility ⓘ museum ⓘ planetarium ⓘ research facility ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: California Academy of Sciences building Description of subject: The California Academy of Sciences building is a landmark sustainable museum complex in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, renowned for its innovative green roof and integration of natural history, aquarium, and planetarium spaces.
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