Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner)
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The Union Carbide Building is a modernist skyscraper in New York City, designed in the mid-20th century by architect Gordon Bunshaft while he was a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2802994 — 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)
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Target entity: Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner) Context triple: [Gordon Bunshaft, notableWork, Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner)]
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A.
Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer)
The Pan Am Building in New York (now the MetLife Building) is a massive mid-20th-century modernist office skyscraper that became a prominent, controversial landmark over Park Avenue and Grand Central Terminal.
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B.
Socony–Mobil Building
The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
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C.
General Motors Building
The General Motors Building is a prominent modernist office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its prime Fifth Avenue location and high-profile commercial tenants.
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D.
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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E.
Greenleaf Building
The Greenleaf Building is a notable campus landmark of Shaw University, likely serving as an important academic or administrative facility associated with the institution’s historic legacy.
- 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: Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner) Target entity description: The Union Carbide Building is a modernist skyscraper in New York City, designed in the mid-20th century by architect Gordon Bunshaft while he was a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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A.
Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer)
The Pan Am Building in New York (now the MetLife Building) is a massive mid-20th-century modernist office skyscraper that became a prominent, controversial landmark over Park Avenue and Grand Central Terminal.
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B.
Socony–Mobil Building
The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
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C.
General Motors Building
The General Motors Building is a prominent modernist office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its prime Fifth Avenue location and high-profile commercial tenants.
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D.
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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E.
Greenleaf Building
The Greenleaf Building is a notable campus landmark of Shaw University, likely serving as an important academic or administrative facility associated with the institution’s historic legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect | Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernism ⓘ |
| associatedFirm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedBy | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| function | corporate headquarters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| material |
aluminum
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
International Style design
ⓘ
curtain wall façade ⓘ |
| originalClient | Union Carbide Corporation ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | steel frame ⓘ |
| use | commercial offices ⓘ |
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: Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner) Description of subject: The Union Carbide Building is a modernist skyscraper in New York City, designed in the mid-20th century by architect Gordon Bunshaft while he was a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.