National Museum of American History
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The National Museum of American History is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to preserving and interpreting the political, cultural, scientific, and social history of the United States.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137921 — 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: National Museum of American History Context triple: [National Mall, contains, National Museum of American History]
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is a renowned group of museums and research centers administered by the U.S. government, dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge in science, history, art, and culture.
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National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art is a major U.S. art museum renowned for its extensive collection of European and American masterpieces, located on the National Mall.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a major U.S. museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting American art from the colonial period to the present.
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National Archives Building
The National Archives Building is a historic federal building in Washington, D.C. that houses and displays foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
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East Building
The East Building is a modernist wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., renowned for its angular architecture by I. M. Pei and its collection of modern and contemporary art.
- 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: National Museum of American History Target entity description: The National Museum of American History is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to preserving and interpreting the political, cultural, scientific, and social history of the United States.
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A.
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is a renowned group of museums and research centers administered by the U.S. government, dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge in science, history, art, and culture.
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B.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art is a major U.S. art museum renowned for its extensive collection of European and American masterpieces, located on the National Mall.
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C.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a major U.S. museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting American art from the colonial period to the present.
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National Archives Building
The National Archives Building is a historic federal building in Washington, D.C. that houses and displays foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
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East Building
The East Building is a modernist wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., renowned for its angular architecture by I. M. Pei and its collection of modern and contemporary art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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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: National Museum of American History Description of subject: The National Museum of American History is a Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated to preserving and interpreting the political, cultural, scientific, and social history of the United States.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Smithsonian Institution Building
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nearbyAttraction
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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linked to: National Museum of American History
McKim, Mead & White
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notableWork
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National Museum of American History (original building for the National Museum, Washington, D.C.)
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linked to: National Museum of American History
linked to: National Museum of American History
linked to: National Museum of American History
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transgender pride flag
linked to: National Museum of American History
linked to: National Museum of American History
linked to: National Museum of American History
American Enterprise
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hostInstitution
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National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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linked to: National Museum of American History
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Smithsonian station (Washington Metro)
linked to: National Museum of American History
subject linked to:
Smithsonian Metro station
Woolworth’s lunch counter (Greensboro)
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National Museum of American History
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subject linked to:
Woolworth’s lunch counter