Times Union Center
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Times Union Center is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown Albany, New York.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Times Union Center canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257691 — 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: Times Union Center Context triple: [Albany, hasLandmark, Times Union Center]
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A.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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B.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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C.
Brooks Building
The Brooks Building is a key teaching and learning facility of Manchester Metropolitan University, known for housing education and health-related disciplines in modern, sustainable spaces.
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D.
Central Square
Central Square is a vibrant commercial and cultural district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its diverse restaurants, nightlife, music venues, and arts scene.
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E.
Empire State Plaza complex
The Empire State Plaza complex is a vast government and civic center in Albany, New York, known for its modernist architecture and role as the hub of New York State’s administrative offices.
- 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: Times Union Center Target entity description: Times Union Center is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown Albany, New York.
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A.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
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B.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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C.
Brooks Building
The Brooks Building is a key teaching and learning facility of Manchester Metropolitan University, known for housing education and health-related disciplines in modern, sustainable spaces.
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D.
Central Square
Central Square is a vibrant commercial and cultural district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its diverse restaurants, nightlife, music venues, and arts scene.
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E.
Empire State Plaza complex
The Empire State Plaza complex is a vast government and civic center in Albany, New York, known for its modernist architecture and role as the hub of New York State’s administrative offices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| category |
Convention centers in New York (state)
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Indoor arenas in New York (state) ⓘ Music venues in New York (state) ⓘ Sports venues in Albany, New York ⓘ |
| cityServed | Albany metropolitan area ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
Knickerbocker Arena
ⓘ
Pepsi Arena ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
club seating
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concession stands ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ luxury suites ⓘ press facilities ⓘ video scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasParking | adjacent parking garages ⓘ |
| hasSurface | multi-surface ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official Times Union Center website ⓘ |
| hostedEventType |
boxing events
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circus performances ⓘ college basketball tournaments ⓘ ice shows ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Albany County, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Albany County
New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
downtown Albany ⓘ |
| location |
Albany, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Albany
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| namedAfter | Times Union (newspaper) ⓘ |
| opened | 1990 ⓘ |
| operator | Albany County ⓘ |
| owner | Albany County ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball games
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concerts ⓘ conventions ⓘ family shows ⓘ ice hockey games ⓘ trade shows ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | served by local bus routes in Albany ⓘ |
| region | Capital District of New York ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity |
approximately 13,000 for hockey
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approximately 14,000 for basketball ⓘ approximately 15,000 for concerts ⓘ |
| tenant |
Albany FireWolves
ⓘ
Siena Saints men’s basketball ⓘ
linked to:
Siena College
|
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: Times Union Center Description of subject: Times Union Center is a major indoor arena and entertainment venue located in downtown Albany, New York.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.