Hesburgh Library
E355529
Hesburgh Library is the main academic library at the University of Notre Dame, renowned for its iconic façade featuring the large "Touchdown Jesus" mural.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3412355 — 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: Hesburgh Library Context triple: [Touchdown Jesus mural, location, Hesburgh Library]
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A.
William T. Young Library
William T. Young Library is the main academic research library at the University of Kentucky, known for its extensive collections and prominent central role on campus.
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Hilton M. Briggs Library
Hilton M. Briggs Library is the main academic research library of South Dakota State University, serving as a central hub for scholarly resources, study spaces, and archival collections.
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C.
Stauffer Library
Stauffer Library is the main research and academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central hub for student study, resources, and scholarly work.
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D.
Raymond H. Fogler Library
Raymond H. Fogler Library is the main academic library of the University of Maine, serving as its primary research and information resource center.
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E.
Sterling Memorial Library
Sterling Memorial Library is the largest and most iconic library at Yale University, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and extensive research collections.
- 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: Hesburgh Library Target entity description: Hesburgh Library is the main academic library at the University of Notre Dame, renowned for its iconic façade featuring the large "Touchdown Jesus" mural.
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A.
William T. Young Library
William T. Young Library is the main academic research library at the University of Kentucky, known for its extensive collections and prominent central role on campus.
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B.
Hilton M. Briggs Library
Hilton M. Briggs Library is the main academic research library of South Dakota State University, serving as a central hub for scholarly resources, study spaces, and archival collections.
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C.
Stauffer Library
Stauffer Library is the main research and academic library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, serving as a central hub for student study, resources, and scholarly work.
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D.
Raymond H. Fogler Library
Raymond H. Fogler Library is the main academic library of the University of Maine, serving as its primary research and information resource center.
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E.
Sterling Memorial Library
Sterling Memorial Library is the largest and most iconic library at Yale University, renowned for its Gothic Revival architecture and extensive research collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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university library ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| collectionType |
general circulating collections
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research collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Theodore Hesburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Theodore M. Hesburgh
|
| function | main academic library of the University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Main Library (University of Notre Dame)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesburgh Library
Theodore Hesburgh Library ⓘ
linked to:
Hesburgh Library
|
| hasFacility |
computer workstations
ⓘ
group study rooms ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ reference services ⓘ study spaces ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large mural on façade
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“Word of Life” mural ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Touchdown Jesus ⓘ |
| hasNotableArtwork |
Word of Life mural (Touchdown Jesus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Touchdown Jesus
|
| hasOnlineService |
digital collections
ⓘ
electronic databases ⓘ online catalog ⓘ |
| hasSubjectFocus |
business
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ humanities ⓘ sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| isIconOf |
University of Notre Dame campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Notre Dame
|
| isLandmarkOf | University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| isNear | Notre Dame Stadium ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indiana
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Notre Dame, Indiana ⓘ St. Joseph County, Indiana ⓘ University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Theodore Hesburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Theodore M. Hesburgh
|
| operatedBy | University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| overlooks | Notre Dame Stadium ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of Notre Dame library system
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesburgh Library
|
| serves |
Notre Dame faculty
ⓘ
Notre Dame staff ⓘ Notre Dame students ⓘ |
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: Hesburgh Library Description of subject: Hesburgh Library is the main academic library at the University of Notre Dame, renowned for its iconic façade featuring the large "Touchdown Jesus" mural.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Hesburgh Library