Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia)
E372374
The Statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia is a celebrated neoclassical marble sculpture of the first U.S. president, created in the 1780s and housed in the Virginia State Capitol.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) canonical | 1 |
| statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3595399 — 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: Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) Context triple: [Jean-Antoine Houdon, notableWork, Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia)]
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A.
statue of George Washington
The statue of George Washington at Federal Hall National Memorial is a prominent bronze monument commemorating Washington’s inauguration as the first President of the United States on that historic site in New York City.
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B.
George Washington statue
The George Washington statue is a prominent public monument depicting the first U.S. president, located on Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
equestrian statue of George Washington
The equestrian statue of George Washington is a prominent bronze monument in Boston’s Public Garden depicting the first U.S. president on horseback as a symbol of leadership and patriotism.
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D.
Yorktown Victory Monument
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a historic American monument in Yorktown, Virginia, erected to honor the decisive Revolutionary War victory that secured the United States’ independence.
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E.
Thomas Jefferson statue, Washington, D.C.
The Thomas Jefferson statue in Washington, D.C. is a prominent bronze monument of the third U.S. president, housed in the Jefferson Memorial and serving as a major symbol of American democracy and Enlightenment ideals.
- 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: Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) Target entity description: The Statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia is a celebrated neoclassical marble sculpture of the first U.S. president, created in the 1780s and housed in the Virginia State Capitol.
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A.
statue of George Washington
The statue of George Washington at Federal Hall National Memorial is a prominent bronze monument commemorating Washington’s inauguration as the first President of the United States on that historic site in New York City.
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B.
George Washington statue
The George Washington statue is a prominent public monument depicting the first U.S. president, located on Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
equestrian statue of George Washington
The equestrian statue of George Washington is a prominent bronze monument in Boston’s Public Garden depicting the first U.S. president on horseback as a symbol of leadership and patriotism.
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D.
Yorktown Victory Monument
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a historic American monument in Yorktown, Virginia, erected to honor the decisive Revolutionary War victory that secured the United States’ independence.
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E.
Thomas Jefferson statue, Washington, D.C.
The Thomas Jefferson statue in Washington, D.C. is a prominent bronze monument of the third U.S. president, housed in the Jefferson Memorial and serving as a major symbol of American democracy and Enlightenment ideals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marble sculpture
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neoclassical sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ statue ⓘ |
| artworkType | full-length standing figure ⓘ |
| category |
Marble sculptures in Virginia
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Monuments and memorials to George Washington in the United States ⓘ Neoclassical sculptures in the United States ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dedicatedTo | George Washington ⓘ |
| depicts | George Washington ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassicism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
pedestal
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sculpted figure ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic artwork ⓘ |
| inception | 1780s ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
art collection of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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interior decoration of the Virginia State Capitol ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding |
Virginia State Capitol rotunda
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linked to:
Virginia State Capitol
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Richmond, Virginia
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linked to:
Richmond
Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| location | Virginia State Capitol ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| purpose |
commemoration of George Washington
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symbol of Virginia and U.S. leadership ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
American Revolutionary War (as subject of commemoration)
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linked to:
American Revolution (commemoration)
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| subjectHasRole |
George Washington – Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
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linked to:
George Washington
George Washington – first President of the United States ⓘ
linked to:
George Washington
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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: Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) Description of subject: The Statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia is a celebrated neoclassical marble sculpture of the first U.S. president, created in the 1780s and housed in the Virginia State Capitol.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Houdon
linked to: Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia)