Iowa Judicial Branch Building
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The Iowa Judicial Branch Building is the courthouse complex in Des Moines that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and other key components of the state’s judicial system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iowa Judicial Branch Building canonical | 1 |
| Iowa Supreme Court chamber (historic) | 1 |
| Iowa Supreme Court courtroom | 1 |
| Judicial Branch Building, Des Moines, Iowa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3734554 — 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: Iowa Judicial Branch Building Context triple: [Iowa Supreme Court, locatedIn, Iowa Judicial Branch Building]
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A.
Iowa City Hall
Iowa City Hall is the central municipal government building of Iowa City, housing key administrative offices and serving as the primary venue for local governmental functions and public meetings.
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B.
Iowa State Capitol
The Iowa State Capitol is the historic seat of Iowa’s state government, notable for its grand 19th-century architecture and distinctive central golden dome.
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C.
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa)
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa) is a historic government building that serves as the center of judicial and administrative functions for Washington County in the state of Iowa.
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D.
Wright County Courthouse
The Wright County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Wright County, located in Clarion, Iowa.
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E.
Sioux City courthouse
The Sioux City courthouse is a federal courthouse facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that serves as one of the primary locations for proceedings of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
- 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: Iowa Judicial Branch Building Target entity description: The Iowa Judicial Branch Building is the courthouse complex in Des Moines that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and other key components of the state’s judicial system.
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A.
Iowa City Hall
Iowa City Hall is the central municipal government building of Iowa City, housing key administrative offices and serving as the primary venue for local governmental functions and public meetings.
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B.
Iowa State Capitol
The Iowa State Capitol is the historic seat of Iowa’s state government, notable for its grand 19th-century architecture and distinctive central golden dome.
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C.
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa)
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa) is a historic government building that serves as the center of judicial and administrative functions for Washington County in the state of Iowa.
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D.
Wright County Courthouse
The Wright County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Wright County, located in Clarion, Iowa.
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E.
Sioux City courthouse
The Sioux City courthouse is a federal courthouse facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that serves as one of the primary locations for proceedings of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courthouse complex
ⓘ
government building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modern ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Des Moines, Iowa
ⓘ
Courthouses in Iowa ⓘ State supreme court buildings in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function | seat of the judicial branch of the State of Iowa ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Iowa Court of Appeals courtroom
ⓘ
Iowa Supreme Court courtroom ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa Judicial Branch Building
clerks’ offices ⓘ conference rooms ⓘ judicial branch administrative offices ⓘ law library ⓘ security screening area ⓘ |
| houses |
Iowa Court of Appeals
ⓘ
Iowa Judicial Branch administration ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa state court system
Iowa Supreme Court ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Des Moines
ⓘ
linked to:
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa ⓘ Iowa State Capitol Complex ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa State Capitol
Polk County, Iowa ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Iowa Judicial Branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa state court system
|
| ownedBy |
State of Iowa
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
|
| partOf | Iowa state government infrastructure ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
court administration
ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| significance | central facility of Iowa’s state court system ⓘ |
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: Iowa Judicial Branch Building Description of subject: The Iowa Judicial Branch Building is the courthouse complex in Des Moines that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and other key components of the state’s judicial system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Iowa Judicial Branch Building
linked to: Iowa Judicial Branch Building
linked to: Iowa Judicial Branch Building