Veterans Memorial Auditorium
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Veterans Memorial Auditorium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Des Moines, Iowa, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large public gatherings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Auditorium canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3797214 — 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: Veterans Memorial Auditorium Context triple: [Iowa Barnstormers, homeVenue, Veterans Memorial Auditorium]
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A.
Municipal Auditorium
Municipal Auditorium is a historic multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and civic gatherings.
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B.
Centennial Hall
Centennial Hall is a historic early 20th-century multi-purpose hall in Wrocław, Poland, renowned as a pioneering work of reinforced concrete architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Bessemer Civic Center
The Bessemer Civic Center is a multi-purpose event and convention venue serving as a hub for community, cultural, and entertainment activities in Bessemer, Alabama.
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D.
Shrine Auditorium
The Shrine Auditorium is a historic Los Angeles performance venue renowned for hosting major entertainment industry events, including prominent award shows and large-scale concerts.
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E.
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
The Donald L. Tucker Civic Center is a multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, best known as the primary indoor sports and events venue for Florida State University.
- 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: Veterans Memorial Auditorium Target entity description: Veterans Memorial Auditorium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Des Moines, Iowa, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large public gatherings.
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A.
Municipal Auditorium
Municipal Auditorium is a historic multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and civic gatherings.
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B.
Centennial Hall
Centennial Hall is a historic early 20th-century multi-purpose hall in Wrocław, Poland, renowned as a pioneering work of reinforced concrete architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Bessemer Civic Center
The Bessemer Civic Center is a multi-purpose event and convention venue serving as a hub for community, cultural, and entertainment activities in Bessemer, Alabama.
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D.
Shrine Auditorium
The Shrine Auditorium is a historic Los Angeles performance venue renowned for hosting major entertainment industry events, including prominent award shows and large-scale concerts.
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E.
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
The Donald L. Tucker Civic Center is a multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida, best known as the primary indoor sports and events venue for Florida State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert venue
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| category |
Convention centers in Iowa
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Indoor arenas in Iowa ⓘ Music venues in Iowa ⓘ Sports venues in Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Des Moines metropolitan area
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linked to:
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
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| connectedTo |
Hy-Vee Hall
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Wells Fargo Arena ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formerTenant |
Des Moines Buccaneers
ⓘ
Des Moines Capitols ⓘ Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball ⓘ
linked to:
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Drake Bulldogs women’s basketball ⓘ Iowa Barnstormers ⓘ Iowa Energy ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arena floor
ⓘ
concession stands ⓘ fixed seating ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ scoreboards ⓘ stage capability ⓘ |
| hasUse |
basketball
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ conventions ⓘ family shows ⓘ graduation ceremonies ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ public assemblies ⓘ trade shows ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
boxing events
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circus performances ⓘ high school basketball tournaments ⓘ ice shows ⓘ political rallies ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ religious gatherings ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Polk County, Iowa ⓘ |
| location | Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| namedFor | military veterans ⓘ |
| opened | 1955 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Polk County ⓘ |
| partOf | Iowa Events Center ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | early 2000s ⓘ |
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: Veterans Memorial Auditorium Description of subject: Veterans Memorial Auditorium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Des Moines, Iowa, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large public gatherings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.