New Library
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The New Library, later named the Sir Duncan Rice Library, is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building known for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Library canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4391980 — 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: New Library Context triple: [Sir Duncan Rice Library, formerName, New Library]
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A.
Main Library
Main Library is the principal academic library of the University of Dundee, providing core study spaces, resources, and services for its students and staff.
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B.
Main Library
The Main Library is the principal academic library and study hub serving students and staff at the University of Birmingham.
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C.
Main Library
The Main Library at Birzeit University is the institution’s central academic library, providing students and faculty with access to extensive print and digital research resources and study facilities.
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D.
Main Library
The Main Library is the central flagship branch and primary public service hub of the San Francisco Public Library system.
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E.
Green Library
Green Library is the main academic library at Florida International University, serving as a central hub for research, study, and information resources for the university community.
- 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: New Library Target entity description: The New Library, later named the Sir Duncan Rice Library, is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building known for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
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A.
Main Library
Main Library is the principal academic library of the University of Dundee, providing core study spaces, resources, and services for its students and staff.
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B.
Main Library
The Main Library is the principal academic library and study hub serving students and staff at the University of Birmingham.
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C.
Main Library
The Main Library at Birzeit University is the institution’s central academic library, providing students and faculty with access to extensive print and digital research resources and study facilities.
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D.
Main Library
The Main Library is the central flagship branch and primary public service hub of the San Francisco Public Library system.
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E.
Green Library
Green Library is the main academic library at Florida International University, serving as a central hub for research, study, and information resources for the university community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library building
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main library ⓘ modern building ⓘ university library ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature |
atrium
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cube-like form ⓘ distinctive glass façade ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | contemporary architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType | library ⓘ |
| category |
Academic libraries in Scotland
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Library buildings in the United Kingdom ⓘ University of Aberdeen buildings ⓘ |
| collectionType |
academic collections
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research collections ⓘ special collections ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerName | New Library ⓘ |
| function |
academic research library
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main university library ⓘ |
| hasArchives | yes ⓘ |
| hasDigitalResources | yes ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStoreys | approximately 7 ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpecialCollectionsCentre | yes ⓘ |
| hasStudySpaces | yes ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf |
Aberdeen skyline
ⓘ
University of Aberdeen campus ⓘ
linked to:
University of Aberdeen
|
| locatedIn |
Aberdeen
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Aberdeenshire ⓘ University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sir Duncan Rice
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linked to:
Duncan Rice
|
| notableFor |
distinctive glass architecture
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striking modern design ⓘ |
| officialName |
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Duncan Rice Library
|
| operatedBy | University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| replaced | Queen Mother Library ⓘ |
| serves |
researchers
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staff of the University of Aberdeen ⓘ students of the University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
| significance | main library building of the University of Aberdeen ⓘ |
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: New Library Description of subject: The New Library, later named the Sir Duncan Rice Library, is the University of Aberdeen’s striking modern main library building known for its distinctive glass architecture and extensive academic collections.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.