Main Library
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Main Library is the principal academic library building of the University of St Andrews, housing the university’s main collections and study facilities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Main Library canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898621 — 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: Main Library Context triple: [University of St Andrews Library, hasMainBuilding, Main 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 is the central flagship branch and primary public service hub of the San Francisco Public Library system.
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D.
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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E.
Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus, serving as a key hub for research, study, and access to scholarly resources.
- 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: Main Library Target entity description: Main Library is the principal academic library building of the University of St Andrews, housing the university’s main collections and study facilities.
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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.
Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus, serving as a key hub for research, study, and access to scholarly resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library building
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library building ⓘ university building ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | primarily for members of the University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| category |
Academic libraries in Scotland
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Buildings and structures in St Andrews ⓘ Libraries of the University of St Andrews ⓘ
linked to:
University of St Andrews Library
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| country |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| function |
housing the university’s main collections
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principal academic library building of the University of St Andrews ⓘ providing study facilities ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
academic collections
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research collections ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
book stacks
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computer workstations ⓘ group study areas ⓘ individual study desks ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ reference areas ⓘ study spaces ⓘ |
| hasService |
access to electronic resources
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information literacy support ⓘ lending services ⓘ reference services ⓘ study space provision ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
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North East Fife ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ St Andrews campus ⓘ University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| name | Main Library ⓘ |
| operator | University of St Andrews Library ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| serves |
staff of the University of St Andrews
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students of the University of St Andrews ⓘ |
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: Main Library Description of subject: Main Library is the principal academic library building of the University of St Andrews, housing the university’s main collections and study facilities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.