Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.)
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Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) are architectural modifications to the historic Octagon House in Washington, D.C., designed by prominent early American architect Robert Mills.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T384487 — 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: Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) Context triple: [Robert Mills, notableWork, Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.)]
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A.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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B.
John Adams Building
The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
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C.
James Madison Memorial Building
The James Madison Memorial Building is one of the main buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., serving as a major research and office facility and as the official memorial to the fourth U.S. president, James Madison.
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D.
Nebraska Avenue Complex
The Nebraska Avenue Complex is a secure federal campus in Washington, D.C., that serves as a major headquarters site for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its key offices.
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E.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 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: Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) Target entity description: Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) are architectural modifications to the historic Octagon House in Washington, D.C., designed by prominent early American architect Robert Mills.
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A.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
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B.
John Adams Building
The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
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C.
James Madison Memorial Building
The James Madison Memorial Building is one of the main buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., serving as a major research and office facility and as the official memorial to the fourth U.S. president, James Madison.
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D.
Nebraska Avenue Complex
The Nebraska Avenue Complex is a secure federal campus in Washington, D.C., that serves as a major headquarters site for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its key offices.
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E.
Herbert C. Hoover Building
The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural alteration
ⓘ
architectural work ⓘ building modification ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
historic house
ⓘ
residential building ⓘ |
| architect | Robert Mills ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedBy | Robert Mills ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
ⓘ
historic preservation ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalSignificance | example of Robert Mills’s work on existing structures ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | house ⓘ |
| hasCity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasContext | Federal-period architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinate system ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | United States architectural heritage ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
architectural drawings
ⓘ
historic building surveys ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRegion | North America ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | associated with a listed historic building ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPreservationInterest | architectural conservation ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Octagon House ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| location |
Octagon House
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| modifies | original design of Octagon House ⓘ |
| partOf |
architectural history of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
history of Octagon House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Octagon House
ⓘ
Robert Mills ⓘ early American architecture ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
architectural history studies
ⓘ
historic preservation research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) Description of subject: Octagon House alterations (Washington, D.C.) are architectural modifications to the historic Octagon House in Washington, D.C., designed by prominent early American architect Robert Mills.
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