Tennessee Theatre
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The Tennessee Theatre is a historic, opulent movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, renowned for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tennessee Theatre canonical | 9 |
| Official State Theatre of Tennessee | 1 |
| Tennessee Theatre Foundation | 1 |
| Tennessee Theatre marquee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T454649 — 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: Tennessee Theatre Context triple: [Market Square, Knoxville, nearbyAttraction, Tennessee Theatre]
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A.
Arlington Theatre
Arlington Theatre is a historic movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as a key site for film festivals and cultural events.
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B.
Tampa Theatre
Tampa Theatre is a historic 1926 movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, renowned for its ornate Mediterranean Revival architecture and classic film screenings.
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C.
Marquis Theatre
The Marquis Theatre is a Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
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D.
Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, renowned for its ornate Spanish Baroque Revival architecture and role as a major cultural landmark in the city.
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E.
State Theatre Center for the Arts
The State Theatre Center for the Arts is a historic performing arts venue in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
- 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: Tennessee Theatre Target entity description: The Tennessee Theatre is a historic, opulent movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, renowned for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
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A.
Arlington Theatre
Arlington Theatre is a historic movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Santa Barbara, California, known for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and role as a key site for film festivals and cultural events.
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B.
Tampa Theatre
Tampa Theatre is a historic 1926 movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, renowned for its ornate Mediterranean Revival architecture and classic film screenings.
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C.
Marquis Theatre
The Marquis Theatre is a Broadway theater in New York City known for hosting major musical and theatrical productions.
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D.
Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, renowned for its ornate Spanish Baroque Revival architecture and role as a major cultural landmark in the city.
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E.
State Theatre Center for the Arts
The State Theatre Center for the Arts is a historic performing arts venue in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic theater
ⓘ
movie palace ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ |
| address | 604 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| architect | Graven & Mayger ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque Revival
ⓘ
Spanish-Moorish ⓘ |
| builtFor |
Paramount Pictures exhibition chain
ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Pictures
|
| cityDesignation |
Official State Theatre of Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee Theatre
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance | major cultural landmark in Knoxville ⓘ |
| currentUse |
concert hall
ⓘ
film screening venue ⓘ performing arts venue ⓘ |
| designationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| features |
Wurlitzer theatre organ
ⓘ
balcony seating ⓘ crystal chandeliers ⓘ elaborate proscenium arch ⓘ grand lobby ⓘ marble staircases ⓘ ornate plasterwork ⓘ |
| hasMarquee | historic vertical neon sign on Gay Street ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/ ⓘ |
| hosts |
Broadway touring productions
ⓘ
classic film screenings ⓘ community events ⓘ film festivals ⓘ popular music concerts ⓘ symphony orchestra concerts ⓘ |
| isListedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Knoxville
ⓘ
linked to:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Tennessee ⓘ downtown Knoxville ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property in the Gay Street Commercial Historic District ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1928-10-01 ⓘ |
| operator |
Tennessee Theatre Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee Theatre
|
| originalUse | movie palace ⓘ |
| owner |
Knox County and the City of Knoxville
ⓘ
linked to:
Knox County, Tennessee
|
| partOf | Gay Street Commercial Historic District ⓘ |
| regionServed |
East Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee (eastern portion)
|
| reopeningDate | 2005-01-14 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 1600 ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | 2003–2005 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tennessee Theatre Description of subject: The Tennessee Theatre is a historic, opulent movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, renowned for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tennessee Theatre
linked to: Tennessee Theatre
subject linked to:
Market Square
linked to: Tennessee Theatre
subject linked to:
Gay Street