Focsa Building
E61950
The Focsa Building is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist high-rise in Havana, Cuba, known as one of the tallest and most iconic residential structures in the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Focsa Building canonical | 2 |
| Radiocentro building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T497483 — 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: Focsa Building Context triple: [Vedado, hasLandmark, Focsa Building]
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A.
Nassif Building
The Nassif Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known for long serving as the main headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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B.
Herta and Paul Amir Building
The Herta and Paul Amir Building is a prominent contemporary wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, known for its striking geometric architecture and innovative exhibition spaces.
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C.
Brooks Building
The Brooks Building is a key teaching and learning facility of Manchester Metropolitan University, known for housing education and health-related disciplines in modern, sustainable spaces.
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D.
IAC Building
The IAC Building is a distinctive glass-clad office building in Manhattan designed by architect Frank Gehry to serve as the headquarters of InterActiveCorp (IAC).
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E.
Edificio Uriel Gutiérrez
Edificio Uriel Gutiérrez is a prominent administrative and academic building that serves as one of the main architectural landmarks of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus.
- 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: Focsa Building Target entity description: The Focsa Building is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist high-rise in Havana, Cuba, known as one of the tallest and most iconic residential structures in the city.
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A.
Nassif Building
The Nassif Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known for long serving as the main headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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B.
Herta and Paul Amir Building
The Herta and Paul Amir Building is a prominent contemporary wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, known for its striking geometric architecture and innovative exhibition spaces.
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C.
Brooks Building
The Brooks Building is a key teaching and learning facility of Manchester Metropolitan University, known for housing education and health-related disciplines in modern, sustainable spaces.
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D.
IAC Building
The IAC Building is a distinctive glass-clad office building in Manhattan designed by architect Frank Gehry to serve as the headquarters of InterActiveCorp (IAC).
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E.
Edificio Uriel Gutiérrez
Edificio Uriel Gutiérrez is a prominent administrative and academic building that serves as one of the main architectural landmarks of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
mixed-use building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ residential skyscraper ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Modernism
ⓘ
mid-20th-century modern ⓘ |
| buildingType |
commercial
ⓘ
residential ⓘ |
| category |
Modernist architecture in Cuba
ⓘ
Residential buildings in Havana ⓘ Skyscrapers in Cuba ⓘ |
| city |
Havana
ⓘ
linked to:
Havana, Cuba
|
| completionDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| floorCountAboveGround | 39 ⓘ |
| hasCommercialUnits | yes ⓘ |
| hasElevator | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central tower
ⓘ
panoramic views of Havana ⓘ podium base ⓘ rooftop restaurant ⓘ |
| hasParking | yes ⓘ |
| height |
about 121 m
ⓘ
approximately 398 ft ⓘ |
| isIconicIn |
Havana
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linked to:
Havana, Cuba
|
| isLandmarkOf |
Vedado neighborhood
ⓘ
linked to:
Vedado
|
| locatedIn |
Havana
ⓘ
linked to:
Havana, Cuba
Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ Vedado ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hotel Habana Libre
ⓘ
Malecón, Havana ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the tallest buildings in Havana
ⓘ
mixed-use residential complex design ⓘ reinforced concrete structure ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 39 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| region | La Habana Province ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s architecture ⓘ |
| use |
apartments
ⓘ
offices ⓘ restaurant ⓘ shops ⓘ |
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: Focsa Building Description of subject: The Focsa Building is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist high-rise in Havana, Cuba, known as one of the tallest and most iconic residential structures in the city.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vedado district of Havana
subject linked to:
Vedado district of Havana
linked to: Focsa Building