The Crain Communications Building
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The Crain Communications Building is a distinctive postmodern skyscraper in Chicago, recognizable for its slanted diamond-shaped roof and prominent presence on the city’s skyline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crain Communications Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7021872 — 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: The Crain Communications Building Context triple: [Historic Michigan Boulevard District, hasBuilding, The Crain Communications Building]
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A.
Amoco Building
The Amoco Building, now known as the Aon Center, is a prominent modernist skyscraper in downtown Chicago and one of the tallest buildings in the city.
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B.
Bloomberg Tower
Bloomberg Tower is a prominent mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that houses Bloomberg L.P.’s global headquarters along with offices, retail space, and luxury residences.
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C.
McGraw-Hill Building
The McGraw-Hill Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, recognized for its distinctive green terra-cotta façade and association with the publishing company McGraw-Hill.
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D.
U.S. Bank Tower
U.S. Bank Tower is a prominent skyscraper in Los Angeles known for its distinctive silhouette and status as one of the tallest buildings on the West Coast of the United States.
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E.
Citigroup Centre
Citigroup Centre is a major office complex in London’s Canary Wharf financial district that serves as a key European hub for Citigroup.
- 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: The Crain Communications Building Target entity description: The Crain Communications Building is a distinctive postmodern skyscraper in Chicago, recognizable for its slanted diamond-shaped roof and prominent presence on the city’s skyline.
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A.
Amoco Building
The Amoco Building, now known as the Aon Center, is a prominent modernist skyscraper in downtown Chicago and one of the tallest buildings in the city.
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B.
Bloomberg Tower
Bloomberg Tower is a prominent mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that houses Bloomberg L.P.’s global headquarters along with offices, retail space, and luxury residences.
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C.
McGraw-Hill Building
The McGraw-Hill Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, recognized for its distinctive green terra-cotta façade and association with the publishing company McGraw-Hill.
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D.
U.S. Bank Tower
U.S. Bank Tower is a prominent skyscraper in Los Angeles known for its distinctive silhouette and status as one of the tallest buildings on the West Coast of the United States.
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E.
Citigroup Centre
Citigroup Centre is a major office complex in London’s Canary Wharf financial district that serves as a key European hub for Citigroup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
postmodern building
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skyscraper ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designPeriod | late 20th century architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
diamond-shaped top
ⓘ
distinctive silhouette ⓘ slanted roof ⓘ |
| hasFunction | corporate offices ⓘ |
| hasName | Crain Communications Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA |
commercial building
ⓘ
landmark in Chicago ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago
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linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| notableFor |
postmodern design
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prominent presence on Chicago skyline ⓘ slanted diamond-shaped roof ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago skyline ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| roofShape | slanted diamond-shaped roof ⓘ |
| skylineRole | prominent skyscraper ⓘ |
| usedFor | office space ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
angular roofline
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geometric form ⓘ |
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: The Crain Communications Building Description of subject: The Crain Communications Building is a distinctive postmodern skyscraper in Chicago, recognizable for its slanted diamond-shaped roof and prominent presence on the city’s skyline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.